Thoughtful Thursday

Hear the meaning within the word. - William Shakespeare

Thoughtful Thrusday

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein

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The future depends on what we do in the present. - Mahatma Gandhi

North Georgia - 3/2010

Thoughtful Friday, cause I forgot it on Thursday!

Enjoy the sweetness of life.

Picture taken: Helen Fudge Shoppe, Helen GA. 2010

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Love is the theme for this post, since today is my anniversary, 15 years.

~ In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged. ~
Hans Nouwens

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I'm afraid for the future, I usually don't put anything political on my blog because I choose to keep somethings private but really she just scares the pants off me, actually all politician do.

Yes, you are right -- I am a moralist in disguise; it gets me into heaps of trouble when I go thrashing around in political questions.- Mark Twain - Letter to Helene Picard, 22 Feb 1902

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So often times it happens that we live our lives in chains And we never even know we have the key.

Lyrics from Already Gone, performed by the Eagles for their 1974 On the Border album

Blue Ridge Mountains, VA.

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1 Corinthians 13:4 -8
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.


Happy Valentine's Day!

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The more a man knows, the more he forgives. - Catherine the Great

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When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. - Helen Keller

Picture was taken at Bok Tower, Lake Wales, Florida

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"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.” - Bill Vaughn

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein


Picture taken at Smather's Beach, Key West, I figured I would share some sunshine with everyone buried in snow.

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Picture of my Daughter's and my Grandmother's hands. It will be three years on my daughter's birthday 12/26 that my grandmother had a massive stroke leaving her incapacitated, bedridden and with a feeding tube. My mother has been caring for her at home and it's been a long road, but a loving one. I took this pic because my daughter's hands are the most similar to my grandmothers and when she was born 21 yrs ago, my 72 yr old grandmother was her caregiver for the first four years of my daughter's life, as I was working, studing and divorcing. I have a lot to be thankful and greatful for, even though she no longer knows us or what's happening my memories of her make visiting possible without pain and regret.

I found this poem online and thought it was fitting.
Her Hands
© Maggie Pittman
Her hands held me gently from the day I took my first breath.
Her hands helped to guide me as I took my first step.
Her hands held me close when the tears would start to fall.
Her hands were quick to show me that she would take care of it all.
Her hands were there to brush my hair, or straighten a wayward bow.
Her hands were often there to comfort the hurts that didn't always show.
Her hands helped hold the stars in place, and encouraged me to reach.
Her hands would clap and cheer and praise when I captured them at length.
Her hands would also push me, though not down or in harms way.
Her hands would punctuate the words, just do what I say.
Her hands sometimes had to discipline, to help bend this young tree.
Her hands would shape and mold me into all she knew I could be.
Her hands are now twisting with age and years of work,
Her hand now needs my gentle touch to rub away the hurt.
Her hands are more beautiful than anything can be.
Her hands are the reason I am me. Her Hands by Maggie Pittman @FamilyFriendPoems

Thoughtful Thanksgiving Thursday

May you always know the Grace of God.
May your pantry never be empty, your glass always full.
My your heart be full of love and you family healthy.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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You'll never know who has come before you and who will come after, but always try to leave where you have been better than when you arrived.

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If you woke up this morning with more health than illness you are more blessed than the millions who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation you are ahead of 500 million people in the world

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world.

If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead, and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

May the Lord ease your worries, your troubles and heartache, for only through Him are we truly blessed.

Picture is of Michael Gaffney's House, in Gaffney S.C.

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I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

John 15:4-6

Pictures taken at Henscratch Farm Vineyard and Winery, Lake Placid Florida

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Philippians 4: 6-7

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Picture was taken of my mom's birthday bouquet a gift from my younger brother and his wife.

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Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27 New King James Version (NKJV)

This pic was taken at Kings Mountain South Carolina near the National Military Park