“I would rather have a little rose from the garden of a friend, Than flowers strewn around my casket When my days on earth must end. I would rather have a living smile From one I know is true, Than tears around my casket, When this world I bid adieu. Bring me all the flowers [...]

“Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.”  Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“Let me remember that each life must follow its own course, and that what happens to other people has absolutely nothing to do with what happens to me.”  Marjorie Holmes, an inspirational author and columnist often called “the patron saint of housewives”.  

“In the greatest confusion there is still an open channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find, because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of what we describe as our education. But the channel is always there, and it is our business to [...]

“Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.”  Hans Margolius

“A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.” Bill Keane

“Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within your control, and some things are not. It is only after you have faced up to this fundamental rule and learned to distinguish between what you can and can’t control that inner tranquility and outer effectiveness become possible.” Epictetus

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.” Unknown

“The fact is that you deserve all the good things in life that you can possibly imagine as long as you achieve them by doing or contributing something of value to other people and to your world.” Brian Tracy

“One’s objective should be to get it right, get it quick, get it out, and get it over. You see, your problem won’t improve with age.” Warren Buffett