The Positive Thread

[jjjnettie]

We all need some positive thoughts to boost our spirits at times.
I'd like to share this one I got from an old school friend. I don't know who wrote it originally.


HAPPINESS IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY; THE MORE YOU CHASE IT, THE MORE IT WILL ELUDE YOU, BUT IF YOU TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO OTHER THINGS, IT WILL COME AND SIT SOFTLY ON YOUR SHOULDER.


I'd love to know what little thoughts or sayings you find inspiring. :)

[supernova1965]

The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Atisha

Do not speak- unless it improves on silence.



Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases by being shared.

[Jen]

:) nice timing JJ i need all the positive thoughts i can get this week :)

[jjjnettie]

I was thinking of you when I started the thread Jen. Many hugs chookie babe.

[Jen]

:) awww thanks JJJ im getting scared now Thursday is getting closer :help:
i feel so loved here on IIS ;) i love my IIS buddies :love2:
:thanx:

[oosh]

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

[renormalised]

If life deals you lemons, make lemonade.

[Jen]

Naha.... bugger the lemonade just add salt and tequila :rofl:

[spacezebra]

Hi Jen

My thoughts are with you.

Ill even change my font colour for this post ;-)

Cheers Petra d.

[jjjnettie]

Where's Liz? She was wanting to get into the Tequila tonight too.

[Jen]

:) awwww thanks Petra that is so sweet :love2:

[miker]

Life is real
Life is ernest
If your cold
Turn up the furnace.

Herman Munster!

Michael.

[sheeny]

It is better to live one year as a tiger than 50 years as a lamb. Confucius.

The journey of 1000 miles starts with one footstep. Probably also Confucius:shrug:.

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was. (As apposed to the satirical "if it doesn't, shoot it":P).

Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far. Theodore Roosevelt.

Plummeting is not a good plan. (Vertical rescue operator in training:))

If the only voice you can hear is your own, shut up! Kitty Flanagan.

The amount you learn is inversely proportional to the amount of time your mouth is open.

Apologies if I've misquoted any... just going from memory.

Al.

[PeterM]

A negative positive thought?
Forrest Gump: It happens.
Bumper Sticker guy: What, $#*!?

PeterM

[AstralTraveller]

"You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher"

Peter Gabriel in his tribute to slain anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko.

[erick]

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ~Phyllis Diller

[ving]

oh feel the love in this thread! :D

[stephenb]

Same. After being away from the hobby with the very real prospect of never returning, I am slowly returning. This thread has certainly been very positive for me. Thanks J.

[TrevorW]

Don't stress over things you have no control over

Everything is transient so make the most of the now

Don't worry about what might happen until it happens

Never take life seriously it's to short

As you get older you realise its not whether you win or lose. it's playing the game that counts

[[1ponders]]

Live Long and Prosper (http://secondblooming.typepad.com/.a/6a01156faec925970c0154321a971e970c-800wi)

[oosh]

"Instead of thinking about what you are missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing!"

[Octane]

Don't sweat the petty things. Don't pet the sweaty things.

H

[jjjnettie]

Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.

[that_guy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kWHT7NwHo :P

[oosh]

That one is great :thumbsup:

[stephenb]

Nice one H.


"Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on."

"Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours."

(Both from the 1997 Baz Lurhmann song Everbody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen). Lyrics adapted from a column in the Chicago Tribune in 1997 called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young", one of favorite songs in my iTunes library).

[Brian W]

an optimist is often disappointed... a pessimist is often pleasantly surprised.
Brian

[Ric]

"Each day is unique in it's own right, enjoy it"

Anon

(I saw it on a desktop calendar)

[Jen]

When something doesnt go right..... go left :D

[toc]

"He Sat in the window thinking. Man has a tropism for order. Keys in one pocket, change in the other. Mandolins are tuned G D A E. The physical world has a tropism for disorder, entropy. Man against Nature...the battle of the centuries. Keys yearn to mix with change. Mandolins strive to get out of tune. Every order has within it the germ of destruction. All order is doomed, yet the battle is worthwhile"

[avandonk]

My father always said to me to make the best of what you have. Do not dwell on the things you could possibly do with what you will never have.
It is pointless chasing a mirage while ignoring the reality you inhabit. Your mind and/or brain is the most complicated object in the Universe. So use it to gain knowledge, the most valuable possession you will ever have!

Happiness is the state of that mind. And only you control it.

I wish I could do better but that would go against my own advice.

Bert

[Suzy]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.

[Rick Petrie]

Or another similar one Suzy..

Live life today as if there is no tomorrow.:)

[PCH]

"Hope for the best, - expect the worst, - and take what comes." ....

(Arthur Marshal's mum)

[[1ponders]]

Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you do with it.

[jjjnettie]

Never think more about the Past- it brings Tears...
Dont think more about the Future- it brings Fears...
Live for this second - it brings cheers.

[Rick Petrie]

If one door closes,another one will open.:)

[jjjnettie]

Sending many positive thoughts your way right now Jen.
hugs and loves from all of us.

[Hagar]

All you really need in life is a true Friend.

Come on Jen, we luvs ya.

[astroron]

Jen You are in my thoughts :)
Best of luck
Ron:thumbsup:

[jjjnettie]

:jump: :jump: :jump: :party: :party: :party: :jump: :jump: :jump:
:party2::party2::party2:
:cool::cool::cool:
Great news Jen.
I've tears of happiness just for you.
xox

[Hagar]

Seconded JJ

[astroron]

Loves ya jen,Great News :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thum bsup:

[GeoffW1]

Hi Jen,

I see you have had welcome news, that's great to hear.

All the best for a rocket comeback to feeling your best :party:

Cheers

[ausastronomer]

I have been doing that for the past 52 years and having a lot of fun :lol: The downside is, every morning I wake up I now feel 152 :D

Cheers,
John B

[Jen]

:D:D:D awwww thank you all so much, you lot in here are awsome love you all ;) oh the feeling im so relieved right now wooohoooooooo :)
such a nice positive thread indeed :thumbsup:

:thanx: