Daring Adventure

 

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” 

- Helen Keller

The Feelings

This quote is so true... I don't always remember details of my life but I usually remember how I was feeling...

During this covid-19 time in history I feel fear.  Sometimes I'm hopeful, but mostly I am very worried, anxious, scared, and sad.

During this covid-19 time in history, while we have been honest with our children about "the virus" going around and that's why schools are closed and why we cannot see friends or family right now... I hope they remember this time as feeling cozy, happy, fun, and charmingly chaotic -- the fun kind from having five children and two parents in one house.

Someplace To Go

 

A Good Reminder

Our children's preschool sends home a weekly email newsletter and this week's contained what I felt were two really good reminders.

I need to read these regularly.

Winter

Mark Twain

I read this the other day, and it really touched my heart.  I had never heard it before but it is a quote I want to remember.

 

Ignorance and Intolerance

A Quote Worth Remembering

The World

Frankly I have no words for what is going on in the world right now.  A part of me wants to try to describe something so, in future years I will remember what was going on in the world when I wrote this, but another part of me doesn't want to in any way commemorate what is going on in the world right now.

For the sake of history, policeman are getting shot -- frequently and brutally.  Our country is completely divided -- on everything, and sometimes, it feels, just for the sake of being divided.  I fear for my children, almost all the time and for actual evil around every corner.

I saw a quote yesterday that put everything I am feeling into one sentence.  I wish it was a sentence about God and joy overcoming evil and how having strong faith leads to peace... but it was not.  It is, however, a quote that perfectly articulates what I'm feeling:

 

Made In America

Thank you for all the generations of Americans who have kept this country free, for all the veterans for have served, and for all the home-grown Americans who never fought in uniform but fight every day to love this country and instill the value of freedom in the next generation.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag183965.html

 "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  We didn't pass it on to our children in the bloodstream.  It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/ronaldreag183965.html

In The New House

In the new house, it is going to be fun to create a home.  As I'm packing up our house I am thinking about where furniture and pictures will go in our new home.

One goal I have before the twins arrive is to make a copy of this print, frame it and hang it where I can remember how blessed I am:

Also, I want to commission a painting like this for our childrens' rooms:

 

Inexpressible Comfort

"Oh, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person: having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but to pour them out.  Just as they are--chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and then with a breath of kindness, blow the rest way."

~ Dinah Maria (Mulock) Craik 1826-1887

Octobers

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Albert Einstein

I think Albert Einstein has some great quotes.

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 Here are a few of my favorites:

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” 

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

“If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.” 

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”

“The difference between genius and stupidity is; genius has its limits.” 

“Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.” 

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

“Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.” 

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.”

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” 

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut” 

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