Archive for the ‘Quotes’ Category
Aug
02
Posted by Viola
Unconditional Love
After having fought in Vietnam, a soldier was finally coming home. The soldier called his parents from San Francisco.
“Mom and Dad, I’m coming home, but I’ve a favor to ask. I have a friend I’d like to bring home with me.”
“Sure,” they replied, “we’d love to meet him.”
“There’s something you should know the son continued, “he was hurt pretty badly in the fighting. He stepped on a land mine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I want him to come live with us.”
“I’m sorry to hear that, son. Maybe we can help him find somewhere to live.”
“No, Mom and Dad, I want him to live with us.”
“Son,” said the father, “you don’t know what you’re asking. Someone with such a handicap would be a terrible burden on us. We have our own lives to live, and we can’t let something like this interfere with our lives. I think you should just come home and forget about this guy. He’ll find a way to live on his own.”
At that point, the son hung up the phone. The parents heard nothing more from him. A few days later, however, they received a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building, they were told. The police believed it was suicide. The grief-stricken parents flew to San Francisco and were taken to the city morgue to identify the body of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The parents in this story are like many of us. We find it easy to love those who are good-looking or fun to have around, but we don’t like people who inconvenience us or make us feel uncomfortable. We would rather stay away from people who aren’t as healthy, beautiful, or smart as we are. Thankfully, there’s someone who won’t treat us that way. Someone who loves us with an unconditional love that welcomes us into the forever family, regardless of how messed up we are.
Jul
16
Posted by Viola
Anthony Robbins Quote | Quality of Life
If you don’t set a baseline standard for what you’ll accept in life, you’ll find it’s easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of life that’s far below what you deserve.
~ Anthony Robbins
Jul
14
Posted by Viola
Just Five More Minutes
Author Unknown
While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground.
“That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide.
“He’s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the bike in the white dress.”
Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you say we go, Melissa?”
Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five more minutes.”
The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart’s content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter. “Time to go now?”
Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.”
The man smiled and said, “OK.”
“My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded.
The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give anything for just five more minutes with him. I’ve vowed not to make the same mistake with Melissa.
She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I get Five more minutes to watch her play.”
Life is all about making priorities, what are your priorities?
Give someone you love 5 more minutes of your time today!
Jul
08
Posted by Viola
Change is the Law of Life | John F. Kennedy
Submitted by Kennedy Johnson
Not only was I named after him - he is also one of my Hero’s. His ‘message’ will go on…
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
- John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
Jul
06
Posted by Viola
Love Based Upon Freedom | Leo Buscaglia
“A loving relationship is one in which the loved one is free to be himself -
to laugh with me, but never at me;
to cry with me, but never because of me;
to love life, to love himself, to love being loved.
Such a relationship is based upon freedom and can never grow in a jealous heart.“
~ Leo Buscaglia
Jul
05
Posted by webmaster
Woody Allen Sexy Quotes
“Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you.”
“Hey, don’t knock masturbation, it’s sex with someone I love.”
“I have an intense desire to return to the womb. Anybody’s.”
“I’m such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own.”
“Is sex dirty? Only if it’s done right.”
“Love is the answer, but while you’re waiting for the answer, sex raises some good questions.”
“My brain! It’s my second favorite organ!”
“Sex and death. Two things that come once in a lifetime. But at least after death you’re not nauseous.”
“Sex without love is an empty experience, but as empty experiences go, it’s a pretty good empty experience.”
Jul
03
Posted by Viola
Sex Versus Love
Submitted by Frederick La Feroux
This poem made me smile. This poem made me think.
Is there any truth in this poem?
Sex Versus Love
Sex prolongs life
Love shortens it.
Sex is something upbeat
Love is plummeting down.
Love is larger than life
Sex is life itself, no frills attached.
Sex is like saving money
Love is like spending money.
Love is chaos
Sex is peace and order.
Sex raises self esteem
Love makes you vulnerable.
Love is selfishness
Sex is toleration.
Sex is exchanging energy
Love is wasting it.
Love is hell on earth
Sex is heaven on earth.
Love is sleepless nights
Sex is sweet dreams.
Love is a narcotic dependence
Sex is detoxification.
Love is spartan and redundant
Sex is simple and quintessential.
