Wednesday Words Of Wisdom

'He that would live

in peace and ease

must not speak all he knows

nor judge all he sees'

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790

Day 3 - Reverb12

Day 3 of Reverb 12 - 'What Do You Really Wish For'

I joined up for Reverb 12 on the 1st day of December but I've been out of action over the past few days and haven't really been able to bring together time and energy for a whole range of stuff ... including my blog.

My lovely Dad is very unwell in hospital and he is dominating my thoughts. What I really wish for right now is to somehow protect him from suffering, turn back the years, buy back precious time together, hear his voice, see him smile and laugh...that's what I wish for......

In amongst it all..poor Murphy had to visit the Vet. A (hopefully benign) lump has appeared, he needed some vaccinations too (... which meant needles....I got the 'death stare') and had to have an unpleasant examination of a certain area. This all meant he was not a happy boy at the end of the consultation!

But.. to finish on a happier note, true to form he got home to a few treats and he was smiling again...

In the words of poet and artist Khalil Gibran:

 'Love gives naught but itself 

and takes naught but from itself. 

Love possesses not

nor would it be possessed;

for love is sufficient

unto love'

Inspiration on a Monday

'Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime;

therefore, we must be saved by hope'

Reinhold Niebuhr, 1892-1971

Inspiration on a Monday

'Thoughts lead on to purposes; 

purposes go forth in action;

actions form habits;

habits decide character;

and character fixes our destiny'

Author Unknown

Inspiration on a Monday

'If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away'

Henry David Thoreau, 1817 - 1862

American writer

Inspiration on a Monday

'He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home'   

Johann von Goethe, 1749 - 1832
German writer 

Inspiration on a Monday

'Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice'  

Benedict Spinoza, 1632 - 1677 

Dutch Philosopher 

Inspiration on a Monday

 'He is richest with the least, for content is the wealth of nature'  

Socrates 468-399 BC