Words To Live By

Let there be peace on earth. . .

. . .And let it begin with me.
– Jill Jackson Miller

Just when the caterpillar thought
the world was over, it became a butterfly.
– Anonymous

Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can’t change.
Life’s too short to be anything… but happy.
– Anonymous

A single generosity enlarges the world.
– Mary Anne Radmacher

If you aren’t in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
– Jim Carrey

Clouds come floating into my life,
no longer to carry rain or usher storm,
but to add color to my sunset sky.
– Rabindranath Tagore

The darkest night is often the bridge to the brightest tomorrow.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The essence of life is not in
the great victories and grand failures,
but in the simple joys.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Everything is a miracle,
not just the beautiful and lovely things.
– Anonymous

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was,
Thank you, that would suffice.
– Meister Eckhart

Play with life, laugh with life,
dance lightly with life,
and smile at the riddles of life,
knowing that life’s only true lessons
are writ small in the margin.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life’s burdens are lighter when I laugh at myself.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When I see Spirit in everything, Peace is at hand.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Anger is like a thorn in the heart.
– Yiddish Proverb

The beauty does not live out there;
the beauty’s in my eyes.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life expands to fill your dreams.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Where there is great love,
there are always miracles.
– Willa Cather

We attract abundance when we ask from a compassionate heart.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

You don’t have the power to make life “fair,”
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Individually, we are one drop.
Together, we are an ocean.
– Ryunosuke Satoro

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
– Marianne Williamson

There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
The real miracle is the love that inspires them.
In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
– A Course in Miracles

As we work to create light for others,
we naturally light our own way.
– Mary Anne Radmacher

May your spirit soar throughout the vast cathedral of your being.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Every child comes with the message
that God is not yet discouraged of man.
– Rabindranath Tagore

Set life’s rhythm with your heart-drum
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly,
“one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.”
– Hans Christian Andersen

He who is contented is rich.
– Lao Tzu

Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
– don Miguel Ruiz

You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
– The Buddha

People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
– Maya Angelou

Try a new perspective on diversity.
Across the country and around the world,
we are all one.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass…
It’s about learning to Dance in the Rain.
– Vivian Greene

A flower is a weed seen through joyful eyes.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
– don Miguel Ruiz

Let me bring peace into moments of chaos.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Celebrate endings – for they precede new beginnings.
– Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

All of the above inspirational lines require one to DO something.

Let’s be sure we are endeavoring to do them.  Yes, more love, more joy, more abundance!