The Power of a Mother

 

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Mother's Day 2021

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Release Your Burdens

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Further reading: Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat

Life is too important to be taken seriously

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Make Time For Yourself
     

Mother's Day 2020

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

Honor your father and your mother.
- Exodus 20:12

Further reading: The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

A Happy Family 

What is Love?

What is a Home?

Marriage
     

Let Your Approach To Life Be Lighthearted Rather Than Somber

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Further reading: Life is too important to be taken seriously

Make Time For Yourself

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
     

The Burden Disappears

The moment you start seeing life as non-serious, a playfulness,
all the burden on your heart disappears.
All the fear of death, of life, of love - everything disappears.
- Osho

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
- Anonymous

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Life is too important to be taken seriously

Today is Your Day (my complete poem)

Make Time For Yourself

Life Lessons I Learned From My Cat
     

Mothers' Day 2017

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honore de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.
- Henry Ward Beecher

Further reading: Debt of Gratitude

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

Opportunity for Daily Thanksgiving
     

Singing Life

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song.
- Chinese Proverb

The Joy is in the Journey.
- Anonymous

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

Who said that life had to be serious?
Imagine, Play, Sing, Turn Cartwheels, Be Unstoppable, Dance Wildly With Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today is a perfect day to be happy.
Every day is a perfect day to be happy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Profound Questions

The Mysterious

Enjoy Life as a Song

Equanimity/Composure

The River of Life (Poem)
    

Mothers Day 2015

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Further reading: The #1 Secret of Great Relationships

What is Love?

A Happy Family

What is a Home?

Marriage

Being Fully Present in TODAY

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The highest and most beautiful things in life
are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen
but, if one will, are to be lived.
- Soren Kierkegaard

This is the day which the Lord has made;
we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalms 118:24

Stop wishing and fearing the future
long enough to be fully present in TODAY.
Some great things are happening today
that bear no resemblance to what you planned.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Living in the Present

An Unknowable Future

The Canvas Of Life

Our Opportunity

A New Day

Life as Currency

Mother's Day

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Mother is the name for God
in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss
at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- Honoré de Balzac

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.
- Jewish Proverb

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
- George Bernard Shaw

Further reading: Forgiveness is Essential to a Great Relationship

Pay It Forward - as an Expression of Universal Gratitude

A List of Gratitudes - a Thanksgiving

Family

Children

Forgiveness

Heart

Sharing

Inner Peace

Life Is Beautiful

Beauty is whatever gives joy.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Dickinson

The highest and most beautiful things in life
are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but,
if one will, are to be lived.
- Soren Kierkegaard

I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein

Further reading: Comparisons are Odious

Zero-Based Gratitude

Nothing to look forward to ???

Life Is Beautiful Quotes

Life and Love Quotes

Listen To Your Heart Quotes

Quotes about Living Life to the Fullest 

Quotes about Beauty

Live Life Quotes 

Mother's Day

Mother is the name for God
in the lips and hearts of little children.
- William Makepeace Thackeray

A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
- Emily Dickinson

Men are what their mothers made them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

A mother is not a person to lean on,
but a person to make leaning unnecessary.
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Further reading: Pay It Forward

Aging With Grace by Dr. David Mokotoff

William Makepeace Thackeray: Mother is the name for God ...

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. - William Makepeace Thackeray 

 The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. - Honoré de Balzac 

 A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. - Emily Dickinson 

 A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. - Dorothy Canfield Fisher 

 Further reading: What is Love? 

  The #1 Secret of Great Relationships 

  Where There is Love, Nothing is Missing - a Parable

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. Khalil Gibran

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
- Khalil Gibran

I argue thee that love is life.
And life hath immortality.
- Emily Dickinson

Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The greatest lovers are like twin blooms,
each reflecting the passion and the glory of the other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Articles on relationships

Love Quotes

7 Secrets of Happy Couples

How to Know When "Mister Right" is Mister Wrong

Online Dating After Divorce (a man's guide)