Daily Jots

To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey

My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past to the future.

Pearl Bailey (1918-1990)

And maybe that is why this morning I curled up in a comfy chair and just read nearly half a book. And drank way too much coffee.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Helen Keller

I never quite thought of it in that way. I wonder what I can do today that would produce a little happiness for someone else?? Cook something… nah, that would probably just make them feel miserable!

;)

Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way, that is not within everybody’s power, that is not easy.

Aristotle

So when was the last time you flew off the handle? I have a tendency to keep things bottled up and then I blow! Not a good habit.

*Controlling People: How to Recognize, Understand, and Deal With People Who Try to Control You

“The things we know best are the things we haven’t been taught.”
Marquis de Vauvenargues

I really haven’t got a clue about this one. How are you supposed to know something if you didn’t learn it first?? Any help here? It really makes absolutely no sense to me.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
George Santayana

Enjoying the interval. That’s the part most of us miss. We are too busy worrying about what might be around the corner!

PATIENCE… which I have very little of these days, but then I read this.

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
Hesiod

So, for all of you who have a novel inside of you, maybe this is the way to get it finished.

“A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It’s a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.”

Barbara Holland

Does this ring true?? I for one, have not even one pet in the house. A puppy… now that would be a big mistake for me. They are just soooo darn cute, I would be too busy playing to get any work done!

Now put me in a restaurant with a cup of coffee and tons of people and the thoughts fly!

*How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling (How to Write a Damn Good Novel)

With Christmas just around the corner, my thoughts always return to my little sister. She was one of those women who had that special smile and I’m pretty certain that she is now someone’s guardian angel. So, with Cindy in mind, I went looking for some quotes about angels. I hope that you enjoy them.

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love.”
Thomas C. Haliburton

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Bible: Hebrews (13:2)

Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.
Anonymous

Angels do find us in our hour of need.
Amy Huffman

Christmas in Heaven

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
Epicurus (Greek philosopher, BC 341-270)

Oh, oh… I think that man was writing about me. I should write down that quote and frame it. But I can’t help it… I love shopping! It’s my very favorite fun thing to do. ;)

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