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Reflexology Massage – More than a Massage!

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Reflexology Masssage treats your whole body – from pressure points on your hands and feet. It’s more than massage! And reflexes you much more than a massage!

Why You Need a Reflexology Massage

Staying healthy requires controlling emotions, which might not be possible all the time especially for people who have some pre-existing conditions (mental / emotional or physical). Especially dealing with stress today is a major concern – and it requires mental, emotional and physical strength all together.

Massages axes stress – where you give up control and shut everything out and relax you mind and body which gives some space to emotions. But a simple massage is not the complete solution. You need something holistic. And what would be better than a simple massage? – Reflexology Massage.

What does reflexology massage do?

The reflexology massage are known to be effective in reducing tension, stress and help musculo-skeletal system relax. Organs and glands are stimulated, and blood and lymph circulation are improved so that released toxins can be eliminated. This all encourages the body to heal itself.

Reflexology can help you to cope with stress on a physical, mental and emotional level…

So to answer why you need reflexology massage in particular – lets discover –

What is Reflexology and how is it different from massage?

While reflexology might feel like a massage but it is way professional and is heavily backed by sciences in particular the anatomy of your body.

A masseuse would manipulate the muscles and soft tissues to trigger muscle relaxation, improve circulation and relive pain, where as – a reflexologist works on points and areas to stimulate and promote muscles and organs health –

There are “reflex” areas on the feet, hands and ears that correspond to specific organs, glands, and other parts of the body. In other words, the feet form a mini-map of the body where all the body systems can be accessed

By applying pressure to these reflex or pressure points – crystalline deposits and tension relating to corresponding body tissues can be dispersed. Circulation also improves and the natural healthy functioning of the related areas of the body gets a kick-start!

“Negative Energy” also termed as physical toxins gets released from body tissues. These toxins are the ones primarily responsible for mental and emotional setbacks. As these are out – blood either breaks them or flushes them out of your body.

Now the “Positive Energy” or the good and happy hormones are in adequate amount to cheer you up.

So overall Reflexology massage is not just physical and not limited to certain parts. It is a 360 degree process – all working to restore health to the entire being.

How does Reflexology Work? in Detail

Reflexology works by stimulating the reflex areas all over the body but mainly your hands and feet. As mentioned earlier Foot is a map of our entire body, it has over 7000 nerve endings.

Reflexology uses pressure points on feet and hands which are nerve endings to stimulate the corresponding organs and muscles. The process shows results from the first session depending on the ailment and severity.

The effects of the treatment might not last for long initially but it improves and you would start feeling better and better after each session.

Who would benefit from Reflexology Massage?

This treatment has been used to treat variety of ailments. You will see the effects from the first massage as it reduces pain, spasm and stress in muscles by relaxing them and improving blood flow and stimulating the nerve endings.

But if continued over a period of time it has been known to help with many lifestyle diseases and pre-existing conditions which don’t have a cure like allergies, sinus problems, lower back ache, migraine, asthma, arthritis, digestive distress, insomnia and many more.

Disclaimer – Reflexology and Reflexologist cannot claim to diagnose or cure any disease. It remains as an alternate medicine which has helped thousands get through difficult times.

Why does Reflexology Massage hurt so much?

The pain is sign of a congestion or ailment in the reflex corresponding and hence when the pressure is applied on the reflex area it feels sore and hurts.

Usually people wonder why is it hurting so much as they don’t recall pain in that particular region. As the sessions progress and the condition improves the soreness of the muscles reduce. The pain is always kept at bearable limits by the reflexologist and lasts only till the time pressure is applied on it.

If you cannot wait to try – get yourself a foot reflexology massage here!

But if you are interested in a bit of history, then read on… You can carry on with the “treatment” in a few minutes!

What is the origin and history of Reflexology (Massage)?

In ancient times we stimulated these reflexes naturally by walking barefoot over rocks, stones and rough ground, or by using our hands more often to climb, build or work.

In today’s modern world we have lost much of nature’s way of maintaining a balanced and healthy equilibrium. Reflexology helps to restore this balance and promote natural health.

A Bit More of History

Reflexology is both old and new…

Apparently the practice of reflexology is evident in Egypt, North America, Japan, East India, Arabic and Grecian countries as well as in primitive African communities.

We can see the connection between the feet and wellness in the following…

  • Buddha’s upturned foot, used to represent his entire being.
  • Symbols painted on the soles of the Hindu god, Lord Vishnu.
  • Pictographs in Egyptian tombs.
  • And the belief of the Cherokee Indians in the significance of the feet connecting the earth and its energies to mankind.

If we look back in the history books we see that ancient healers used various methods to strengthen and balance the energy flow in the body. They understood that energy flows in zones or meridians throughout the body and that these meridians or energy pathways link organs and body parts.

In fact, the Chinese divided the body into meridians and the West only became aware of these teachings as late as the 1900’s.

These energy pathways are the primary basis for reflexology.

Have a look at this book by Samuel Hayes – for an idea on how the “foot map” or feet pressure points work.

Learn more about hand reflexology, foot reflexology, how to read and make a reflexology chart and meridians.

DIY Reflexology Massage

Although a reflexology treatment given by a professional is the ultimate, YOU can learn to give an effective treatment to yourself and your family…

(If I could have my way, I would have my feet pushed and poked everyday!)…

If you are willing and able to devote a bit of time and energy to yourself, by stimulating certain reflex points on the feet you can relieve stress headaches, migraines, muscle tension and sinus problems all by yourself.

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Zen Sayings

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Sayings about Life| Inspirational Quotes

Wednesday 10 August, 2016.

Zen sayings, sayings about life, inspirational quotes, daily positive thoughts from the teachings of Zen, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Sometimes an inspirational saying can just change your mood for the day…

And that is exactly what zen sayings will do…

Enjoy these carefully selected zen quotes and proverbs from such great teachers such as Lao Tzu and Buddha. And then scroll down to the bottom to see our selection of zen books and gifts.

