A week ago, I noticed a list of "45 Life's Lessons" posted by Daisy at her site Answer Starts With You. They're attributed to a 90-year-old newspaper columnist in Cleveland.
Well, reading the list, I felt challenged, especially since the thoughts are so darn good. So I left Daisy a comment, saying that I would come up with my own list of 46 brand-new thoughts by the end of that day. In poker terms, I proposed to "see" her list and "raise" her one. This I did, drawing on the hundreds of thought ideas in my work file. I posted this as a comment to her site.
Anyone with a lazy Saturday on their hands might consider clicking the link below. Be prepared to encounter 91 deep thoughts, any one of which might change your life. Of course, you could always skip the original list and go straight to mine in the comments (but I would never suggest such a thing.)
Answer Starts With You
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Last few times I checked, the link was not working. Can't find anything wrong with it, so I'm stymied. I encourage anyone interested to Google "answerstartswithyou."
smiles,
rb
Good Morning!
I just found your blog through a photographer's website ... She has one of your quotes on her homepage...and I Googled it ;)
I absolutely love your list of 46 ... I MUST make a poster of this one to hang in my classroom next September:
26. New ideas seldom pop into your head through your mouth.
All 46 are fabulous! Thanks to Daisy for inspiring you!
Personally, I am finding that listing the :little things: and expressing gratitude ... is helping to lift my spirits and keep them nearer to the Source of Joy.
A lovely weekend to you ~Maria
:I am grateful for these inspirations:
Maria,
Welcome, and thanks for being that rare visitor who takes the time to comment. It delights me to have said a few words that you identify with. Took a peek at your Calm Energy site and love it. Your husband is not a bad quotesmith himself. Love his observation that "runners are fleeing a predator called heart attack." I'll steal that one at my earliest convenience.
Have a great weekend,
rb
Dear Robert -
Another fellow stumbler-onto-good-ideas in search of inspiration to help my community deal with an "opportunity" involving bullying (yes, an adult)...and amongst the Buddhas and Gandhis I found you - namaste to your clarity!
Now if I can just get this E. Scrooge to listen, damn it! LOL - teacher=student!
Keep your great wisdom flowing downstream to Fortescue...
Tammy
Namaste to you also, Anonymous, for the great wisdom you have dispensed over the centuries. Although I am concerned about communities having to cope with opportunities involving E. Scrooge bullying, I have said less on the subject than you might think. Refer you to spirits of Christmases past, present and future. Buddha and Gandhi say hello.
smiles,
rb
Robert -
Thank you for your insights about fatherhood. It seems that you display a large amount of humility in addressing the need to be a "good" father... whether or not you are, I hope that men realizing that role this Sunday own up to the responsibility and the nobility as deftly as you have indicated in written word.
I challenged my dad to come to your website, read what you have written, and try to understand where he may have gotten off-track. Hopefully, love and responsibility will conquer pride and stubborness - be a dad and not just a pal.
Anon,
A few honest conversations between you and your dad will do a whole lot more than his visiting this blog. Good luck.
smiles,
rb
You verbalize truths that I feel but can't put into words...some trick!
Ken, thanks -- but anyone visiting your blog will dispute the notion that there's anything you can't verbalize, most especailly your feelings.
smiles,
rb
Hi Robert, we have a new blog, I will send you a invitation for it is on private only and always, but I wanted you to be our reader:)
I like this post today, thanks for sharing:)
Have a wonderful day today!!
Christina J. Powers
Hello. I am a recent fan. I think I ran across a quote on a popular quote site about 6 months ago. Enjoyed it, moved on. Then I noticed another great one, and its was also yours. Wait a minute... there is that name again!!
I then sought you out. I really enjoy reading here!
Anna Bryant,
Thank you -- and welcome. I'm a little surprised to see that this link still works. Nice to know.
smiles,
rb
no at all. You are a person very wise and charismatic, always making me think over about all your post, your very dynamic and loyal in what you are writing. Thank you for you posts.
I so love you... You have the best quotes ever!!
Viagra,
Thank you -- but I warn readers not to click on your name unless they want to go to a commercial site whose sole purpose is to sell Viagra.
inFAMOUS,
Welcome -- and thanks for the kind assessment
smiles,
rb
Robert, I cannot say how much I enjoy your site, I come here whenever I need to be uplifted. The problem is that once I am here, I am lost for hours, leaving only long enough to post a quote or thought of yours on my FB page. I truly enjoy your insight and skill at putting feelings and common sense into words.
Anon,
Thanks for your gracious words. I fear that I'm not always uplifting, but you've encouraged me to keep trying.
smiles,
rb
Robert, your quotations are so simple, timely, and true. They, for some reason, remind me of my childhood when times were different, better.
Fred M.
Thanks so much. Either times were better, or we were kids, one or the other.
smiles,
rb
Seldom do I post comments, yet in this early hour....your words have brought me gentle laughter and warm sentiment, as well as insights which I will ponder for many hours.....Thanks!
LOV,
Thanks so much. You certainly have dug deep into the archives. Hope your kind comment refers to all my stuff generally, and not just to this rather uneven set of 46.
smiles,
rb
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