What's Your Favourite ...?

favorite received:

when i got married my dad told me:
"marriage is NOT 50/50! 50 is a failing grade!
in every relationship both sides must give 110%
that is the only way it'll work."

he was right!
and i've passed his advice on to many couples

"Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year in prison for stealing out of hunger,
how high would the gallows need to be to hang the rich man?"
~The Patrician in 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett

and supper's baked chicken, new potatoes and brandied carrots (not very 'rican, huh?)

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~ Thoreau ... and, do no harm

:O)

Ya gotta know when to hold 'em
Know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

Here is one that changed my life:

I attract that which occurs. I have had many discussions on this notion but honestly it has helped me in the end more than any advise I have ever gotten, because when you own your accountability you own the power.  When you aren't accountable you are handing the power over to an outside source.

I fall back on this one all the time:

If something isn't working for you change the way you view it   This one has helped me in so many situations remembering that every moment is a teachable moment.

Attitude!!!  So much here but for me the most important part about attitude is choice:

"We can not change the past....  we can not change the fact that people act a certain way.   We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play the one string we have, and that is attitude.... life is 10% what happens and the rest is 90% how we react"

And this.... this reminds me of fireflies.......

The Invitation  
Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Canadian Teacher and Author

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dreams
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shriveled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand on the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes."

It doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after a night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.