Life is awesome.

Let your love be strong enough to weather through the thunder cloud.
- Switchfoot

We all have possibilities we don't know about.

We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
-Dale Carnegie

Happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. it means that you decided to look beyond the imperfections.

True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. - Jason Jordan

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile,
but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

“I have no regrets in my life. I think that everything happens to you for a reason. The hard times that you go through build character, making you a much stronger person.”
-Rita Mero

"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay."
- Dave Matthews Band

To accomplish great things
we must not only act but also dream,
not only plan but also believe.
- Anatole France

Spring - By Gypsy
from http://fadwas-inspirational.blogspot.com/

This is something I did as part of a series of the 4 seasons. It's emboidery, crochet, collage and poetry on the butterflies. It just feels so bright and sunny, and makes me feel happy. It hangs on my living room wall. - Gypsy

Love. Hope. Peace.
They all just add up to equal happiness.

=]

When we wake up in the morning, we have two simple choices.
Go back to sleep and dream, or wake up and chase those dreams.
Choice is yours...

The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score." --Bill Copeland

Goals are not only absolutely necessary to motivate us. They are essential to really keep us alive."

- Robert H. Schuller "

CAST OF CHARACTERS
I can't is a quitter,
I don't know is lazy,
I wish I could is a wisher,
I might is waking up,
I will try is on his feet,
I can is on his way,
I will is at work,
I did is now the boss.
- Earl Cassel

Don't be a quitter, be the boss.

"Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself,
vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe." - Gail Devers

A Wise Man

Once upon a time there was a wise man
who used to go to the ocean
to do his writing.
He had a habit of walking
on the beach
before he began his work.
One day he was walking along
the shore.
As he looked down the beach,
he saw a human
figure moving like a dancer.
He smiled to himself to think
of someone who would
dance to the day.
So he began to walk faster
to catch up.
As he got closer, he saw
that it was a young man
and the young man wasn't dancing,
but instead he was reaching
down to the shore,
picking up something
and very gently throwing it
into the ocean.
As he got closer he called out,
"Good morning! What are you doing?"
The young man paused,
looked up and replied,
"Throwing starfish in the ocean."
"I guess I should have asked,
why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
"The sun is up and the tide is going out.
And if I don't throw them in they'll die."
"But, young man, don't you realize that
there are miles and miles of beach
and starfish all along it.
You can't possibly make a difference!"
The young man listened politely.
Then bent down, picked up another starfish
and threw it into the sea,
past the breaking waves and said-
"It made a difference for that one."

Help the circle of inspiration grow - Send in some inspiration!

1st post of 2009!!

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year with family and friends!
Here's the 1st inspiration of 2009!
And we are going to have a contest!
I'm crossing my fingers, and hoping I get some responses to this. Anyways, I hope everyone has been inspired at some point in their life. We are going to see who has the most inspiring story! So everyone send me your personal story, and once I get enough I'll make a poll and everyone can vote. The story can be about anything really, anything that is kinda life changing. I hope you all like this. =] and also continue to send in your inspiration. Thanks - Joy

All I want is Ultimate Bliss.

Remember when we were little and a band aid could fix anything? A little scrap, or cut, just put on a band aid it and everything was all better. We need to make life simple again like it used to. I want a band aid to fix all my problems. - Anonymous

Do Not Quit!

When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will,
When the road your trudging
Seems all uphill,
When the funds are low
And the debts are High ,
And you want to smile,
but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with it's twists an turns,
As everyone of us must sometimes learn,
And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it our,
Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you cannot quit.

Unknown Author

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.
-- Unknown Author

The hardest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you be somebody else.

-- E. E. Cummings

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

-Alexander Woollcott




Let go of the past,
Only then you more towards the future.
Let go of the regrets,
only then you move towards the happiness.
Let go of the presumptions,
one then you move towards the truth.
Let go of the problems,
Only then you move towards the solution.
Let go of yourself,
only then you move towards the divinity.
-Pravsworld.com

It's possible to forget how alive we really are. We can become dry and tired, just existing, instead of really living. We need to remind ourselves of the juice of life, and make that a habit. Find those places inside that jump for joy, and do things. - Unknown

Remember to send in a story and inspiration! Thanks!

Isn't life awesome?

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
J. Petit Senn

“If you want others to be happy,
practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion."
The Dalai Lama

This is from PostSecret. I think everyone needs to hear that you are loved. - Anonymous

The High Road - Jim Warren You will have the option to either take the high road, or the low road. Take the high was. trust me it takes you farther. - Anonymous

“Do everything with so much love in your heart that you would never want to do it any other way.”
Yogi Desai

We never know how high we are till we are called to rise and then, if we are true to plan our statures touch the skies. -Emily Dickinson

I'll always be there for you. No matter what. i love you - SS

We probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. -Olin Miller

" He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
- Napoleon Bonaparte "

"Live Life One Day at a Time."

" What we do not see,
what most of us never suspect of existing,
is the silent but irresistible power which comes
to the rescue of those who fight on
in the face of discouragement.
- Napoleon Hill "

When we are present in each moment, the past gently rolls up
behind us and the future slowly unravels before us.
- Rev Richard Levy

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which I must stop and look fear in the face...I say to myself, I’ve lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along. -Eleanor Roosevelt

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls. A joyful heart is the inevitable result of a heart burning with love. Mother Teresa



Eileen Caddy
Live and work but do not forget to play, to have fun in life and really enjoy it.

As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person. Paul Shane Spear

The world steps aside to let any man pass if he knows where he is going. -David S. Jordan

Even dry and old, things can still be beautiful. - Gypsy


He who wants a rose must respect the thorn. -Persian Proverb

These words always make me feel better when I'm sad somethings over... "Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened."

-Anonymous-

Sent in by Kaelyn

A mixture of Inspiration

"The future belongs to those

who believe in the beauty of their dreams"

- Eleanor Roosevelt"

How to be a rock star, prize winner, teacher, actor, filmmaker, editor, singer, designer, cartoonist, inventor, builder, athlete, artist, stylist, architect, dentist, doctor, or writer
in one step or less...
1. Go for it.

“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.”

Abraham Lincoln

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.”

Hugh Downs

“The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.”

Unknown

“If you're going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”

Marie Osmond

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

“Don't hold to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love.”

Leo Buscaglia

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Always Have A Dream

Forget about the days when its been cloudy,
but don't forget your hours in the sun.
Forget about the times you've been defeated,
but don't forget the victories you've won.
Forget about the misfortunes you've encountered,
but don't forget the times your luck has turned.
Forget about the days when you've been lonely,
but don't forget the friendly smiles you've seen.
Forget about the plans that didn't seem to work out right,
but don't forget to always have a dream.

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“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

Audrey Hepburn

“Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.”

Paul Boese

“True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.”

David Tyson Gentry

As you go on in this world...
aways believe in your dreams.
Keep looking forward to the future...
to all you might be.
Don't let old mistakes or misfortunes hold you down:
learn from the,, forgive yourself, or others, and move on.
Do not be bothered or discouraged by adversity.
Instead, meet it as a challenge.
Be empowered by the courage it takes you to overcome obstacles.
Learn things.
Learn something new everyday.
Always Believe in your Dreams.
-Ashley Rice