Zen Sayings and Quotes

Zen Proverbs

~ “Your Treasure House is in yourself, it contains all you need.”

~ “Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.”

~ “Move and the way will open.”

~ “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”

~ “From the withered tree, a flower blooms.”

~ “After enlightenment, the laundry.”

~ “When walking, walk. When eating, eat.”

~ “If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.”

~ “Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.”

~ “If you want a certain thing, you must first be a certain person. Once you are that certain person, obtaining that certain thing will no longer be a concern of yours.”

Zen Sayings by Lao Tzu

~ “The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”

~ “He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.”

~ “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

~ “At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

~ “Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

~ “The words of truth are always paradoxical.”

~ “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

Zen Sayings by the Buddha

~ “When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear.”

~ “You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”

~ “All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.”

~ “If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your own path.”

~ “One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.”

~ “All conditioned things are impermanent. When one see this is Wisdom, then one becomes dispassionate towards the painful.”

~ “Support thy mother and father, Cherish loved ones and children. This is a blessing.”

~ “The Middle Path of righteous living brings knowledge and understanding. It brings insight, leads to calm and wisdom, to awakening – Nirvana.”

More Zen Sayings

“Just think of the trees: they let the birds perch and fly, with no intention to call them when they come and no longing for their return when they fly away. If people’s hearts can be like the trees, they will not be off the Way.”
~ Langya ~

“No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.”
~ Tilopa ~

“I have done my best”, that is about all the philosophy of living that one needs.”
~ Lin-yutang ~

“Although gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision.”
~ Hsi-Tang ~

“No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.”
~ Ts’ai Ken T’an ~

“Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the stream, have faith in its course. It will go its own way, meandering here, trickling there. It will find the grooves, the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it. Never let it out of your sight. It will take you…”
~ Sheng-yen ~

“Talking about Zen all the time is like looking for fish tracks in a dry riverbed.”
~ Wu-Tzu ~

“Just live that life. It doesn’t matter whether it is life or hell, life of the hungry ghost, life of the animal, it’s okay; just live that life, see. And as a matter of fact no other way. Where you stand, where you are, that’s what your life is right there, regardless of how painful it is or how enjoyable it is. That’s what it is.”
~ Taizan Maezumi ~

“What is the path? the Zen Master Nan-sen was asked. Everyday life is the path, he answered.”
~ Master Nan-sen~

“Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.”
~ Alan Watts ~

“One day Chao-chou fell down in the snow, and called out, ”Help me up! Help me up!” A monk came and lay down beside him. Chao-chou got up and went away.”
~ Zen koan ~

“If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
~ Dogen Zenji ~

“You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.”
~ Hui Hai ~


Zen Sayings and Quotes by Osho

~ “This is the Zen approach: nothing is there to be done. There is nothing to do. One has just to be. Have a rest and be ordinary and be natural.”

~ “Don’t seek, don’t search, don’t ask, don’t knock, don’t demand – relax. If you relax, it comes. If you relax, it is there. If you relax, you start vibrating with it.”

~ “God is a synergetic experience. Science can never reveal it, philosophy can never come to it – only a poetic approach, a very passive, very loving approach, can.”

~ “Zen is not a philosophy, it is poetry. It does not propose, it simply persuades. It does not argue, it simply sings its own song.”

~ “In your hopelessness is the only hope, and in your desirelessness is your only fulfillment, and in your tremendous helplessness suddenly the whole existence starts helping you.”

Chinese Proverbs

~ “Teachers open the door… You enter by yourself.”

~ “A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.”

~ “The path of the enlightened one leaves no track- it is like the path of birds in the sky.”

Japanese and Taoist Proverbs

~ “The reverse side also has a reverse side.”

~ “When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.”

~ “Don’t seek the truth; just drop your opinions.”

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Zen Quotes | Zen Sayings

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Friday 08 July, 2016.

Zen quotes, zen sayings, zen mindfulness and more daily inspirational thoughts to inspire and motivate you.

Zen mindfulness encourages you to be calm and in the moment. Zen sayings give you inspiration to do just that.

Choose your favorite and use it as inspiration for your day.

Here are our favorite Zen sayings.

Zen Quotes

“I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not. All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction. All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness.”

~ Chuang-tzu.~


“1. Don’t wish for perfect health. In perfect health, there is greed and wanting. So an ancient said, ” Make good medicine from the suffering of sickness.”

2. Don’t hope for life without problems. An easy life results in a judgmental and lazy mind. So an ancient once said, “Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life”.

3. Don’t expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may be burnt out. So an ancient once said, “Attain deliverance in disturbances”

~ Kyong Ho ~


“The process of practice is to see through, not to eliminate, anything to which we are attached. We could have great financial wealth and be unattached to it, or we might have nothing and be very attached to having nothing…

Usually, if we have seen through the nature of attachment, we will have a tendency to have few possessions, but not necessarily. Most practice gets caught in this area of fiddling with our environments or our minds. “My mind should be quiet”. Our mind doesn’t matter; what matters is non-attachment to the activities of the mind. And our emotions are harmless unless they dominate us , that is, if we are attached to them – then they create dis-harmony for everyone.

The first problem in practice is to see that we are attached.

As we do consistent, patient zazen we begin to know that we are nothing but attachments; they rule our lives.

But we never lose an attachment by saying it has to go. Only as we gain true awareness of its true nature does it quietly and imperceptibly wither away; like a sandcastle with waves rolling over, it just smooths out and finally Where is it? What was it?”

~ Charlotte Joko Beck ~ From Everyday Zen: Love and Work 


“How shall I help the world?”

“By understanding it,” said the Master.

