August 23, 2011

I'm trying something a little different today. I hope you enjoy it.  After each quote I include a reason I picked it or tell you something about me in relation to the quote.

I'm not quite sure why I chose Admiration for a quote topic today, for some reason it just reached out of the page at me. Who in your life do you admire? Someone who inspires you to do better, someone who you would hate to disappoint, someone that has helped shape the person you are today.

Quotes

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." ~ Jane Austen from Pride and Prejudice by Mr. Darcy.

~ I chose this quote because I can hear this as my mind speaking to me.  We often pay attention to the little voice in our head that tells us we are not worthy, pretty enough, thin enough, too frightened, etc.  Meanwhile there is another voice trying to tell us that we are worthy enough, pretty enough, thin enough, courageous enough, etc. Thanks to Mr. Darcy for reminding me to love and admire myself, and to stop believing the little negative voice in our head.

If I can line up the people who, back through the ages, have gone at life in ways I greatly admire, then I can feel all their strength supporting me, all their standards and values pointing the way in which I am to go. ~ Bonaro W. Overstreet

~There are several people in my life that I admire and whose standards and values point the way in which I am to go.  My Grandma was one of those. She passed away a few years ago and I miss her everyday. She was an extraordinary woman. When we all gathered as a family she would make sure that everyone's favorite was there. For my husband, her baked beans, for my daughter a shrimp ring, etc.  I also really admire my daughter. She is firm in her beliefs and values and stands strong even when faced with peer pressure. She makes the room light up with her smile.

Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love. ~ Arthur Christopher Benson

~There aren't many friends like this out there. I hope that we are all fortunate to have a friend like this in our lives.

Blog Posts

Tiny Wisdom: When You're Not Sure If You've Changed ~ "Then I remind myself: change isn’t something that happens in an instant and than makes everything permanently different. Change is a moment-to-moment choice."

Go With All Your Heart ~ Never, never give up and go with all your heart.

A Vicious Cycle ~ It is indeed.