Showing posts with label George Santayana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Santayana. Show all posts

Friday, December 17, 2010

What People Really Think

"To know 

what people 

really think, 

pay regard to 

what they do, 

rather than 

what they say." 

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~ George Santayana 

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 Lead, follow or get out of the way, at the appropriate time. 

 Please engage the brain before running the mouth. 

God, grant me the serenity to accept.. the people whom I cannot change... 

God give me the courage to change my attitude and to accept as He does, 

this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. *

 Today, we must know, have faith, that He will make all things right, 

if we surrender to His will. 

 Today, walk the walk, do not just talk the talk.  

Happiness is thinking and doing the right way. 

 Happiness is helping someone help themselves. 

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 ME and the Boss 

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 * Prayer for Serenity, Reinhold Niebuhr, paraphrased.

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Saturday, October 23, 2010

Opposite





"Almost

every

wise

saying

has an

opposite

one,

no less

wise,

to balance it." ~ George Santayana


It is not doing the opposite that gets us in trouble,

it is doing the extreme that puts us over the edge.

Smart is learning from your own mistakes,

wise is learning from the efforts of others.

Today, do not just seek out the mistakes to learn from,

look at all the wonderful successes that God creates

every day and be wise enough to also learn from them.

Be wise to keep balance in your life.

Today, be just kind enough, share the love,

do not be patient and tolerant to a fault, and when

all else fails, be wise enough to ask God for help

to keep you in balance; body, mind and soul.

Happiness is being wise enough to know the opposite.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss




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Friday, June 4, 2010

From The Heart


"O World,

thou

choosest

not the

better part!

It is not

wisdom

to be

only wise,

And on the

inward vision close the eyes,

But it is wisdom to believe the heart." ~ George Santayana


You will intuitively know about those things

which made us look the fool, when you believe

what your heart is telling you.

Physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually

we allowed people, places and things dictate how

unwise we chose to be.

Today, put your bankrupt soul behind you and

believe in your heart that a Higher Power wants

you to do the next right thing and love unconditionally,

from the heart, all that God has made.

Happiness is knowing that God made all of us capable

of being wise, from the heart.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss





Thursday, January 14, 2010

Enjoy the Interval





"There

is no

cure

for

birth

and

death

save to

enjoy the interval."


- George Santayana

Why worry, a Higher Power already knows the outcome,

and eventually our souls will be summoned to a higher calling.

Enjoy the minute by being the best person you can be.

Enjoy the hour by loving this world.

Enjoy the day by making this world a better place.

Be kind, to your family, your friends, yourself and others,

you never know if you will be given another opportunity.

Happiness is to enjoy the interval.

Happiness is helping someone help themselves.

ME and the Boss