“And how shall I understand it?”

“By turning away from it.”

“How then shall I serve humanity?”

“By understanding yourself.”

“Is there anything I can do to make myself Enlightened?”

“As little as you can do to make the sun rise in the morning.”

“Then of what use are the spiritual exercises you prescribe?”

“To make sure you are not asleep when the sun begins to rise.”

~ Anthony De Mello ~ From One Minute Wisdom

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Valentine Quotes and Sayings

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Friday 25 March, 2016.

Valentine quotes and sayings, cute valentine sayings, funny love sayings, friendship quotes for your special one. Choose a meaningful verse and make Valentines day a happy day!

Valentine Quotes and Sayings

“What would it be like to swing on a star, or walk on a cloud? Would it be anything like what I feel whenever you are near?”
~ Anonymous ~

“Love is a perfume you cannot pour onto others without getting a few drops on yourself.”
~ Emerson ~

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
~ William Shakespeare ~

“Falling in love is so hard on the knees.”
~ Aerosmith ~

“Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it sight,
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”
~ William Shakespeare ~

 

More Valentine Quotes and Sayings…

“All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.”

~ Leo Tolstoy ~

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
~ Lao Tzu ~

“Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.”
~ Robert Browning ~

“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together… there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart… I’ll always be with you.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

“When I get older losing my hair many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine?
If I’d been out till quarter to three would you lock the door?
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?”
~ John Lennon ~

“I love being married. It’s so great to find one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.”
~ Rita Rudner ~
“Love is a grave mental disease.”
~ Plato ~

“The Eskimos have fifty two words for snow because it is so special to them; there ought to be as many for love.”
~ Margaret Atwood ~

“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
~ Erich Segal ~

“Not loving is but a long dying.”
~ Wu Ti ~

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
~ Dr. Seuss ~

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

“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age forever.”
~ Rabindranath Tagore ~

“I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox.”
~ Woody Allen ~

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

“If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.”
~ Claudia Ghandi ~

“Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine!”
~ Thomas Hood ~

“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

And a final favorite of Valentine Quotes and Sayings…

“I love thee, I love but thee

With a love that shall not die

Till the sun grows cold

And the stars grow old.”
~ William Shakespeare ~

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Encouragement Quotes

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Friday 25 March, 2016.


Encouragement quotes
, inspirational sayings, attitude sayings to remind you that you are not alone. Words of wisdom from Buddah, Mother Theresa, movie stars and many others who have been where you are.

Daily thoughts to inspire you to live well.

Choose what “speaks” to you and make a note of it. Look at it often and feel yourself living better every day!

Encouragement Quotes

“If you want the rainbow,
you’ve got to put up with the rain.”
~ Dolly Parton ~

“Your work is to discover your world
and then with all your heart give yourself to it.”
~ The Buddha ~

“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.”
~ Barbara Bloom ~

“What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.”
~ Richard Bach ~

“Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star.”
~ Willis Reed ~

“During the darkest indigo midnight, yet will countless stars blossom.”
~ Dr. SunWolf ~

“People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed only if there is light from within.”
~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross ~

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

“If you realized how powerful your thoughts are,
you would never think a negative thought.”
~ Peace Pilgrim ~

“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.”
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt ~

“Everyone has talent.
What is rare is the courage to follow the talent
to the dark place where it leads.”
~ Erica Jong ~

More Encouragement Quotes

“I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”
~ Agatha Christie ~

“A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you have imagined.”
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe ~

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean.
But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”
~ Mother Teresa ~

One of my favorite encouragement quotes…

“I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.”
~ William Allen White ~

“Your daily life is your school,
your temple, and your religion.”
~ Kahlil Gibran ~

“The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”
~ Ivy Baker Priest ~

“Experience is not what happens to you;
it is what you do with what happens to you.”
~ Aldous Huxley ~

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…
unless you fail to make the turn.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
~ Japanese Proverb ~

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Thought Provoking Quotes

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Inspirational Life Quotes

Friday 25 March, 2016.

Thought provoking quotes, inspirational life quotes, self-esteem quotes, sayings about life.

Uplifting and inspiring sayings from the best sources to encourage and motivate you.

Often the things that cause stress can be lessened by just seeing them differently…

If we feel differently about ourselves, then we can generally cope better with our everyday lives.

And sometimes a thought provoking quote can do just that… make you see things from a different perspective!

We hope our sayings about life give you inspiration to change your perspective for the better.

Thought Provoking Quotes

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“Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.”
~ Benjamin Disraeli ~

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
~ Albert Einstein ~

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
~ Howard Washington Thurman ~

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
~ Albert Einstein ~

“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

“Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
~ Napoleon Hill ~

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”
~ Thomas Jefferson ~

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
~ Carl Sagan ~

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door, that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
~ Helen Keller ~

“You cannot teach people anything. You can only help them discover it within themselves.”
~ Galileo ~

“There are two primary choices in life:
to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
~ Denis Waitley~

A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him or her.”
~ David Brinkley ~

“It is not our abilities that show what we truly are…it is our choices.”
~ Dumbledore ~

More thought provoking quotes…

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
~ George Eliot ~

“If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.”
~ Vincent Van Gogh ~

“I am convinced all of humanity is born with more gifts than we know. Most are born geniuses and just get de-geniused rapidly.”
~ Buckminster Fuller ~

“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heart-ache when we read those lines written by the hand of a master and recognize them as our own, as the tender shoots which we stifled because we lacked the faith to believe in our own powers, our own criterion of truth and beauty. Every man, when he gets quiet, when he becomes desperately honest with himself, is capable of uttering profound truths. We all derive from the same source. There is no mystery about the origin of things. We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, to discover what is already there.”
~ Henry Miller, Sexus ~

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Sympathy Card Sayings

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Friday 25 March, 2016.

