Fun

"Life should be fun. If your life isn't fun, you should change it." --Coach Bill Resler, The Heart of the Team

Creating

"Each of us has the opportunity to change and grow until our very last breath. Happy creating." --MJ Ryan

The Worth of Others

"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being." --Goethe

Happiness

"Happiness is not something ready made...it comes from your own actions." --Dalai Lama

Tomatoes

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato." --Lewis Grizzard

Giving

"Joy is a net of love by which we can capture souls...God loves the person who gives with joy. Whoever gives with joy gives more." --Mother Teresa

Music

"Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality." --HA Overstreet

Christmas : )

"...Scrooginess didn't stand a chance in our family. Kind of like standing in front of an avalanche and saying, 'I've never been much for snow.'" --God Rest Ye Grumpy Scroogy Men

Let Your Light Shine

"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same." --Nelson Mandela

Freedom

"Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It's not having no responsibilities; it's choosing the ones you want." --Toni Morrison

Self

"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." --Foster C. McClellan

Books

"The book is a perfect form, a physical thing that you can carry with you, that survives power outages and doesn't need batteries. It's simple, it's aesthetically pleasing, and you can use it again and again." --The Pocket Muse "Endless Inspiration..."

Shopping

"Shopping is a woman thing. It's a contact sport like football. Women enjoy the scrimmage, the noisy crowds, the danger of being trampled to death and the ecstasy of the purchase." --Erma Bombeck

Change

"To be human means to have the capacity for transformation." --Matthew les Spetter

Pleasing People

"If you always do what interests you, then at least one person is pleased." --Katharine Hepburn

Writing

"The difference between the right word and the wrong word is similar to the difference between a light bulb and a bolt of lightning." --Mark Twain

Dreams

"We are never worse for our dreams." --Lyn Hejinian

Codas

"Every song has a coda; a final moment. Whether it fades out or crashes away, every song ends. Now is that any reason not to enjoy the music?" --Ellie Harp, One Tree Hill

Come Alive

"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

Trying

"Sometimes, it's enough to try hard. Sometimes our skill is perseverance. Sometimes the simple act of not giving up is both a skill and virtue. We can be good at trying and if we are, we need to honor our effort." -Stress-free for Good: 10 Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness

The Art of Love

"There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love."
--Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Marriage and Friendship

"What I've learned aout marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. That's beautiful: to have that kind of friendship." --Tom Petty

Happiness and Others

"...we know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all; for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends." --Albert Einstein

Gardeners

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy. They are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." --Marcel Proust