by Kelly Buckley | Apr 1, 2013 | Gratitude
There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well. So I take the memories as they come, accepting them all, letting them guide me whenever I can. ~Nicholas...
by Kelly Buckley | Mar 1, 2013 | Unity
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight. ~Kahlil Gibran~ Yesterday, I received word that a beloved teacher from high school had passed away. Brother Slattery was one of...
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 2, 2013 | Hope
Can I go back to bed now?Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 24, 2012 | Gratitude
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale Happy Christmas Eve my friends. This is a magical day of anticipation. For many of us, Christmas preparations are based on tradition, and trying...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 18, 2012 | Grief
One cannot get through life without pain…What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us. ~Bernie S. Siegel~ I’ve tried to focus on the positive. It is, after all, kind of my thing. It’s what I do. I look for the silver linings, I...
by Kelly Buckley | Nov 6, 2012 | Unity
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. ~The Declaration of Independence~ I remember a...
by Kelly Buckley | Jul 4, 2012 | Unity
It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. ~Robert Francis Kennedy~ Last...
by Kelly Buckley | Jul 3, 2012 | Hope
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe~ 100 days….it’s hard to believe that we are here. I wanted to share the results...
by Kelly Buckley | Jun 29, 2012 | Grief
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~Mark Twain~ When I was younger, I felt that I was very good at reading people and situations. I trusted my first impressions. And they stuck; meaning if you didn’t make a good...
by Kelly Buckley | Jun 26, 2012 | Hope
The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are. ~Thomas Dreier~ I recently had an opportunity to talk...
