
“The bee is more honored than other animals,
not because she labors,
but because she labors for others”
- Saint John Chrysostom-

“If you're alone, I'll be your shadow.
If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder.
If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow.
If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile.
But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me”
-Anon-

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience by which you really stop to look fear in the face.
You are able to say to yourself,
'I lived through this horror.
I can take the next thing that comes along.”
-Eleanor Roosevelt-

“A hug is the perfect gift;
one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it.”
-Unknown-

Life's really a bit of a battle for everyone
and the punctuation of happy, joyful times together
are too precious to be clouded over.
-Milestones-

“Smile at each other,
smile at your wife,
smile at your husband,
smile at your children,
smile at each other
-- it doesn't matter who it is --
and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.”
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta-

“We cannot all do great things,
but we can do small things with great love.”
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta-

“A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes;
a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs;
an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--
he's walking on them.”
-Leonard L. Levinson-

“Let us never negotiate out of fear.
But let us never fear to negotiate.”
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy-

“You must not lose faith in humanity.
Humanity is an ocean;
if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
- Mahatma Gandhi -
Tenderness contains an element of sadness. It is not the sadness of feeling sorry for yourself or feeling deprived, but it is a natural situation of fullness. You feel so full and rich, as if you were about to shed tears. Your eyes are full of tears, and the moment you blink, the tears will spill out of your eyes and roll down your cheeks. In order to be a good warrior, one has to feel this sad and tender heart. Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche