Late
I've been depressed a lot lately. Part of it is because things are changing, I don't know who I am, where I'm going. Writing in Teen OutReach is one of those small things that I look forward to. Saying whatever is on my mind is strangely comforting.
It makes me happy........if that sounds weird.....
Quotations seems to push me on when I need it most. I wanted to post some for whoever reads this; whatever you're going through, or not - whatever kind of day you had, I hope one of these........sparks something. :-)
-Jan
" In order for there to be ups, there must be downs. Remember all your failures, so when you succeed, you can look back and have pride that you strength enough to overcome."
- Sean Skrmetta
" Self examination is a good and healthy thing,
But you must also forgive yourself
As you forgive others.
Many of our errors are as a snowflake
Falling unfelt upon the breast of winter."
- Lori Hard
" Slow down: I finally figured out the only reason to be alive Is to enjoy it."
- Rita Mae Brown
" If you are capable of love,
Then someone is cabable of loving you."
- Kristen M.
" Even when days are dark,
Don't blink for sunshine begins in the mind."
- Sandile Ngidi
" I do not fear tommorow
For I have seen today
And I loved yesterday."
- Author Unknown
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
-Abraham Moslow
When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on, or we will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton
Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
-Goethe (1749-1832)
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
Come to the edge he said; We are afraid they said. Come to the edge he said; they came. He pushed them; and they flew.
-Guillaume Appolinaire
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
-Joseph Addison
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
-Leonard Bernstein
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible
summer. -Albert Camus
Everything here, but the soul of man, is a passing shadow. The only
enduring substance is within. -William Henry Channing (1780-1842)
"And the best thing you've done for me, is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life after all."
-Indigo Girls, "Closer to Fine"
Get up off the floor and BELIEVE IN LIFE; no one's ever gonna as you twice."
-Noel Gallagher
You can't go back, said Stuart. You can only go forward. You can't forget either. You have to use everything you know."
-The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman
" Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day
That says ...I'll try again tomorrow."
- Unknown " If you hate someone you simply misunderstand them.
Innocent love is the only true love.
To die with hate is to live without love.
If you want to understand me, you have to love me.
Hating is easy, loving is hard.
Hate is just misguided love.
Think with your brain but live with your heart."
- Wade Pluff
"Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't be so serious - life's too mysterious.
You work, you save, you worry so
But you can't take the dough when you go."
"Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" by Ray Henderson & Lew Brown
"A kiss will pep you up A little hug will step you up If dreams have kept you up You don't need pills, you need thrills Love's the precious thing that never fails you Love is good for anything that ails you."
- Friend & Malneck
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as
you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with
too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't much care where.' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Because it's there.
-George Mallory, quoted in New York Times (answering the question of
why he wanted to climb Mount Everest)
I've been depressed a lot lately. Part of it is because things are changing, I don't know who I am, where I'm going. Writing in Teen OutReach is one of those small things that I look forward to. Saying whatever is on my mind is strangely comforting.
It makes me happy........if that sounds weird.....
Quotations seems to push me on when I need it most. I wanted to post some for whoever reads this; whatever you're going through, or not - whatever kind of day you had, I hope one of these........sparks something. :-)
-Jan
" In order for there to be ups, there must be downs. Remember all your failures, so when you succeed, you can look back and have pride that you strength enough to overcome."
- Sean Skrmetta
" Self examination is a good and healthy thing,
But you must also forgive yourself
As you forgive others.
Many of our errors are as a snowflake
Falling unfelt upon the breast of winter."
- Lori Hard
" Slow down: I finally figured out the only reason to be alive Is to enjoy it."
- Rita Mae Brown
" If you are capable of love,
Then someone is cabable of loving you."
- Kristen M.
" Even when days are dark,
Don't blink for sunshine begins in the mind."
- Sandile Ngidi
" I do not fear tommorow
For I have seen today
And I loved yesterday."
- Author Unknown
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.
-Abraham Moslow
When we walk to the edge of all the light we have and take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on, or we will be taught to fly.
-Patrick Overton
Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do; and to restrain himself within the limits of his comprehension.
-Goethe (1749-1832)
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
Come to the edge he said; We are afraid they said. Come to the edge he said; they came. He pushed them; and they flew.
-Guillaume Appolinaire
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."
-Joseph Addison
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another . . . and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.
-Leonard Bernstein
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible
summer. -Albert Camus
Everything here, but the soul of man, is a passing shadow. The only
enduring substance is within. -William Henry Channing (1780-1842)
"And the best thing you've done for me, is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life after all."
-Indigo Girls, "Closer to Fine"
Get up off the floor and BELIEVE IN LIFE; no one's ever gonna as you twice."
-Noel Gallagher
You can't go back, said Stuart. You can only go forward. You can't forget either. You have to use everything you know."
-The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman
" Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day
That says ...I'll try again tomorrow."
- Unknown " If you hate someone you simply misunderstand them.
Innocent love is the only true love.
To die with hate is to live without love.
If you want to understand me, you have to love me.
Hating is easy, loving is hard.
Hate is just misguided love.
Think with your brain but live with your heart."
- Wade Pluff
"Life is just a bowl of cherries.
Don't be so serious - life's too mysterious.
You work, you save, you worry so
But you can't take the dough when you go."
"Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries" by Ray Henderson & Lew Brown
"A kiss will pep you up A little hug will step you up If dreams have kept you up You don't need pills, you need thrills Love's the precious thing that never fails you Love is good for anything that ails you."
- Friend & Malneck
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could;
some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as
you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with
too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'
'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cheshire Cat.
'I don't much care where.' said Alice.
'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.
-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Because it's there.
-George Mallory, quoted in New York Times (answering the question of
why he wanted to climb Mount Everest)