Life's Loving Memories

  SUMMER TIME AND THE LIVING IS UNBELIEVABLE "If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet...There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."   --Fred Rodgers Great sentiment in that quote. One never knows what a difference they may have had in someone else's life just by a simplE smile or kind word. It's summer time, and it's the perfect moment to share some positive attitude with the world. Flowers abound all around me, and my cherry tomatoes are getting small blooms. Summer is upon us  (but here in Las vegas the message was received about a month early). It may seem hot right now but think about it...five or six months from now we will all be wishing it was warmer. I say, live with whatever the weather brings. Savor the seasons for what they have to offer, and be extremely thankful on those days that are perfect for you. Weather is a good analogy for life, there are fabulous days, and not so fa

 BEING DIFFERENT IS A WONDERFUL THING "Why be Normal" The quote above is one that I saw on a tee-shirt at Disneyland. Someone just passing by and proud to be who she was. I am proud of my own differences. Seventy years of moving to my own drum, following the voice inside me that gave me the inspiration to be myself and to follow my dreams. The picture above is a peach colored hybiscus plant. I have never seen this particular shade of flower ona  plant like this before, it's new and different and exquisite. We should take a lesson from nature and consider the beauty of all of God's plants and awesome creatures who dare to be different. The beautiful flower that tenaciously grows through a crack in a rock; male birds with audacious colors who dance there way into the flirtacious fancy of a female nearby; spectacular sunrises and sunsets that uniquely appear every day, all of these revel in their difference as they amaze their speehless spectators. Celebrate the beautifu

YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW "Your knowingness is always on. You know what you need to know at the time you need to know it. All ideas are available to you and your mind is open and receptive to them."                               The Power of Decision                              --Raymond Charles Baker Do you sometimes feel that you don't know what you need to know about something? Should I move to a new home, let go of a relationship that isn't working, or move to another job? Very often you ask someone else's opinion, when deep in your heart you really know what the answer is, you just need to have the strength to move on with the action of change. When my mother was alive, she was a great person to talk to about anything I was struggling with. She would listen deeply and allow me to talk about it long enough for me to figure it out on my own. She would only give advice if I asked for it. Deep in everyone's heart and mind is the inspiration for an