Positive Quotes for Sept. 9, 2009

Create your own dreams and follow them until they are a reality.
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Keep clearly in mind where you would like to go and then patiently and harmoniously follow the flow of the river of life until it takes you there.
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Replace your weaknesses with positives, let yesterday become a memory and tomorrow a promise.

Positive Thoughts for September 8th, 2009

Enjoy the little things in life ... for one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are .

To change the World, change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people, reality and begin to act accordingly.

Until We Meet Again

Having to say goodbye is so hard to do, instead I prefer to say "until we meet again"

Last week my friend Angela and her family moved back to her hometown in Winnipeg. For the past 7 years they lived in Quebec and we became very good friends. We played ball, hockey and volleyball together. We traveled to numerous tournaments with our family and we shared many meals and stories.

My friends and I organized a special evening to let them know how much we appreciate them and to underline the difference they made in our lives. We also wanted them to be aware that in Quebec they will always have friends to come home to.

I wrote a poem entitled "Until We Meet Again" especially for Angela and her family. I would like to share it with you... so here it goes.

Until We Meet Again

The hardest part of any friendship
is when it’s time to say goodbye.
And even though I wish you’d stay
I believe everything happens for a reason.


For life is a journey that needs to be travelled
and I am certain you'll make it through.
I want you to know and never forget
that I will surely miss you my friend.

So follow your heart and never give up
as dreams and wishes do come true.
For I know that someday we'll meet again,
most likely on the ice or at the park.

Angela, Brad, Danielle and Gabe,
Here in Quebec you’ve made many friends
It is your home away from home
It is also where you’ll find the best poutine

When the moment comes we’ll laugh again
We’ll share a meal and memories,
Have a few drinks while getting up to date
And be grateful for this special reunion.

Angela, I wish you and your family well
Until we meet again.

Your friend Chantal

Quotes for Today, Monday July 27, 2009

I have neglected my readers, I hope you forgive me.

Wishing you a lovely summer.

Here are a few inspirational quotes that I gathered here and there.


You can close your eyes to things you don't want to see, but you can't close your heart to the things you don't want to feel ~Author Unknown~

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman~

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore. ~Cyril Connolly~

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~Helen Keller~

When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator,
and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that
it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make my favorite cake for me,
and I learned that the little things can be the
special things in life.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend
who was sick, and I learned that we all have to
help take care of each other..


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you give of your time and money to help people
who had nothing, and I learned that those who have
something should give to those who don't.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it,
and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when
you didn't feel good, and I learned that I would have to
be responsible when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that
sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything
that I could be.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to
be a good and productive person when I grow up.


When you thought I wasn't looking,
I looked at you and wanted to say, 'Thanks for all the things
I saw when you thought I wasn't looking.'


LITTLE EYES SEE A LOT.


Live simply. Love generously.


Care deeply. Speak kindly.

Are you unbreakable

I belong to an Internet club called positive-club. I receive free inspirational stories every week, recently I received this story and wanted to share it with you.


My friend Hans Zimmer had a serious motorcycle accident and lost the use of his left hand.
"Fortunately I'm right handed," he told me as he adroitly served me a cup of tea. "It's amazing what I can do with just one hand."


Despite the loss of his fingers, he learned to fly an airplane in less than a year. But one day, while flying over a mountainous region, his plane had engine problems and crashed. He survived, but was paralyzed from head to foot.


I visited him in the hospital. He smiled at me. "Nothing that happens is really of any importance," he said. "What matters is what I decide to do now!"


I was dumbfounded. I thought my friend was just pretending, and that as soon as I left he would start crying and regretting his situation. That might have been what he did on that day, but he wasn't finished yet. Life still had some fine surprises in store for him.


He met the woman of his life during a conference for handicapped people. He invented a system of digital writing that responded to voice commands. And he sold millions of copies of a book that he wrote about developing the new system.


On the back cover he wrote this short note: "Before becoming paralyzed, I could do a million different things. Now I can only do 990,000. But what sensible person would worry about the 10,000 things he can no longer do, while there are 990,000 things left?" ________________

"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Epictetus

I hope you enjoyed it and when facing adversity I also hope you'll remember this story.

Quotes for today, Tuesday April 14, 2009

Let no man imagine he has no influence. Whoever he may be, and wherever he may be placed, the man who thinks becomes a light and a power.

Henry George


One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is LOVE.

Sophocles