Love is commitment and chastity
Sex is friendship and reminiscence.
Hasan Ali Tokuqin
Jun
22
Posted by Viola
Would you sleep with him or bake a cake instead?
My friend from Germany send this to me today and ask me to post it on here. So here goes:
A HUSBAND IS AT HOME WATCHING A
FOOTBALL GAME WHEN HIS WIFE INTERRUPTS,
HONEY,
COULD YOU FIX THE LIGHT IN THE HALLWAY?
IT’S BEEN FLICKERING FOR WEEKS NOW.
HE LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS ANGRILY,
FIX THE LIGHTS NOW?
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE
GE WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON’T THINK SO.
FINE,
THEN THE WIFE ASKS,
WELL THEN, COULD YOU FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR?
IT WON’T CLOSE RIGHT
TO WHICH HE REPLIED,
FIX THE FRIDGE DOOR?
DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE WESTINGHOUSE
WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON’T THINK SO
FINE, SHE SAYS
THEN YOU COULD AT LEAST FIX THE STEPS
TO THE FRONT DOOR?
THEY ARE ABOUT TO BREAK
I’M NOT A CARPENTER AND I DON’T
WANT TO FIX STEPS
HE SAYS, DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE
ACE HARDWARE WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD?
I DON’T THINK SO
I’VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU.
I’M GOING TO THE BAR!!!!
SO HE GOES TO THE BAR AND DRINKS FOR A
COUPLE OF HOURS………………………….
HE STARTS TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT HOW
HE TREATED HIS WIFE, AND DECIDES
TO GO HOME
AS HE WALKS INTO THE HOUSE HE NOTICES
THAT THE STEPS ARE ALREADY FIXED.
AS HE ENTERS THE HOUSE , HE SEES THE
HALL LIGHT IS WORKING
AS HE GOES TO GET A BEER, HE NOTICES
THE FRIDGE DOOR IS FIXED.
HONEY, HE ASKS, HOW’D ALL THIS GET FIXED?
SHE SAID, WELL, WHEN YOU LEFT I SAT
OUTSIDE AND CRIED.
JUST THEN A NICE YOUNG MAN ASKED ME
WHAT WAS WRONG, AND I TOLD HIM.
HE OFFERED TO DO ALL THE REPAIRS, AND
ALL I HAD TO DO WAS EITHER
GO TO BED WITH HIM OR BAKE A CAKE.
HE SAID,
SO WHAT KIND OF CAKE DID YOU BAKE?
SHE REPLIED,
HELLOOOOO..
DO YOU SEE SARA LEE WRITTEN
ON MY FOREHEAD?
Jun
14
Posted by Viola
The Gift - John Aubichon Gaudet
THE AUTHOR: John Aubichon Gaudet
The old lady places her shawl on top of the bedside table and opens the door below. She removes two brightly colored doilies, which she has painfully knitted over the course of two weeks. She holds them with long fingers, gnarled with age. She has made them for the redheaded girl who comes to clean her room.
The old lady has come to anticipate the sounds of the girl’s cleaning cart coming down the hall. The girl is friendly and the old dear loves to hear her talk of her daughter and her life as she bustles around the room, making the bed and cleaning the floor. They have a special relationship, these two. The old lady loves to talk of times past; she loves the way her stories fall on rapt ears and the way she feels when the girl sits down just to listen to her and her tales. The ghosts of memory also come with these visits, and they leave their little stamps of love and longing, but she would not change a thing. These daily meetings with this girl have given her a way to bring lost friends and family to life. The two exchange secrets and tips, and when something happens in the ward, the old lady can’t wait to tell her special friend.
So she gives the girl the only thing she can, to show how much all this means. “I hope you like them,” she says uncertainly as she hands the doilies over with shaking hands. The girl, choked up, says, “Of course I do, silly.” Tears well up in the cleaners eyes, as she can see the obvious effort it must have taken the old girl to make these beautifully colored pieces with such terrible arthritis. The girl thinks, to herself, that this is what makes her job so worthwhile.
The cleaner moves on to the next room with more tears in her eyes and the doilies in her purse. The shift has just begun, and there are still 22 rooms to clean.
Jun
13
Posted by Viola
Life is like a game with dice
The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don’t get the throw
you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw
you get.
* Terence
Do you make the best of your throw?