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I went to the mountains, but they were closed. Apparently I wasn’t on Mountain Time.

A Story That Talks about Talking Is Like Chatter to Chattering Teeth, and Every Set of Dentures Can Attest to the Fact That No..

Remember that a fresh breath of life follows every sigh of exasperation. Breathe in, breathe out, and ENJOY every moment. It is how everything begins and ends. - Charmainism

Shake Hands with Yourself: A Peacemaker's Guide to Happiness & Inner Peace

I opened my veins. Unstoppably life spurts out with no remedy. Now I set out bowls and plates. Every bowl will be shallow. Every plate will be small. And overflowing their rims, into the black earth, to nourish the rushes unstoppably without cure, gu...

Selected Poems

There are far too many silent sufferers.  Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no one who cares.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix; it's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Gratitude doesn't change the scenery.  It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine.  A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise.  A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Mother nature changes her looks for the same reason any woman changes her looks—to be noticed.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once were.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized.  It's okay.  Life was never about what you do, but what you do. 

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

To punish someone for your own mistakes or for the consequences of your own actions, to harm another by shifting blame that is rightly yours; this is a wretched and cowardly sin.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

A single act of kindness is like a drop of oil on a patch of dry skin—seeping, spreading, and affecting more than the original need.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

When a person boldly declares, he might as well add on, , knowing that this spoken roadblock only serves to fuel a challenge in naturally stubborn souls.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

We hunger after the sweet nectar of happiness without understanding that it is harvested from the flowering field of good deeds.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Christmas is our annual reminder to —pondering celestial stars, to —serving those in need, and to —glorifying our Lord in humble prayer.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

Happiness isn't reserved for privileged individuals. It is a state of mind that can neither be bought nor stolen nor traded; it is a liberty available to anyone.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year

If only this great concern we have for our own sensitive feelings expanded to encompass the feelings of our fellow men.

Smile Anyway: Quotes, Verse, & Grumblings for Every Day of the Year