This is one of my favorite YouTube videos of all time. For anyone who has ever loved a dog, this will make you laugh and hit home!
Month: December 2014
A Train Called Life*
At birth we boarded the train and met our parents, and we believe they will always travel on our side. However, at some station our parents will step down from the train, leaving us on this journey alone.
As time goes by, other people will board the train; and they will be significant I.e. Our siblings, friends, children, and even the love of our life. Many will step down and leave a permanent vacuum. Others will go so unnoticed that we don’t realize that they vacated their seats!
This train ride will be full of joy, sorrow, fantasy, expectations, hellos, goodbyes, and farewells.
Success consists of having a good relationship with all passengers…requiring that we give the best of ourselves.
The mystery to everyone is: We do not know at which station we ourselves will step down. So, we must live in the best way – love, forgive, and offer the best of who we are. It is important to do this because when the time comes for us to step down and leave our seat empty — we should leave behind beautiful memories for those who will continue to travel on the train of life.
* I tried to find the originator of this story, but could not locate a precise attribution and many variations are marked “author unknown.” Should you be able to find an exact attribution, kindly send it to me at the email address below and I will update the post.
STATUS QUOtes – 20141216
“Vanity is the quicksand of reason.” – George Sand
“It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
“A word of encouragement during a failure is worth more than an hour of praise after success.” – Unknown
“After you’ve heard two eyewitness accounts of an automobile accident, you begin to worry about history.” – Tim Allen
STATUS QUOtes – 20141215
“Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut
“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.'” – Maya Angelou
“When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten.” – Molly Wizenberg
“Family reunions are the times when you come face to face with your family tree, and you realize some branches need to be cut.” – Rene Hicks
PL8ATUDES – December 15, 2014
We continue our series of personalized (vanity) license plates in Arizona. To maintain individual privacy, we try to show as little information about particular cars as possible as long as we can reveal the license plate.
NOTE – License plate photos may have been archived for quite some time. The years indicated on the registration stickers DO NOT necessarily reflect the current status of any given plate!
We hope you enjoy these PL8ATUDES!
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STATUS QUOtes – 20141214
All sorrows are less with good bread.[ed]” ― Miguel de Cervantes
“If someone cuts you off, ask yourself if you handed them the scissors.” ― Unknown
“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” ― Sigmund Freud
“It is far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help.” ― Judith Martin
STATUS QUOtes – 20141213
“If you want to be a lion, you must train with lions.” – Carlson Gracie
“Never ignore a person who truly cares for you. One day you may realize you lost the moon while counting the stars.[ed]” – Nico Lang
“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere
“A young person is a theory, an old person is a fact.” – Edgar Watson Howe
STATUS QUOtes – 20141212
“I hold a beast, an angel and a madman in me.” – Dylan Thomas
“The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.” – Henry Ward Beecher
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Avram Noam Chomsky
“Sometimes I think of something so wrong and inappropriate that my little black heart skips a beat with delight.” – Unknown
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