A Stroll in the Garden

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.” ― H.L. Mencken, A Book of Burlesques

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“Charisma is the fragrance of soul.” ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The light of compassion opens the petals of the heart. When the petals of the heart unfold fragrance spreads across the valley.” ― Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power

“A good fragrance is really a powerful cocktail of memories and emotion.” ― Jeffrey Stepakoff, The Orchard

“When we lift our hands in praise and worship, we break spiritual jars of perfume over Jesus. The fragrance of our praise fills the whole earth and touches the heart of God.” ― Dennis Ignatius

“Smell is an invitation to a journey: it allows us to leave the ordinary course of things and go on a trip, to absent ourselves.” ― Mandy Aftel, Fragrant: The Secret Life of Scent

“Maybe you’re not perfect, but you certainly are not unworthy. You are beautiful. A flower with a petal still unfurled does not lack in fragrance.” ― Mona Soorma, Soul Food And Instant Karma

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

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A Stroll in the Garden

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank’s Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

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“Accept yourself, love yourself, and keep moving forward. If you want to fly, you have to give up what weighs you down.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.”
― A.A. Milne

“You’ll never find a rainbow if you’re looking down.” ― Charlie Chaplin

“We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.” ― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

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Keep smiling.

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A Stroll in the Garden

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

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“Fear doesn’t shut you down; it wakes you up.” ― Veronica Roth, Divergent

“Fear cuts deeper than swords.” ― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” ― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” ― Marie Curie

“It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

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A Stroll in the Garden

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do. -Kobe Bryant

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If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes. -John Wooden

It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. -Daniel Kahneman

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind. -Joyce Meyer

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. -Dalai Lama

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. -Helen Keller

Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn’t take any brains to complain. -Robert A. Cook

It’s your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don’t take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver. -Betty White

Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance – the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen. -Thomas Carlyle

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life. -Joel Osteen

Love yourself. It is important to stay positive because beauty comes from the inside out. -Jenn Proske

In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. -Lee Iacocca

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people. -Bryan Clay

So long as you’ve got your friends about you, and a good positive attitude, you don’t really have to care what everyone else thinks. -Gail Porter

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst and it sparks extraordinary results. -Wade Boggs

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A Stroll in the Garden

“All you need is love and a cat.” – Unknown

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“I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It’s not. Mine had me trained in two days.” – Bill Dana

“Cats are connoisseurs of comfort.” – James Herriot

“Time spent with cats is never wasted.” – Sigmund Freud

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.” ― Albert Schweitzer

“What greater gift than the love of a cat.” ― Charles Dickens

“Never try to outstubborn a cat.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior.” ― Hippolyte A. Taine

“Cats leave paw prints in your heart, forever and always.” – Unknown

Kallie

RIP

March 01, 2017 – June 21, 2021