It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.
Hermann Hesse
Archive for April, 2009
Quote: Purpose
Posted in quotations on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Random Musings
Posted in musing on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We picked up a box of salt water taffy during our recent mini-vacation at the ocean front. This was the box of good stuff, made by a local candy maker, creamy and wonderfully flavored. I normally don’t buy it because it isn’t readily available in our part of town — it’s sold down at the [...]
Quote: Companionship
Posted in quotations on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Henry David Thoreau
Happy 10
Posted in musing on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In late March, my husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We rented a room at a local ocean-front hotel, ate in a restaurant that doesn’t offer toys with the food, and watched what we wanted to on television.
The next morning was a great breakfast in the “clubhouse”, a walk on the boardwalk, a [...]
Quote: Success
Posted in quotations on April 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have learned that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
Happiness Is…
Posted in musing on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t know if anyone else remembers the “Happiness Is…” books from the 70’s. It was mainly a picture book, and each page illustrated a different happiness.
As I was sitting at work the other day, I realized that I was thinking “Happiness is frogs on my monitors.” Which led naturally to remembering the book.
Why frogs?
My [...]
Quote: Fishing
Posted in quotations on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many men go fishing all their lives not knowing it is not fish they are after.
Henry David Thoreau
Foggy Day Memories
Posted in musing on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had a day last week where the fog was dense, to the point that I could not see the houses through the trees in back of my house. The birds were singing, and it was like being wrapped in a cloud.
The day put me in mind of one of my favorite memories of my [...]
Quote: Chaos and Order
Posted in quotations on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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