A Vagabond's Song...

A Vagabond's Song

I was baptized by New York City sleet and tempered in

New England snow.

I walked among the ancient rocks and pondered nature's

  hieroglyphs.

I watched the silver snake ford the brook.

  I fought. My spear was inscribed with sacred runes.

  I gather knowledge from books and birds and children at play.

  I respect the mystic myths.

  I know when there's love and when there isn't.

  I can hear the echoes of my struggling ancestors.

  Those who saw me sit and stare and said I was a worthless

dreamer are gone.

I survived the silent sirens.

  Now I sit and stare and while I sit I think, I imagine, I write,

I design, I survive because I can.

There is inexpressible music in my head, poetry in my heart

and a sense of humor in my pocket.

I am a child of the universe.

  I am not worthless.

- written and posted by permission

 from DB at Vagabond Journeys


Please visit DB!  You won't be disappointed!!

Overcoming Depression Quotes...

Overcoming Depression Quotes

"Mental health problems do not affect three or four
out of every five persons, but one out of one."
- Dr. William Menninger

"Take the first step, no more, no less,
and the next will be revealed."
- Ken Roberts

"Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling
with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain.
But you have already borne the pain. What you have not
done is feel all you are beyond that pain."
- Kahlil Gibran

"Hope is grief’s best music."
- Author Unknown

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best
antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset.
It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens.
It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."
- Greenville Kleiser

"In moments of discouragement, defeat, or even despair,
there are always certain things to cling to. Little things
usually: remembered laughter, the face of a sleeping child,
a tree in the wind - in fact, any reminder of something
deeply felt or dearly loved. No man is so poor as not to
have many of these small candles. When they are lighted,
darkness goes away - and a touch of wonder remains."
- "These Small Candles", a tombstone inscription in Britain

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly,
acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all,
I still know that just to be alive is a grand thing."
- Agatha Christie

"One ceases to recognize the significance of mountain peaks
if they are not viewed occasionally from the deepest valleys."
- Dr. Al Lorin

"Although the world is full of suffering,
it is also full of the overcoming of it."
- Helen Keller

The first week of October (2 - 8) is National Mental Illness
Awareness Week. If you are hurting, please let someone know!!
If you have no one to turn to, the crisis line below is open year-
round, 24/7. They care and will not judge you!

Visit NAMI for more details on mental health.

- dedicated to J. and S., two hurting young people,
who left this earth too soon.

Autumn Quotes and a Bible Verse...

Autumn Quotes and a Bible Verse


Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper
time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- Galatians 6:9


"For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad."
- Adwin Way Teale


"The summer fades and passes and October comes.
We'll smell smoke then, and feel an unexpected sharpness,
a thrill of nervousness, swift elation,
a sense of sadness and departure."
- Thomas Wolfe


"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,
and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns."
- George Eliot


"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect
pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."
- Carol Bishop Hipps


"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor,
summer an oil painting,
and autumn a mosaic of them all."
- Stanley Horowitz


"The breezes taste of apple peel.
The air is full of smells to feel -
Ripe fruit, old footballs, burning brush,
New books, erasers, chalk, and such.
The bee, his hive, well-honeyed hum,
And Mother cuts chrysanthemums.
Like plates washed clean with suds, the days
Are polished with a morning haze."
- John Updike


"If you do not sow in the spring,
you will not reap in the autumn."
- An Irish Proverb


"Even if something is left undone, everyone must take
time to sit still and watch the leaves turn."
- Elizabeth Lawrence


"l(a
le
af
fa
ll
s)
one
li
ness"
- E. E. Cummings

Mercy Quotes and a Bible Verse...

Mercy Quotes and a Bible Verse

 

"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy."

- Matthew 5:7

"Who will not mercy unto others show,

how can mercy he ever hope to have?"

- Edmund Spenser

"I have always found that mercy bears

richer fruits than strict justice."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth as

the gentle rain from Heaven upon the place beneath.

