I like your sayings Mish! I was reading what you have on the profile and I love the water too, some day I hope to be closer to it. For now I have to settle with being able to visit the nearest lake and trips to a coast. Keep on posting! By the way here are a few of my favorite sayings:

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Life is all about how you handle Plan B.
Plan B: The true test of character.

We might not have it all together, but together we have it all.

"Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; and all good things are yours" (Swedish proverb author unknown)

Sometimes when things are falling apart,

They may actually be falling into place.

WHEN YOU LIVE ON A ROUND PLANET,

THERE IS NO CHOOSING SIDES.

DR. WAYNE DVER

Never take a person for granted

hold every person close to your heart,

Because you might wake up one day and realize that you lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.

My religion is simple.

My religion is kindness.

Dalai Lama

wisdom begina in wonder-

Socrates

Individually we are one drop,

Together we are an ocean.

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook

William James

Whatever life takes away from you,

Let it go

When you surrender and let go of the past,

you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment.

letting go of the past means that you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.

The four agreements by Ruiz

Dance as though no one is watching

Love beyond words

Sing as though no one can hear you

I love your sayings John, I love it when we all add things.

I love the water, I moved from it once and I couldn't do it.

Have to be near it, smell it, look at it.

so calming.

You do your best when you are enjoying the action or doing it in a way that will not have negative repercussions for you.

You do your best because you WANT to do it-

not becuase you HAVE to do it.

Not because you are trying to please the judge, and not because you are trying to please other people.

Ruiz

I have learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and will be better.

 I have learned that you can tell alot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:

a rainy day

lost luggage

and tangled christmas tree lights.

I have learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you will miss them when they are gone from your life.

I have learned that "making a living" is not the same thing as making a "life'.

I have learned that life sometimes gives you a second, third chance.

I have learned that you should not go through life with catcher's mitt on both hands;

You need to be able to throw something back.

I have learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. 

I have learned that even though I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I have learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone,

people love a warm hug, or just a friendly hello.

I have learned that people will forget what you said, what you did but

People will never forget how you made them feel.

what others think and say about you

is none of your

business

Be a witness

Not a judge

Focus on yourself-

Not others.

Listen to your heart

Not the crowd.

THINK positive

NETWORK well

EXERCISE daily

EAT healthy

WORK hard

STAY strong

BUILD faith

WORRY less

READ more

BE happy

VOLUNTEER frequently

RELAX often

LOVE always

LIVE life

All great  changes are preceded by chaos.

Deepak Chopra

hold the vision

trust the process

You don't need someone to complete you-

You only need someone to accept you completely.

Mish,

I just found a treasure.  It is this thread.  THANK YOU for the many beautiful thoughts.  You have spread much Light.

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."     Rumi 

You will not be punished for your anger,

You will be punished BY your anger.

worry looks around

sorry looks back

Faith looks up

if you are always trying to be normal

you will never know how amazing you can really be

your heart is just  a beatbox

for the

song of your life

we tend to forget that happiness does not come as a result of getting something we don't have

but rather recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Frederick Koenig

yesterday is history

tomorroww is a mystery

and today?

today is a gift

that is why we call it the

present