I have seen some incredibly cleaver qotes on this BB. Could I see them (again) and get some feedback on where they originated?
I finally got my one I intend to use. I got it from a fortune cookie the other day. Actually, my boyfriend got it but gladly gave it to me because it was more appropriate for me (okay so we switched fortunes). I am four years older then my boyfriend....
"Never eat food that comes in a bucket. Avoid giving LSD to guide dogs. If you have not heard a rumour by 10am. then start one. Avoid bigots of all descriptions. Never run with scissors or pointy things................ Billy Connolly did a revision of the "Desiderata" some years back, and they are all true!!
rusty, i thought i was the only one who added in bed onto the back of my fortune cookie!! good to know that i am not alone.
"happiness is like a butterfly, which when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but if you will sit down quietly may alight upon you." nathaniel hawthorne
If you always do what you always done you will always have what you've always had..
Or put another way: Doing the same ole thing and expecting different results..
My Dad always said: There are no yes/buts.
And of course my fav.. May the sun shine brightly on you, in peace, and may the wind be always at your back or something like that...
And then a guy at the ski shop told me one time when I was getting my boots adjusted for falling and I told him I never fell ( yeah right) He said, " If you don't fall you ain't trying."
I found my new signature line in a book by Jerri Neilsen, the doctor who was wintering at the south pole when she found she had breast cancer. Physical conditions there are truly awful and the crews have to make do with very little, but the crucial element in surviving the winter there is what they do to nourish their souls through the long darkness.
I love it because it gives me permission in my own life to budget time and money for those seemingly frivolous things that may be so important to remaining a "whole" person. And because it is a reminder when dealing with patients that the emotional/spritual part of care is as important as the physical care.
The original source is Persian, from the 12-13th century.
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WashYaHands
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"A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others" The Wizard of Oz
and....
"Now, be off! before someone drops a house on you too!" Glenda, the good witch in the Wizard of Oz.
Linda