Quotes, Nature, Motivation, Encouragement and Personal Photos

 Hello dear friends and fellow bloggers! A very warm welcome to you all! Thank you so much for stopping by! Here are my selections for you today, which I hope will be a source of inspiration to you all.

Summers are for snuggles and sandcastles. (summer is not quite finished yet...last day is September 19th!) :)

                              Intrepid Quips

Motivation is something that has to come from within. Someone can help you light the fire. But you've got to keep it burning. Cherish that flame. Don't let anyone blow it out. You're in control of how bright you shine. - Cassey Ho

                          Karen Salmansohn

As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. - Joan Gussow

                                  Unknown

It's the little things that usually have the greatest impact in life. A smile, a hug, a thank you, a compliment.

                               Tiny Buddha

Struggling now doesn't mean struggling forever. We can hold out for a better time.

                            The Latest Kate

Things to grow: acceptance, kindness, humility, empathy

   Sketches in Stillness (art by Natasha Dickinson)

It's better to walk alone keeping love in your heart...than to be popular in a crowd filled with judgement and hate.

                     Princess Sassy Pants & Co.

Inner compassion and outer tolerance can easily make a new world a better world. - Sri Chinmoy

               Purrs of Wisdom with Ingrid King

Begin each day with a little courage, a little curiosity and a little spring in each step.

                           Susan Gale Quotes

The world is already so full of conflict. If we want to create more peace in the world, we have to choose not to take things personally and instead respond with understanding, compassion, connection and peace. - Ben Fizell

                              Tiny Buddha

Nature is my medicine. - Sara Moss Wolfe

                         An Extraordinary Day

Life isn't meant to be easy, it's meant to be lived. Sometimes happy, other times rough...but with every up and down, you lean lessons that make you strong.

                                   Unknown

 

The world is changed by your example not by your opinion. - Paulo Coelho

                             Positive Energy+

We should be lifting each other up and cheering each other on, not trying to outshine one another. The sky would be awfully dark with just one star. - Stacie

                         Sketches in Stillness

Let's nurture the nature so that we can have a better future.

                                  Unknown

Wildflowers adapt and bloom wherever they want. Be a wildflower. - Aly Aubrey

                               Quotes Lines

Ten years from now you'll laugh at whatever's stressing you out today. So why not laugh now? - Tony Robbins

                              Best Self Mom

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it. - Sidney Harris

              Purrs of Wisdom with Ingrid King

Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures, none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them; and, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. - Thomas de Quincey

                                AZ Quotes

A home with fewer possessions is more spacious, more calming and more focused on the people who live inside. - Joshua Becker, Becoming Minimalist

                     Get Organized and Beyond

Clutter is nothing more than postponed decisions. - Barbara Hemphill

                         Tidy Life Happy Wife

The following are my own photos, which I took in August on my walks in a park in Town of Mount Royal. You can click on each photo to see a larger view. Again, I don't know what all the flowers are called, I just loved what I saw and decided to take the photo!

The following video is a Just for Laughs Gag (Juste pour Rire in French) done here in Montreal!

Cute Lamb Chilling with Kittens (this is not the same video I showed a while back, it is a different one)

Pasadena Villa: Animal-Assisted Therapy for Autism Treatment

Take a walk down memory lane with this 1949 Ivory Soap TV Commercial!

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