Quote:
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people"
"I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you."
~ Woody Guthrie
"It's a folk singer's job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people"
"I am out to sing songs that will prove to you that this is your world and that if it has hit you pretty hard and knocked you for a dozen loops, no matter what color, what size you are, how you are built, I am out to sing the songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work. And the songs that I sing are made up for the most part by all sorts of folks just about like you."
~ Woody Guthrie
Quote:
"Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person."
"You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently."
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
"Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all your uniqueness to be on this earth, you wouldn't be here in the first place. And never forget, no matter how overwhelming life's challenges and problems seem to be, that one person can make a difference in the world. In fact, it is always because of one person that all the changes that matter in the world come about. So be that one person."
"You cannot change how someone thinks, but you can give them a tool to use which will lead them to think differently."
~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Quote:
"Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
"Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Quote:
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
"Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we lost. The pain of loss is so intense, so heartbreaking, because in loving we deeply connect with another human being, and grief is the reflection of the connection that has been lost. We think we want to avoid the grief, but really it is the pain of the loss we want to avoid. Grief is the healing process that ultimately brings us comfort in our pain."
~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."
"Grief is real because loss is real. Each grief has its own imprint, as distinctive and as unique as the person we lost. The pain of loss is so intense, so heartbreaking, because in loving we deeply connect with another human being, and grief is the reflection of the connection that has been lost. We think we want to avoid the grief, but really it is the pain of the loss we want to avoid. Grief is the healing process that ultimately brings us comfort in our pain."
~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Quote:
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."
"Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
~ Satchel Paige
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching."
"Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way."
"Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society. The social ramble ain't restful. Avoid running at all times. Don't look back. Something might be gaining on you."
~ Satchel Paige
Quote:
"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go."
"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."
"A writer needs certain conditions in which to work and create art. She needs a piece of time; a peace of mind; a quiet place; and a private life."
~ Margaret Walker
"Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go."
"When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book."
"A writer needs certain conditions in which to work and create art. She needs a piece of time; a peace of mind; a quiet place; and a private life."
~ Margaret Walker
Quote:
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."
"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them."
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Quote... Happy Forth of July!
Jul. 4th, 2026 12:44 amQuote:
It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn actsQuote:
It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.
~ John Adams
It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn actsQuote:
It will be celebrated... with pomp and parade... bonfires and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other.
July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.
~ John Adams
The Friday Five
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thefridayfive:1. What is your favorite imaginary animal? A unicorn, even though my childhood psychologist said I like them because I was ‘assaulted by a man’. No, it’s because it could gore idiots. Plus, they’re pretty.
2. What fictional family would you like to be a member of? Addams family all the way.
3. What would the title of your autobiography be? The Hidden Insanity
4. When you die, what do you want to be remembered for? I doubt that I’ll be remembered. But I would like to be remembered for writing the impossible.
5. If you were independently wealthy and didn’t have to work, what would you do with your time? Fix my house, fix my health, travel and write.
Quote
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself"
"I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves."
~ Hermann Hesse
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself"
"I have no right to call myself one who knows. I was one who seeks, and I still am, but I no longer seek in the stars or in books; I'm beginning to hear the teachings of my blood pulsing within me. My story isn't pleasant, it's not sweet and harmonious like the invented stories; it tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all people who no longer want to lie to themselves."
~ Hermann Hesse
Quote
"If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean."
"Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach."
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"If you want to build a ship, don't summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs, and organize the work; teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean."
"Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason; some come to learn and others come to teach."
"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Quote
"Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try."
"The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found."
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough."
~ Ernest Hemingway
"Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try."
"The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found."
"Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough."
~ Ernest Hemingway
Quote
"I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not."
"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings."
~ Pearl S. Buck
"I learned to distinguish between the two kinds of people in the world: those who have known inescapable sorrow and those who have not."
"You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings."
~ Pearl S. Buck
Quote
"A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."
"Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together."
~ Lois Wyse
"A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world."
"Did I choose you? Did you choose me? And what difference does it make? All that really matters, friend, is that we chose together."
~ Lois Wyse
A Request...
Jun. 25th, 2026 02:56 am-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-=t=-
🙏 I have a sensitive request.🙏
2 days ago my neighbor received heart breaking news. His son and grandson were in a head-on collision accident. Ultimately, neither of them survived.
I watched the grandson grow up to be an honest and loving man and the dad was always the pillar of the family. Their surviving family and friends could use some positive thoughts, prayers or vibes sent their way.
Thank you for reading this.
