Happy Thanksgiving!

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

-- Albert Schweitzer

Today I'm thankful for my sister being home for the weekend, that I'm warm with clothes and shelter, for my family's health, for my mom's wonderful cooking (and that my pumpkin pies I baked this morning set okay!) and for the love I'm surrounded by.

Hope your day is full of family, friends, gratitude and food!

What are you thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving!

My 100th Post! (and giveaway!)

It's my 100th post!

Can you believe it!? I don't think I expected to make it this far but I'm so glad I have!

I was afraid when I first started my blog that I wouldn't know what to say or what to talk about. (I still ask myself this every once in a while.) I shoved those thoughts aside though and pushed forward and so far havn't been able to stop! I'm so glad to have found the incredibly supportive, caring and intimate group of people in this gigantic blogosphere. I knew blogging was big but I couldn't have imagined how big or how it was possible to become connected to so many wonderful people.

Thanks for commenting and continuing to come back!

I love the friendships I've made with you all so far and can't wait to meet many many more of you!

Now for the giveaway. What better way to celebrate than sharing the love!?

The giveaway ends Friday the 17th.

You want to know what you're entering for?

My good friend Cynthia was gracious enough to offer me to give to you one of her medium sized canvas prints from her shop More Than A Card.

I specifically picked this one out out because of my love of butterflies and the quote is one of my favorites.

There will be numerous ways to enter.

Make sure to add an additional comment for each entry!

How to enter:

(each thing is worth an entry and you must do one of the first two to be eligible for the rest of the entries)

1. Leave me a comment telling me your favorite quote. (You can enter up to three)

2. Leave me a comment with a quote about Hope. (You can enter up to three)

3. Follow Me (and if you're already a follower, that counts too!) (leave an extra comment so it's two entries for this one!)

4. Check out Cynthia (the prize donator)'s blog A Shimmy in My Spirit and leave her a comment. Then come back and tell me you did that.

5. Tweet about this contest on Twitter and leave me the URL.

Wordless Wednesday -#8

"This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind... let it be something good."

-Author Unknown

Thursday Thirteen #5

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Life comes at us with many hardships and troubles but it also graces us with it's precious moments and beauty, so today's Thursday Thirteen is

13 Quotes On Laughter

1.

"To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."

- Jim Valvano

2.

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

-Maya Angelou

3.

"Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is."

-Mary Anne Radmacher

 

4.

"Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game"

-Will Durant

 

5.

“Never let go of hope. One day you will see that it all has finally come together. What you have always wished for has finally come to be. You will look back and laugh at what has passed and you will ask yourself... 'How did I get through all of that?”

 

6.

"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory."

-Alan Alda

 

7.

"If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man."

-Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

 

8.

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge That myth is more potent than history That dreams are more powerful than facts That hope always triumphs over experience That laughter is the only cure for grief And I believe that love is stronger than death."

 

9.

"Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh."

-Katharine Houghton Hepburn

 

10.

"And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh."

-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

 

11.

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”

-Guatama Buddha

 

12.

“You cannot hold back a good laugh any more than you can the tide. Both are forces of nature.”

-William Rotsler 

 

13.

“I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.”

-Linda Ellerbee