“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.”
-Robert Frost
Don’t go insane today.
Find something, somewhere to laugh about and change your atmosphere with the sound of your own joy.
If you need some help, try this out. A flier on a street in Venice last week. Thanks to A.E. for sharing it with me.
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I cherish this quote. It reminds me to give thanks for all the things in my life that are precious to me. Sometimes they go overlooked, but they are worthy of my impossible constant gratitude. I recognize, as well, that they are my lifesavers. Indeed, they are my very life.
Read this aloud to your own heart, slowly. <3
Sometimes, when we lose ourselves in fear and despair, in routine and constancy, in hopelessness and tragedy, we can thank God for Bavarian sugar cookies. And, fortunately, when there aren’t any cookies, we can still find reassurance in a familiar hand on our skin, or a kind and loving gesture, or subtle encouragement, or a loving embrace, or an offer of comfort, not to mention hospital gurneys and nose plugs, an uneaten Danish, soft-spoken secrets, and Fender Stratocasters, and maybe the occasional piece of fiction. And we must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days, are effective for a much larger and nobler cause. They are here to save our lives. I know the idea seems strange, but I also know that it just so happens to be true.
- Karen Eiffel (played by Emma Thompson) in Stranger Than Fiction
Postscript: Today is my birthday and on this day I want to tell you how grateful I am for each and every one of you who has shared in the creation and blossoming of this little endeavor, Life As a Wave. You have been a lifesaver as well, giving me another reason to rise to the challenge of remaining optimistic, hopeful and full of faith no matter what. May our exchange of words continue to buoy us through the waters and gently demand our continued growth as individuals and communities.
With love,
~~~S Wave~~~
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Wise words for today.
Whatever it is that you might be striving for, trying for, vying or or dying for….
Whatever it is that you’ve been dreaming of and feel that longing for in your spirit….
Keep moving on toward it!!
Find a different road to draw closer to it.
Try a different angle or a completely different lens to look at it.
Tell yourself the encouraging words that you know you would give to your closest friend if the shoe were on the other foot.
Write it down….paint it….sculpt it….sing it.
And remember…..always…..that you “have come into being by the collective power of the entire universe.” If the most minuscule event had happened differently, you wouldn’t be here. Give thanks that you are here and believe that you belong.
With love,
~~~S Wave~~~
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“We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles, rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to humanity.”
~~~Martin Luther King, Jr.
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