It is the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance.
It is the dream afraid of waking
that never takes a chance.
It is the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give.
And the soul afraid of dying
that never learns to live.
                    --The Rose, written by Amanda McBroom, sung by Bette Middler

Things We Can Learn from Dogs:
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pretend to be something you're not.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout... run right back and make friends.

If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let's all get wasted together and have the time of our lives.

Dear God
So far today, God, I've done all right.
I haven't gossiped, haven't lost my temper,
haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, nor over indulgent.
I'm very thankful for that.
But in a few minutes, God..... I'm going to get out of bed.
From then on I'm going to need a lot more help.
Amen

Trusting someone doesn't necessarily mean s/he's trustworthy.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment

Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel or to stay angry. I can change my mind.

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope and that enables you to laugh at life's realities." -Dr. Seuss

Happy is the man who can laugh at himself, for he will never cease to be amused.

People who say it cannot be done, should not interrupt those who are doing it.

We make a living by what we get... But we make a life by what we give.

If someone betrays you once, it's his fault.
If he betrays you twice, it's your fault.

Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.

 Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. — Spanish proverb 

Forgiving's a choice you make--a gift you give to somebody even if they don't deserve it. It costs nothing, but it makes you feel rich for giving it away. ~ Lurlene McDaniel

**Deep Thoughts**
Maybe in order to understand mankind we have to look at that word itself. MANKIND.
Basically, it's made up of two separate words "mank" and "ind."
What do these words mean? It's a mystery and so is mankind.

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him. ~ Aldous Huxley

We should never attempt to bear more than one kind of trouble
at a time. Some people try to bear three kinds --- all they have
had, all they have now, and all they expect to have.  -- Edward Everett Hale

Enjoy today since you can only live it once. It is a gift, that's why it's called the present.

***Gender Stereotypes: If a girl likes sex, she's a slut.
                    If a guy likes sex, he's a stud.
                    if a girl cries, she's normal.
                    if a guy cries, he's abnormal.
They're NOT true to me, but are they true to YOU? ***

The deepest hunger in humans is the desire to be appreciated.
      -William James

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Happiness is like a butterfly.  The more you chase it, the more it eludes you.
But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits on your shoulder.
      -N. Hawthorne (note: it seems that the same goes for love)

The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
-Peter Beagal; The Last Unicorn

"To believe everything or to doubt everything are two equally convenient
solutions: Both dispense with the need for reflection."  -Jules Henri Poincare

"What you feel is what you are and what you are is beautiful."~~~Goo Goo Dolls

"There are two types of people--those who come into a room and
                           say, "Well, here I am!" and those who come in and say, "Ah, there
                           you are."

James Thurber:
               "Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in
                         awareness."

Bert Lance:
                        "If it ain't broke, dont fix it."

He who would learn to fly one day must learn to stand and walk and climb
and dance: one cannot fly into flying.
      -Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra, 1883

"Who are you?"  said the Caterpiller. Alice replied, rather shyly, "I-I
hardly know, Sir, just at present-at least I know who I was when I got up
this morning, but I must have changed several times since then."
      -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland, 1865

The living self has one purpose only: to come into its own fullness of
being, as a tree comes into full blossom, or a bird into spring beauty, or
a tiger into lustre.
      -D. H. Lawrence

It is difficult to make people miserable when they feel worthy of themselves.
      -Abraham Lincoln

The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.

Love is a special feeling. You can't explain it. Sometimes you can't even understand it. But it is there. So quit makin' it soooooo complicated and just enjoy it.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well
.
Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they love.

If you judge someone, you have no time to love them. - Mother Teresa

Immature love says I love you because I need you. Mature love says I need you because I love you.

"Love is not a decision, it is a feeling. If we could decide who we 
love, it would be a lot simpler, but a lot less magical"
Mr Twig, South Park

"We dont love someone for who they are. Instead we love someone for who we
want them to be and when they're not, we cry."~~~David Duchovony

If Wishes came true..if dreams at night were real, I'd be
holding you.~~~unknown

I guess when your heart gets broken you sort of start to see the cracks in
everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us, and our mission
is to never let it."~~~Felicity

"You ARE in love with me. You just dont know it yet."~~~Love and War

Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is.~~Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Elinor Glyn:
                        "Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday
                          life into a golden haze.

"If you live to be 100, I want to live to be 100 minus a day so I never