Adversity
“If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.” ~ Socrates
Thought for Today “Some people bear three kinds of trouble the ones they’ve had, the ones they have, and the ones they expect to have.” ~ Edward Everett
“We all have to face pain, and pain makes us grow.” ~ James Taylor
Thought of the Day I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in. ~ Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
Thought for the Day “I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.” ~ Rosa Parks *Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Born: February 4
:We’re not going back to the good old days. They weren’t so good for my people.” ~ John Barrett, voter
“When everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.”
“The strongest people I’ve met have not been given an easier life. They’ve learned to create strength and happiness from dark places.” ~ Kristen Butler
“When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.” ~ Peter Marshall
“Sometimes life will test you but remember this: when you walk up a mountain, your legs get stronger.” ~ Author Unknown
“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.” ~ Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Patricia
Pick yourself up, Dust yourself off And start all over again.” Dorothy Fields Today’s thought comes from a popular song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics
“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still.
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.” ~ Elon Musk