Sympathy card sayings, bereavement poems, quotes on grief for you to use on cards or letters expressing condolence messages.

Sometimes it is difficult to find exactly the right words to express your sympathy to someone on the loss of their loved one. You want to strike a balance between being genuinely sympathetic but not over-doing the emotion.

Choose a sympathy card saying from the selection below and use it as is, or modify it to make it more personal.

Remember that a hand written card is always more personal, and just the fact that you took the time to hand write the message shows that you care.

Sympathy Card Sayings

 

sympathy card sayings

 

    • Our hearts are saddened by your loss and our thoughts and prayers are with you.
    • I wish I could find the perfect words to make your pain less and offer you some comfort. Please know that you are always in my thoughts.
    • May the peace which comes from the memories of love shared comfort you now and in the days ahead.
    • We are so sorry for your loss. Your Dad fought hard, but he knew his time had come. Take comfort in knowing that he is no longer suffering. Our love to your family.
    • Please know our loving thoughts embrace you.
    • Our hearts are filled with sorrow and we are sharing your sorrow.
    • Forever in our thoughts, Forever in our hearts
    • Please accept these flowers and hear the words we are not able to speak. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
    • Our thoughts and love are with you and your family during this time of grief. May you find courage and peace for the road ahead.
    • At a time such as this, words cannot express our feelings but we want you to know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
    • In loving memory of Aunt Sarah, she will be missed dearly and always remembered.
    • With loving thoughts and happy memories of so many happy times, ——– was a truly unforgettable person.
    • I have been thinking of you since I heard the news of ——-passing. I just wanted to let you know that I am here for you should you ever need anything. Please let me know what I can do to help you – I am happy to cook a meal, run errands, walk the dog, etc or I can just come sit with you .
    • ———— was always someone I could count on. I hope you can take some comfort in knowing that he/she will not be forgotten.
    • I am truly sorry for your loss, please accept my condolences.

 

Bereavement Poems

Perhaps you would like to include a poem in your sympathy card message. An appropriate poem can also be used as part of a eulogy.

We have a selection of our favorite bereavement poems that just seem to express the thoughts of loss so well. Have a look at our Bereavement Poems index and then click through to read the individual poems.

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In his book, Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner, Fourth Edition, J. William Worden, PhD, describes what he calls “The Four Tasks of Mourning.” These tasks can be the means by which a healthy person works through the pain of grieving for a loved one, and moves into the next phase of life.

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Sayings About Life

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Inspirational Life Quotes

Friday 25 March, 2016.

Sayings about life, inspirational life quotes, thought provoking quotes, encouragement quotes from Mother Teresa, Wayne Dyer and others to inspire and uplift you.

Choose your best encouragement quote for the day and change the way you feel!

Sayings About Life

“A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.”
~ Ayn Rand ~

“Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.”
~ John Lennon ~

“Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself.”
~ Swami Sivananda ~

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“I’ve found that luck is quite predictable.
If you want more luck, take more chances.
Be more active.
Show up more often.”
~ Brian Tracy ~

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”
~ William James ~

“Success is the result of good judgement, good judgement is a result of experience, experience is often the result of bad judgement.”
~ Tony Robbins ~

“Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.”
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~

“If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.”
~ Tom Hanks ~

“Always desire to learn something useful.”
~ Sophocles ~

“I know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become.”
~ Oprah Winfrey ~

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
~Og Mandino ~

Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
~ Saint Teresa of Avila ~

“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.”
~ Wayne Dyer ~

“Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”
~ John Donne ~

And one of my favorite sayings about life…

“I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that’s living.”
~ Ursula Andress ~

“I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it.”
~ Charles M. Schulz ~

“To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.”
~ Henry David Thoreau ~

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else.”
~ Emily Dickinson ~

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
~ Mark Twain ~

“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.”
~ e. e. cummings ~

“Any idiot can face a crisis – it’s day to day living that wears you out.”
~ Anton Chekhov ~

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.”
~ Robert Frost ~

“Life must be lived as play.”
~ Plato ~

More Sayings About Life…

“Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work – that goes on, it adds up.”
~Barbara Kingsolver ~

“When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.”
~ Mark Twain ~

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
~ Albert Camus ~

“Your life is what your thoughts make it.”
~ Marcus Aurelius ~

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Pet Loss Poems and Quotes

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Friday 25 March, 2016.

Pet loss poems, pet bereavement poems, pet loss quotes, sympathy card sayings for pet loss.

Losing a beloved pet leaves a huge hole in our lives. Grieving a dear four-legged family member is a necessary part of the healing process.

We hope that our pet loss quotes and pet bereavement poems will help you come to terms with your loss and remind you that your pet may no longer be with you in the flesh, but will always be with you in spirit.

Pet Loss Poems

My Beloved Freddy

“I lost a special friend today
the kind you can’t replace,
and looking at her empty bed
I still can see her beautiful face.
I know she’s in a special place
our Lord has for such friends,
Where meadows, fields & flowers
help make them strong and whole again.
I know she’s watching over me
She’ll be with me when I cry,
So with one more kiss on her beloved head
I told my friend goodbye.”

~ Author Unknown ~

 

My Beloved Thomas

“Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed
beauty without vanity,
strength without insolence,
courage without ferocity,
and all the virtues of man, without his vices.”

~ Lord Byron ~

The Basenji Boy

“To call him a dog hardly seems to do him justice,
though inasmuch as he had four legs, a tail, and barked,
I admit he was, to all outward appearances. But to those who
knew him well, he was a perfect gentleman.”

~ Hermione Gingold ~

Katinka

I loved you best

So this is where we part, my Friend,
and you’ll run on, around the bend.
Gone from sight, but not from mind,
new pleasures there you’ll surely find.

I will go on, I’ll find the strength,
life measures quality, not length.
One long embrace before you leave,
share one last look, before I grieve.

