“I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it’s not going to be satisfying.” Greg LeMond Cyclist, 3 Times Winner of the Tour de France
“Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. It pleases those who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed.” — Erastus Wiman
“Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother.” — Barbara Johnson
“It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little – do what you can.” Sydney Smith
“The secret lies in how we handle today, not yesterday or tomorrow. Today… that special block of time holding the key that locks out yesterday’s nightmares and unlocks tomorrow’s dreams.” Charles Swindoll
“Fear melts when you take action towards a goal you really want.” —Robert G. Allen
“The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions, grudges and fears, clingings and disappointments that bind our spirit.” Jack Kornfield
This delightful book is one that our family reads aloud every year in December even though our youngest child is now a teenager. One Wintry Night by Ruth Bell Graham tells the story of a young boy lost in a snow storm and the kind grandmotherly woman who shelters him and tends to his injured…
“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It’s not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it’s when you’ve had everything to do, and you’ve done it.” — Margaret Thatcher [text added to photo by me] source of original photo Creative Commons License
I absolutely Love this version of “Angels We Have Heard On High” by the a cappella group, ‘Home Free’. I’m going to put their album, Full of Cheer, on my Christmas Wish List this year. 🙂 Enjoy!