by Kelly Buckley | Apr 1, 2012 | Gratitude
Clear your mind of can’t. -Samuel Johnson Hitting the first week mark of the 100 day JOLT challenge, and we are still going strong. It feels good to have set a goal, and even better to have shared it with you all. Putting it out there makes it real for me, and makes...
by Kelly Buckley | Mar 25, 2012 | Gratitude
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. ~George S. Patton~ It is 100 days until the 4th of July. Some people would think that would be a statement of dread on my part. After all, it is the anniversary of Stephen’s passing. And, I...
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 29, 2012 | Gratitude
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. ~Henry Miller~ Available on Amazon Leap Day. That extra day smooshed into the end of February. I like to look at it as having an extra 24 hours to be thankful....
by Kelly Buckley | Feb 2, 2012 | Hope
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 predict the future. According...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 31, 2011 | Gratitude
Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred, Lord Tennyson ~ Well, here we are. The last day of 2011. It has been a year filled with one little things. Many...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 30, 2011 | Gratitude
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~Mark Twain ~Do more than belong: participate. Do more than care: help. Do more than believe: practice. Do more than be fair: be kind. Do more than forgive: forget. Do more than dream: work....
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 27, 2011 | Gratitude
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu~ If you’ve been following along, you know that I have asked all of you to “Share your Measure of Love.” I will be sharing some...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 26, 2011 | Gratitude
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. ~Swami Vivekananda~ Practice wanting for others what you want for yourself by being Christlike rather than Christian, Mohammed-like rather than a Muslim, and...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 22, 2011 | Gratitude
Whatever else be lost among the years, Let us keep Christmas still a shining thing: Whatever doubts assail us, or what fears, Let us hold close one day, remembering Its poignant meaning for the hearts of men. Let us get back our childlike faith again. ~Grace Noll...
by Kelly Buckley | Dec 14, 2011 | Hope
And in our world of plenty; We can spread a smile of joy; Throw your arms around the world; At Christmas time. ~Bob Geldof and Midge Ure~ Each year, since my son passed away, my family and I have decided to “Give Away His Measure of Love…” Let me...