There are others, that much is true,
but they be they, and they aren’t you.
And I, fair, impartial, or so I thought,

Will remember well all you’ve taught.
Your place I’ll hold, you will be missed,
the fur I stroked, the nose I kissed.
And as you journey to your final rest,
take this with you…I loved you best.

~ Author Unknown ~

                       

Freddy my love


Don’t Grieve Too Long

Don’t grieve too long, for now I’m free.
I’ve followed the path God has set for me.
I ran to Him when I heard His Call.
I swished my tail and left it all.
I could not stay another day,
To bark, to love, to romp or play.
Games left unplanned must stay that way.
I found such peace, it made my day.
My parting has left you with a void.
Please fill it with remembered joy,
A friendship shared, your laugh, a kiss.
Oh yes, these things I too shall miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life has been full, you’ve given so much,
Your time, your love and gentle touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief.
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your head and share with me,
God wanted me, He set me free!

~ Author Unknown ~

Cute Suzie

“Do not mourn my passing for if you could only see
by slipping all my earthly bonds, I’m young again and free.
By day I run the Heavenly fields, my body healthy and strong
At night I sleep at Angels’ Feet, lulled by Celestial Song.
So do not mourn my passing, just close your eyes – you’ll see
I’m once again that frisky pup, just as you remember me.”

~ Author Unknown ~

“Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us,
these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so
many years of our own lives.”

~ John Galsworthy ~

 

Sweet Shiela

“Nobody can fully understand the meaning of love unless
he’s owned a dog. A dog can show you more honest
affection with a flick of his tail than a man can
gather through a lifetime of handshakes.”

~ Gene Hill ~

“A good dog never dies, he always stays,
he walks besides you on crisp autumn days
when frost is on the fields and winter’s drawing near,
his head within our hand in his old way.”

~ Author Unknown ~

“If there is a heaven, it’s certain our animals are to be there.
Their lives become so interwoven with our own, it would take more than an archangel to detangle them.”

~ Pam Brown ~

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A favourite pet loss poem…


I Stood by Your Bed Last Night

I stood by your bed last night, I came to have a peep.
I could see that you were crying… you found it hard to sleep.
I whined to you softly as you brushed away a tear.
“It’s me, I haven’t left you… I’m well, I’m fine, I’m here.”

I was close to you at breakfast, I watched you pour the tea.
You were thinking of the many times, your hands reached down to me.
I was with you at the shops today, your arms were getting sore.
I longed to take your parcels, I wish I could do more.

I was with you at my grave today, you tend it with such care.
I want to reassure you that I am not lying there.
I walked with you toward the house, as you fumbled for your key,
I gently put my paw on you. I smiled and said, “It’s me.”

You looked so very tired, and sank into a chair.
I tried so hard to let you know that I was standing there.
It’s possible for me to be so near you every day.
To say to you with certainty, “I never went away.”

You sat there very quietly, then smiled, I think you knew…
In the stillness of that evening, I was very close to you.
The day is over… I smile and watch you yawning
And say, “Goodnight, God bless, I’ll see you in the morning.”

And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide,
I’ll rush across to greet you and we will stand, side-by-side.
I have so many things to show you, there is so much for you to see.
Be patient, live your journey out… then come home to be with me.

~ Author Unknown ~

 

Lady Joey

They will not go quietly,
the pets who’ve shared our lives.
In subtle ways they let us know
their spirit still survives.
Old habits still can make us think
we hear them at the door
Or step back when we drop
a tasty morsel on the floor.
Our feet still go around the place
the food dish used to be,
And, sometimes, coming home at night,
we miss them terribly.
And although time may bring new friends
and a new food dish to fill,
That one place in our hearts
belongs to them…
and always will.”

~ Author Unknown ~

Old Man Kanga

God saw he was getting tired,
and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around him
and whispered,” Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched him
suffer and slowly fade away.
Although we loved him dearly,
we could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
playful paws were put to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.”

~ Author Unknown ~

Dear Molly

Have You a dog in Heaven, Lord? 
Is there room for just one more?
Cause my little dog died today;
He’ll be waiting at Your door.
Please take him into Heaven, Lord.
And keep him there for me.
Just feed him, pet him, love him, Lord,
That’s all he’ll ask of Thee.”

~ Author Unknown ~

“There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;
But when we are certain of sorrow in store
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers and sisters I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.”

~ Rudyard Kipling ~

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Sayings About Pets

Toby Cat

“Until one has loved an animal,
a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.”

~ Anatole France ~

“I guess you don’t really own a dog, you rent them,
and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.”

~ Joe Garagiola ~

“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much
esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made his
greatest gift the commonest.”

~ Martin Luther ~

Best Friend Atticus

“He is your friend, your partner,
your defender, your dog.
You are his life, his love, his leader.
He will be yours, faithful and true,
to the last beat of his heart.
You owe it to him to
be worthy of such devotion.”

~ Author Unknown ~

“God Made the earth, the sky and the water,
the moon and the sun. He made man and bird and beast.
But He didn’t make the dog. He already had one.”

~ Native American saying ~

“No matter how little money
and how few possessions you own,
having a dog makes you rich.”

~ Louis Sabin ~

“What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose;
All that we love deeply,
becomes a part of us.”

~ Helen Keller ~

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Proverbs Sayings

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Friday 25 March, 2016.

Proverbs sayings include daily wisdom sayings, sayings about life, inspirational quotes and sayings and attitude sayings from the Bible to inspire and motivate you.

We find that sometimes the right quote or saying will just make us see a stressful situation differently or give us a useful insight into how to deal with life’s ups and downs.

Sayings from Proverbs, a book in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament are filled with the wisdom of the ages. We hope you find inspiration in our best quotes from the book of Proverbs.

