Category Inspirational
FMM 4 29 16 Gained in Translation
“Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer.”~Radhanath Swami. Language is a wonderful thing. It provides words which represent complex thoughts, symbols that identify objects and people, and allows us to express emotions and needs. All over the globe, individual tribes of prehistoric people […]
FMM 4 15 16 One Spark
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”~Aristotle Onassis. I once met a young woman who was too perky. No matter the time of day, or the circumstances she was upbeat and chipper for no reason. So annoying! It wasn’t until I got to know her better that I […]
FMM 4 8 16 Breathtaking
“The poet doesn’t invent. He listens.” ~ Jean Cocteau. April is National Poetry Month. I heard a challenge on the radio, to create a poem based on the numbers in your zip code. Each line should contain the same number of words as the numbers in your zip code. Ever since I heard this challenge […]
FMM 4 1 16 Forged in Fire
“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.”~Ernest Hemingway. My mother once asked in wonderment: “How did I raise such strong women?” The irony of that question lay in the fact that she did not see herself as a strong woman. When I replied that we had her example to […]
FMM 3 25 16 Signs and More Signs
“Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.”~Friedrich Nietzsche. The human race is hung up on symbols. We judge each other by the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, the color of our skin. We make instant decisions about total […]
FMM 3 18 16 Running without being Weary
“You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience” ~Stanislaw Jerzy Lec. It is amazing how many lessons you can learn, if you are open to them. I admire organized people. People who plan, who prioritize, who make lists and assign certain slots of time per day to their commitments. We encourage […]
FMM Life’s Great Ironies
“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.” ~Stephen King I had an ‘a-ha’ moment while ironing the other day. It is not like I spend a great deal of time ironing – it is a chore that […]
FMM 3 4 16 Grit in the System
“To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”~Robin Wall Kimmerer. Nothing is ever completely bad. There is always something to be learned. I find myself at times mindlessly scrolling through Facebook, enjoying random photos and thoughts, stopping to smile at a cartoon or an uplifting thought. Whenever I find […]
FMM 2 26 16 Storm Chasers
“We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet”~Melody Beattie. Mother Nature has one hell of a temper. There is something very primal about a thunderstorm. Those dark grey menacing clouds, the shocking flashes of lightning, the thunderous rumblings. When the trees limbs start to do the nae-nae (watch me […]
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