2 days ago my neighbor received heart breaking news. His son and grandson were in a head-on collision accident. Ultimately, neither of them survived.
I watched the grandson grow up to be an honest and loving man and the dad was always the pillar of the family. Their surviving family and friends could use some positive thoughts, prayers or vibes sent their way.
Thank you for reading this.
Quote
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
"No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."
~ Henry Ward Beecher
"Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith."
"No man can tell if he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."
~ Henry Ward Beecher
Quotes:
"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others"
"Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life."
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others"
"Don’t be gloomy. Do not dwell on unkind things. Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. Even if you are not happy, put a smile on your face. ‘Accentuate the positive.’ Look a little deeper for the good. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life."
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Quotes:
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."
"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."
"Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Quotes:
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one."
"Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."
~ Elbert Hubbard
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one."
"Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."
~ Elbert Hubbard
Quotes:
"You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens."
"The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out."
O~ Ethel Barrymore
"You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens."
"The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out."
O~ Ethel Barrymore
Quotes:
"Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough."
"Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem."
~ Hal Higdon
"Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough."
"Keep your dream in front of you. Never let it go regardless of how farfetched it might seem."
~ Hal Higdon
R.I.P. Daveigh Elizabeth Chase (née Chase-Schwallier; July 24, 1990 – June 16, 2026)
Quotes:
"I want to do things that will change someone's life, not something they'll forget about tomorrow."
"I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real."
~ Daveigh Chase
Quotes:
"I want to do things that will change someone's life, not something they'll forget about tomorrow."
"I like dark, dramatic roles; they're just really powerful and real."
~ Daveigh Chase
Quotes:
"Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant."
"Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams."
~ Bayard Taylor
"Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant."
"Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather Strikes through our changeful sky its coming beams; Somewhere above us, in elusive ether, Waits the fulfilment of our dearest dreams."
~ Bayard Taylor
Quotes:
"Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day."
"Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it." ~
"Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it."
~ Thaddeus Golas
"Giving others the freedom to be stupid is one of the most important and hardest steps to take in spiritual progress. Conveniently the opportunity to take that step is all around us every day."
"Whatever you are doing, love yourself for doing it. Whatever you are feeling, love yourself for feeling it." ~
"Inside yourself or outside, you never have to change what you see, only the way you see it."
~ Thaddeus Golas
Quotes:
""No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them."
"When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
""No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them."
"When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you could n't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that 's just the place and time that the tide'll turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Quotes:
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy."
"If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree."
~ William Butler Yeats
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
"What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy."
"If what I say resonates with you, it's merely because we're branches of the same tree."
~ William Butler Yeats
The Friday Five
Jun. 13th, 2026 01:19 amanais_pf posted @ thefridayfive:These questions were written by Dreamwidth user
archersangel, who used a random letter generator, for random questions.1. What is place you have visited, or want to visit, that starts with D?
Dallas is only an hour and a half away from me. Spent a bit of time in the Children’s Hospital (known worldwide) because of seizures and the Dallas World Trade Center for my parent’s business.
2. What is a food that you like, or don't like, that starts with R?
Ramen. Not the kind that kind that you get in the supermarket. True Tonkatsu Ramen is delicious.
3. Own anything that starts with the letter M? Many Movies
4. Know anyone whose name (first, middle, or last) that starts with N? Nathan, nuff said.
5. Favorite movie, book, TV show, or song whose title starts with T? *Flat look* Teen Wolf. Not the campy movies with Michael J . Fox, but the MTV Series. I don’t like the main character, but I love the Smartass Stiles Stilinski.
The Friday Five
Jun. 13th, 2026 01:19 amanais_pf posted @ [Bad username or unknown identity: ”thefridayfive”]:These questions were written by Dreamwidth user [Bad username or unknown identity: ”archersangel”], who used a random letter generator, for random questions.
1. What is place you have visited, or want to visit, that starts with D?
Dallas is only an hour and a half away from me. Spent a bit of time in the Children’s Hospital (known worldwide) because of seizures and the Dallas World Trade Center for my parent’s business.
2. What is a food that you like, or don't like, that starts with R?
Raman. Not the kind that kind that you get in the supermarket. True Tonkatsu Raman is delicious.
3. Own anything that starts with the letter M? Many Movies
4. Know anyone whose name (first, middle, or last) that starts with N? Nathan, nuff said.
5. Favorite movie, book, TV show, or song whose title starts with T? *Flat look* Teen Wolf. Not the campy movies with Michael J . Fox, but the MTV Series. I don’t like the main character, but I love the Smartass Stiles Stilinski.