Proverbs Sayings

“Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding.”
Proverbs 3:13

“The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.
The road of the wicked, however, is dark as night. Thay fall, but cannot see what they have stumbled over.”
Proverbs 4:18-19

“Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so.”
Proverbs 3:27

“He who walks with integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will become known.”
Proverbs 10:9

Proverbs sayings encourage honest labour…

“The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, But righteousness delivers from death.”
Proverbs 10: 2

“He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich.”
Proverbs 10:4

Wisdom is the main subject of Proverbs sayings…

“The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of wisdom.”
Proverbs 10:21

“When pride comes, then comes shame; But with the humble is wisdom. ”
Proverbs 11:2

“The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.”
Proverbs 11:17

“Wealth gotten by vanity shall be dimished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.”
Proverbs 11:25

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“He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.”
Proverbs 12:11

“A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”
Proverbs 15:1

“Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, Than a fatted calf with hatred.”
Proverbs 15:17

“A wise man maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.”
Proverbs 15:20

“If you pay attention when you are corrected, you are wise.
If you refuse to learn, you are hurting yourself.
If you accept correction, you will become wiser.”
Proverbs 15:31-32

Better is a little with righteousness, Than vast revenues without justice.
Proverbs 16:8

Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 16:18

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 17:1

The beginning of strife is like releasing water; Therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts.
Proverbs 17:14

Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.
Proverbs 17:28

More Proverbs sayings…

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 18:7

He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.
Proverbs 18:13

Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days.
Proverbs 19:20

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
Proverbs 20:17

The glory of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their gray head.
Proverbs 20:29

Better to dwell in the wilderness, Than with a contentious and angry woman.
Proverbs 21:19

“Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.”
Proverbs 16:24

“He that has pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he has given will he pay him again.”
Proverbs 19:17

“Whoso stopoth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.”
Proverbs 21:13

“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver or gold.”
Proverbs 22:1

“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Proverbs 22:6

“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour has put thee to shame.”
Proverbs 25:8

“He that has pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he has given will he pay him again.”
Proverbs 19:17

“Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established.”
Proverbs 24:3

“An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.”
Proverbs 24:26

“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles.”
Proverbs 24:17

“Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the wicked.”
Proverbs 24:19

“Whoever has no rule over his own spirit Is like a city broken down, without walls.”
Proverbs 25:28

“Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
Proverbs 27:1

“Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.”
Proverbs 27:2

“The righteous considers the cause of the poor, But the wicked does not understand such knowledge.”
Proverbs 29:7

One of my favorite Proverbs sayings…

“These six things doth the Lord hate: yea seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.”
Proverbs 6:16

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Funny Relationship Quotes

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Friday 25 March, 2016.

Funny relationship quotes to give you a laugh at love, quotes about relationships to make you smile. Lighter inspirational sayings about relationships.

Our lives are made up of all kinds of relationships – good, bad, difficult, fun and rewarding…

We can’t get away from them. But do your relationships sometimes feel like just too much hard work?…

We hope our funny relationship quotes will help you lighten up and take the stress out of life and love. Sometimes just looking at things from another point of view can make all the difference.

Funny Relationship Quotes

“If you can’t handle me at my worst then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”
~ Marilyn Monroe ~

“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
~ Dr. Seuss ~

“Love is a grave mental disease.”
~ Plato ~

“The reason a dog has so many friends is because he wags his tail instead of his tongue.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Relationships give us a reason to live. Revenge.”
~ Ronny Shakes ~

“When I want to end a relationship I just say, ‘You know, I love you. I want to marry you. I want to have your children.” Sometimes they leave skid marks.”
~ Rita Rudner ~

“True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.”
~ Erich Segal ~

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
~ Benjamin Franklin ~

“To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you’re impotent. She can’t wait to disprove it.”
~ Cary Grant ~

“You meet someone and you’re sure you were lovers in a past life. After two weeks with them, you realize why you haven’t kept in touch for the last two thousand years.”
~ Al Cleathen ~

“If it weren’t for women,
Men would still be
Wearing last week’s socks.”
~Cynthia Nelms ~

“When love is not madness, it is not love.”
~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca ~

“To wear your heart on your sleeve
Isn’t a very good plan;
You should wear it inside,
Where it functions best.”
~ Margaret Thatcher ~

“Guys are like dogs. They keep comin’ back. Ladies are like cats. Yell at a cat one time, they’re gone.”
~ Lenny Bruce ~

“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?”
~ H. L. Mencken ~

“The difference between being in a relationship and being in prison is that in prisons they let you play softball on the weekends.”
~ Bobby Kelton ~

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your heart or burn down your house, you can never tell”
~ Joan Crawford ~

“I just want a boyfriend who’s not crazy!

We all want that dear, but it doesn’t exist!”
~ From the movie AS GOOD AS IT GETS ~

“The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them be good at taking orders.”
~ Linda Festa ~

And My favourite funny relationship quote…

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That’s relativity.”
~ Albert Einstein ~


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Funny Thought For The Day

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Humorous Quotes | Funny Life Quotes

Wednesday 10 August, 2016.

funny thought for the day from famous people and others who inspire us. Humorous quotes to keep your day light. Funny life quotes to remind you that attitude counts and life needs to be enjoyed.

Funny sayings can add wisdom and humor to your daily tasks. We hope you enjoy our collection and that you have a chuckle as well. Choose a funny thought for the day, change your perspective – and you can change how you feel about your life.

