Favorite Quotes

 yes, lovely autumn poem Wolf..., big ole harvest moons, warm days, crisp nights, warm apple cobblers in the oven, making the zuchnnin bread as the squash gets harvested, school is open again for the kids, and the leaves, they look so nice against blue sky, and they brighten up an gray sky day of rain, an true gift of God. Each season is special. I just finished doing the house for autumn in decor. I went to an craft store today, see if I could find an autumn flag for my big old rock wall fireplace and I did. I notced they had like an wooden clock for counting down down the days to "trick or treat"....we gonna do scarey stuff in here or not..smiles*  Christmas is on the next isle I guess you know also. I have went into the "Lemax" village scenes some years back, started Holloween last year. I can bring an bit of the country to my house sometimes that way... 30 years living here has brought many changes. Iguess I better get to checking out those poems again....

A lecturer, when explaining stress management to an audience,  raised a glass of water and asked, 'How heavy is this glass of water?'  Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn'tmatter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.   If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.  If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.  In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes', he continued, 'And that's the way it is with stress management.

If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later,  as the burden becomes increasingly heavy,  we won't be able to carry on. As with the glass of water,  you have to put it down for a while and rest before holding it again.  When we're refreshed, we can carry on with the burden.

'So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.  Don't carry it home. You can pick it up tomorrow.  Whatever burdens you're carrying now,  So, my friend, put down anything that may be a burden to you right now.  Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.   Here are some great ways of dealing with the burdens of life: 

I don't need a certain number of friends.

Just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Be kind to your kids

They choose your nursing home. !