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Well, of course, I drew a blank on that one. I read clever, funny, and meaningful quotes on Facebook and elsewhere everyday, but I couldn't remember any of them. There wasn't time to search for something so that meant I just went with the first things that popped into my head. This is what I wrote on their receipt.
"Everything in moderation."
"This too shall pass."
"It's all good."
These are part of my everyday self-talk that I use to help put things into perspective. After the bag was stapled shut, I remembered one that I heard recently that I liked.
"It's okay to visit the past and the future, but you don't want to live there." Another way of saying, "The present is the present," which is also one of my self-talk sayings.
So, do you have a favorite quote? How would you answer that question if you had essentially no time to think about it and no time to Google for it? What's the first thing you think of?
From Corrie ten Boom, "There is no pit so deep that God's love is not deeper still" . One of my favorite books is The Hiding Place, which she wrote.
ReplyDelete"This too shall pass" is also a favorite. Coming up with a quote is an interesting request.
You know, I've never read the "Hiding Place". I really should. That quote would certainly help when it seems that there is no way that things can get better.
DeleteSO MANY good quotes in that book. I hope you do read it.
Delete"This above all to thine own self, be true:" Shakespeare's "Hamlet" spoken by his father (forget his name) to Laertes.
ReplyDeleteThat's a classic and good advice for one and all. When I asked my son the same question, he also quoted Shakespeare. I'm paraphrasing, "There are more things in Heaven and Earth that are dreamt of in your philosophy."
DeleteThat's an unusual request, isn't it? I like all the quotes you cited. Mine would probably have been, "All things are subject to change; nothing is permanent".
ReplyDeleteAnother good one. That's one of the basics of Buddhism, right?
DeleteI like to read some Hemmingway and the last line of The Sun Also Rises, stuck in my brain, although I wasn't a fan of that particular book. "isn't it pretty to think so". I say it all the time now. The characters in the book have crashed and burned, in their elitist drinking, failed relationships and travel, going home and the woman is telling the guy that they could have made it together. That line is his response.
ReplyDeleteI have only read a little Hemmingway, so this one is not familiar to me. I can see where there would be a lot of circumstances where it would fit to say this. I'm learning a lot from everyone.
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