 

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Funny Thought For The Day

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”
~ Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes ~

“You can’t have everything… where would you put it?”
~ Steven Wright ~

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.”
~ Jack Handey ~

“Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy — the mother.”
~ Claudette Colbert ~

“It’s always darkest before the dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.”
~ Flip Wilson ~

“Why is it when we talk to God we’re praying, but when God talks to us, we’re schizophrenic?”
~ Lily Tomlin ~

“You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.”
~ George Burns ~

“Perhaps the world’s second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.”
~ Cecil Beaton ~

“If at first you don’t succeed, redefine success.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
~ Albert Einstein ~

“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
~ Mark Twain ~

“Blessed are the young, for they will inherit the national debt.”
~ Herbert Hoover ~

“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.”
~ Mark Twain ~

“The nice part of living in a small town is that when I don’t know what I’m doing, someone else does.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.”
~ Ed Furgol ~

“If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn’t get any exercise at all.”
~ Joey Adams ~

“Don’t worry about avoiding temptation… as you grow older, it will avoid you.”
~ Winston Churchill ~

“Money can’t buy you happiness… but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
~ Spike Milligan ~

“Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.”
~ Mark Twain ~

“You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said ‘Parking Fine.'”
~ Tommy Cooper ~

“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
~ Oscar Wilde ~

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“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.”
~ Paul Ehrlich ~

“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.”
~ Will Rogers ~

“Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.”
~ Rita Mae Brown ~

“When people ask me if I have any spare change, I tell them, ‘I have it at home in my spare wallet.'”
~ Nick Arnette ~

“And on the eighth day God said, ‘Okay, Murphy, you’re in charge!'”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.”
~ Wendell Johnson ~

“Committee – a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours.”
~ M.Berle ~

“If at first you do not succeed, then skydiving is surely not meant for you.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.”
~ Mark Twain ~

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
~ Albert Einstein ~

“I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: ‘No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…well, I have others.”
~ Groucho Marx ~

“The trouble with children is that they’re not returnable.”
~ Quentin Crisp ~

“Just because nobody complains doesn’t mean all parachutes are perfect.”
~ Benny Hill ~

“Santa Claus has the right idea – visit people only once a year.”
~ Victor Borge ~

“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive it isn’t.”
~ Richard Bach ~

“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want—an adorable pancreas?”
~ Jean Kerr ~

“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.”
~ Dennis Wholey ~

“I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the ordeal of meeting me is another matter.”
~ Winston Churchill ~

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.”
~ Ethel Barrymore ~

funny thought for the day from the movies

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”
~ Renee Zellweger, Bridget Jone’s Diary ~

[talking about his new wife] “Ignore her. She’s drunk. At least I hope she is. Otherwise I’m in real trouble.”
~ Timothy Walker, Four Weddings and a Funeral ~ `

“Relax Luther, it’s much worse than you think.”
~ Ethan Hunt, Mission: Impossible ~

“All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.”
~ Steve Martin, Bilko ~

“You know what the trouble about real life is? There’s no danger music.”
~ The Cable Guy ~

“The key here, I think, is to not think of death as an end. But, but, think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.”
~ Woody Allen, Love and Death ~

My favourite funny thought for the day

“Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.”
~ Charles Schulz ~

and one more funny thought for the day…

“Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, ‘Where have I gone wrong?’ Then a voice says to me, ‘This is going to take more than one night.'”
~ Charles Schulz ~


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Quotes About Relationships

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unny Relationship Quotes

 

Friday 05 August, 2016.

Quotes about relationships and funny relationship quotes remind you that you are not alone in this crazy world of relationships!

Sometimes just reading a quote or saying about relationships can hit the spot…

It gives us a different perspective…

It gives us something to think about…

We have made a collection of our best relationship quotes from famous people and inspirational sayings for you to enjoy.

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Quotes About Relationships

 

quotes about relationships

“The purpose of relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.”
~ Neale Donald Walsch ~

“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
~ William Shakespeare ~

“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
~ George Washington ~

“Everything that irritates us about others
Can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
~ Carl Jung ~

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast;
a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
~ Buddha ~

“The heart that loves is forever young.”
~ Greek proverb ~

“Love is the most potent cause of anxiety and also the most difficult to face.”
~ Author Unknown ~

“Love one another but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
~ Khalil Gibran ~

“I have learned silence from the talkative,
tolerance from the intolerant
and kindness from the unkind.
I should not be ungrateful to those teachers.”
~ Kahlil Gibran ~

“Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, and don’t put up with people that are reckless with yours.”
~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

“Do you love me because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?”
~ Oscar Hammerstein II ~(Cinderella)

More Quotes About Relationships…

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

“Man is a knot into which relationships are tied.”
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~

“Most people have more than one soul mate. You may already be in several soul mate relationships with friends and loved ones. A soul mate can come in the form of a life partner, treasured friend, child, or lover. A soul mate can be someone with whom you share a spiritual path, a joint work in the world, or a commitment to be parents to certain souls. It can be someone whose growth you are sponsoring, such as a child.”
~ Sanaya Roman ~

“What angers us in another person is more often than not an unhealed aspect of ourselves.
If we had already resolved that particular issue:
we would not be irritated by its reflection back to us.”
~ Simon Peter Fuller ~

“However good or bad you feel about your relationship, the person you are with at this moment is the ‘right’ person, because he or she is the mirror of who you are inside.”
~ Deepak Chopra ~

“The less you open your heart to others,
the more your heart suffers.”
~ Deepak Chopra ~

“Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person.”
~ Wayne Dyer ~

“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say?
And why are you waiting?”
~ Stephen Levine ~

“Attachment to being right creates suffering.
When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind,
choose kind
and watch your suffering disappear.”
~ Dr Wayne Dyer ~

“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something. They’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”
~ Anthony Robbins ~

“The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.”
~ Stephen R. Covey ~

“No-one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~

“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.”
~ Lao Tzu ~

“Good company upon the road is the shortest cut.”
~ Unknown ~

“Sister is probably the most competitive relationship within the family, but once the sisters are grown, it becomes the strongest relationship.”
~ Margaret Mead ~

“As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves.”
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~

“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found While journeying east and west – The only folks we really wound Are those we love the best. We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest, And deal full many a thoughtless blow To those who love us best.”
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox ~

And this is one of my favourite quotes about relationships…

“Oh, the comfort – the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person – having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are, chaff and grain together; certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.”
~ Dinah Craik ~

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Quotes On Friendship

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Friendship Sayings

Friday 25 March, 2016.