It is twice blessed --

it blesseth him that gives, and him that takes."

- William Shakespeare

"We do pray for mercy, and that same prayer

doth teach us all

to render the deeds of mercy."

- William Shakespeare

"Today we are afraid of simple words like

goodness and mercy and kindness.

We don't believe in the good old words because

we don't believe in good old values anymore.

And that's why the world is sick."

- Lin Yutang

"The most valuable things in life are not measured in

monetary terms. The really important things are not houses

and lands, stocks and bonds, automobiles and real estate,

but friendships, trust, confidence, empathy,

mercy, love, and faith."

- Bertrand Russell

"Mercy among the virtues is like the moon among the stars...

it is the light that hovers above the judgment seat."

- Edwin Hubbel Chapin

"Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see;

that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me."

- prayer by Alexander Pope

Encouraging and Uplifting Quotes and a Bible Verse...

Quotes and a Bible Verse to Encourage and Uplift

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed,

for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you;

I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

- Isaiah 41:10

"However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us."

- Saint Teresa of Avila

"God's heart is the most sensitive and tender of all.

No act goes unnoticed, no matter how insignificant or small."

- Richard J. Foster

"Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events,

have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose

which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet.

I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it."

- Groucho Marx

"There is progress whether ye are going forward

or backward! The thing is to move!"

- Edgar Cayce

"People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you

have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on."

- Bill Cosby

"There's an important difference between

giving up and letting go."

- Jessica Hatchigan

"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."

- Lao Tzu

"If your lips can speak a word of encouragement

to a weary soul, you have a talent."

- Eva J. Cummings

"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us.

That is why it's a comfort to go hand in hand."

- Emily Kimbrough

"Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be."

- Grandma Moses

Funny Videos...

I have three videos for you today. I promise they will bring you smiles

and giggles. Give yourself a few minutes of time and sit back and

enjoy! You won't be disappointed! Have a super weekend, everyone!!

Sending out chuckles and joy... Val

Click on the links below to view:

Lala the Penguin

Howard the Drummer

The Janitor's Revenge

Self-Awareness and Uniqueness Quotes and a Verse...

Self-Awareness Quotes and a Verse

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord,

"plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give

you hope and a future."

- Jeremiah 29:11

"Each one of us is God's special work of art.

Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and

encourages, informs and uplifts all those

who view our lives."

- Joni Eareckson Tada

"Until you make peace with who you are,

you’ll never be content with what you have."

- Doris Mortman

"Life isn't about finding yourself.

Life is about creating yourself."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Create a story of WOW that will be retold."

- Jeffrey Gitomer

"Trust your own instincts. Your mistakes might as

well be your own instead of someone else's."

- Billy Wilder

"We did not change as we grew older;

we just became more clearly ourselves."

- Lynn Hall

"There is nothing like returning to a place that

remains unchanged to find the ways in which you

yourself have altered."

- Nelson Mandela

"I am not myself in any degree ashamed of

having changed my opinions."

- Bertrand Russell

"What I am looking for is not out there;

it is in me."

- Helen Keller

Friendship Quotes and a Verse...

Friendship Quotes and a Verse

Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work;

If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls

and has no one to help him up!

- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."

- Henry Ford

"A true friend is one who knows all about you and likes you anyway."

- Christi Mary Warner

"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and

aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to

noble deeds."

- Aristotle

"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."

- Euripedes

"You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of

yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job."

- Laurence J. Peter

"To find a friend one must close one eye - to keep him, two."

- Norman Douglas

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the

man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

- Abraham Lincoln

"You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.

I wove my webs for you because I liked you. By helping you,

perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows

anyone's life can stand a little of that."

- E. B. White, 'Charlotte's Web'

"If you have an ounce of common sense and one good

friend you don't need an analyst."

- Joan Crawford

* dedicated to those few people who are oh-so-very special to me. 
You know who you are... male and female, I can count you on
one hand.  I love each of you!!