Give and Take

Give and Take ... 

For to the bee a flower is a fountain if life 

And to the flower a bee is a messenger of LOVE 

And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy.”

~Khalil Gibran

Life is an island in an ocean of loneliness.....

Life is an island in an ocean of loneliness,
an island whose rocks are hopes,
whose trees are dreams,
whose flowers are solitude,
and whose brooks are thirst...

~ Kahlil Gibran

Giving.....

"I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me."

~Joseph Addison 

It's not what they take away from you that counts.....

“It is not what they take away from you that counts.
 It’s what you do with what you have left.” 

~~ Hubert Humphrey

Everyone wants to be the sun.....

Everyone wants to be the sun that lights up your life. 

But I'd rather be your moon, 

so I can shine on you during your darkest hour 

when your sun isn't around.

~ Unknown.

If I had a single flower.....

If had a single flower for every time I think about you,
 I could walk forever in my garden.

~~Attibuted to Claudia Ghandi

Arranging a bowl of flowers.....

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning

 can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - 

like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

~~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Be as a bird.....

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, 

still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

~~Victor Hugo

For all evils.....

"For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence." 

~~ Alexandre Dumas

I have always wanted a happy ending.....

I always wanted a happy ending....

Now I've learned, the hard way, 

that some poems don't rhyme, 

and some stories don't have a clear beginning, 

middle and end. 

 Life is about not knowing, 

having to change, 

taking the moment and making the best of it, 

without knowing what's going to happen next.

Delicious ambiguity.

~~Gilda Radner

Life is a storm.....

"Life is a storm, my young friend. 

You will bask in the sunlight one moment, 

be shattered on the rocks the next. 

What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes."

~~Alexandre Dumas

Three passions.....

Three passions,

 simple but overwhelmingly strong, 

have governed my life.....

 the longing for Love, 

the search for Knowledge, 

and unbearable Pity for the suffering of mankind.


~~Bertrand Russell

                                                        

Each person has an ideal.....

Each person has an ideal, a hope, a dream 
which represent the soul.
We must give to it the warmth of love, 
the light of understanding,
 and the essence of encouragement.


~~Colby Dorr Dam

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.....

If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together...

there is something you must always remember.  

You are braver that you believe, 

stronger than you seem, 

and smarter than you think.  

But the most important thing is.....

even if we're apart....

I'll always be with you.

~~Winnie the Pooh

The most important.....

The most important thing in life


is to learn how to give out love,


and to let it come in.




~~Maurice Schwartz

Life, he realized, was much like a song.....

Life, he realized, was much like a song. 

In the beginning there is mystery, 

in the end there is confirmation, 

but it's in the middle where all the emotion resides 

to make the whole thing worthwhile." 

~~Nicholas Sparks

What is life if.....

What is life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

~~W. H. Davies

All.....

All, everything that I understand, I understand because I love.

       ~~Leo Tolstoy

 

How ever far away.....

How ever far away,  I will always love you

However long I stay,  I will always love you

Whatever words I say, I will always love

I will always love you

~~Lovesong by Adele

I'll spread my wings.....

I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.

I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.

Make a wish, take a chance,

Make a change, and break away.

Out of the darkness and into the sun.

But I won't forget all the ones that I love.

I'll take a risk, take a chance,

Make a change, and break away

~~Kelly Clarkson, Breakaway Lyrics