Quotes on friendship, friendship sayings, famous friendship quotes, friendship quotes for you to enjoy. Use as messages for cards and greetings.

Friends are like gold, a great treasure in our lives. Sometimes our friends take the place of family and sometimes our family are our best friends…

Friendship can take many forms. These friendship quotes and friendship sayings remind us of the ups and downs of being a friend and having friends.

Quotes On Friendship

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
~ Elie Wiesel ~

 

“Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.”
~ Maya Angelou ~

 

“Friendship isn’t a big thing – it’s a million little things.”
~ Author Unknown ~

 

“But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.”
~ William Shakespeare ~

 

“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.”
~ Donna Roberts ~

 

In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. “We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.”
~ Albert Schweitzer ~

 

“Friendship is mutual blackmail elevated to the level of love.”
~ Robin Morgan ~

 

“We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young.”
~ Letty Cottin Pogrebin ~

 

“Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand.”
~ Karl Menninger ~

 

“There is nothing we like to see so much as the gleam of pleasure in a person’s eye when he feels that we have sympathized with him, understood him.
At these moments something fine and spiritual passes between two friends. These are the moments worth living.”
~ Don Marquis ~

 

Quotes On Friendship that make you think

“The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.”
~ Elizabeth Foley ~

 

“We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.”
~ Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama ~

 

“The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.”
~ Francis Bacon ~

 

“A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

 

The bird a nest
the spider a web
the human friendship.”
~ William Blake ~

 

More Quotes On Friendship…

“The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.”
~ Barbara Kingsolver ~

 

“Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”
~ Mark Twain ~

 

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”
~ Bernard Meltzer ~

 

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.”
~ Anais Nin ~

 

“One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”
~ Clifton Fadiman ~

 

“There are three types of friends: those like food, without which you can’t live; those like medicine, which you need occasionally; and those like an illness, which you never want.”
~ Author Unknown ~

 

One of my favourite quotes on friendship…

“Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend.”
~ Albert Camus ~

 

“It’s no good trying to keep up old friendships. It’s painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.”
~ W. Somerset Maugham ~

 

“The holy passion of friendship is so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring in nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.”
~ Mark Twain ~

 

“Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.”
~ Author Unknown ~

 

“Truth springs from argument amongst friends.”
~ David Hume ~

 

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”
~ Oprah Winfrey ~

 

“We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”
~ Robert Louis Stevenson ~

 

“Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone – but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.”
~ William Hazlitt ~

 

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”
~ Buddha ~

 

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.”
~ Robert Brault ~

 

“Friends are relatives you make for yourself.”
~ Eustache Deschamps ~

 

“Every man should have a fair-sized cemetary in which to bury the faults of his friends.”
~ Henry Brooks Adams ~

 

“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”
~ Aristotle ~

 

“Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend’s success.”
~ Oscar Wilde ~

 

Wise Quotes On Friendship

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”
~ Henri Nouwen ~

 

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.
~ Joseph Roux ~

 

And Friendship Sayings from a real friend…

Quotes On Friendship from the best bear friend ever –
Winnie the Pooh

“If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together.. there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart.. I’ll always be with you.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

 

“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

 

“Promise me you’ll never forget me because if I thought you would I’d never leave.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

 

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh,” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s paw, “I just wanted to be sure of you.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

 

“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
~ Winnie the Pooh ~

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Short Friendship Poems

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Poems About Friendship

Friday 05 August, 2016.

Short friendship poems, poems about friendship, inspirational friendship poems for you to enjoy. Inspirational daily thoughts about friendship and the ups and downs of being and having friends.

We all need friends with whom we can share our innermost feelings and desires or just have fun…

Perhaps you have written short friendship poems yourself or maybe these friendship poems will inspire you to write one of your own…

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short friendship poems

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Short Friendship Poems

A friend is someone we turn to
when our spirits need a lift.
A friend is someone we treasure
for our friendship is a gift.
A friend is someone who fills our lives
with beauty, joy, and grace.
And makes the whole world we live in
a better and happier place.

~ Jean Kyler McManus ~

 

I believe in angels,
The kind that heaven sends,
I am surrounded by angels,
But I call them friends.

~ Aizabel Parinas ~

 

When you ask God for a gift,
Be thankful if he sends,
Not diamonds, pearls, or riches,
but the love of real true friends.

~ Helen Steiner Rice ~

friendship quotes

Friends will come and friends will go,
The seasons change and it will show,
I will age and so will you,
But our friendship stays, strong and true.

~ Author Unknown ~

 

We were made to love and be loved
But the price this world demands
Would cost us far too much
I spent so many lonely years just trying to fit in
Now I’ve found my place in this circle of friends

~ Point of Grace ~ from Circle Of Friends”

 

There’s nothing as nice as someone who shares,
your laughter, your secrets, your wishes and cares,
someone who’s there through your good times and tears,
who stays by your side as your friend through the years.

~ Autymn Skillings ~

 

Among life’s precious jewels,
Genuine and rare,
The one that we call friendship
Has worth beyond compare.

~ Author Unknown ~

 

Have a heart that never hardens
Have a smile that never fades
Have a touch that never burns
And have friendship that never breaks.

~ Unknown ~

 

Anytime you need a friend,
I will be here.
You’ll never be alone again,
So don’t you fear.
Even if your miles away,
I’m by your side.
So don’t you ever be lonely.
It’s alright.
It’s alright.

~ Mariah Carey ~ from “Anytime You Need A Friend”

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