Final Thoughts for the Merry Month

"When we sacrifice truth to some self-serving belief, we tend to believe it tenaciously, for it has come at such great sacrifice."


Every day ask yourself, "What would I do today if I were a better person?"


"You wonder how many times the sun must rise before a pessimist realizes that it's going to keep doing it."


"You never have a friend all figured out.  Just when you think you know what makes them tick, they tock."


"I'm not always sure what I saw or heard, but I know what I smelled."


"Few are humble, for it takes a self-esteem few possess."


"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got."


Start to worry when the clips on the evening news that "some may find disturbing" stop disturbing you.


"If there's anything better than a God-given talent, it's a God-given day job."


"An important thing to get to know about a person is the unspoken ways they say they're sorry."


Sign over the gates of hell:  "Doesn't mean you're a bad person."


~~ Robert Brault

Thoughts for the Graduating Class

"Some times it's worth getting lost to see who will come looking for us."


"What you discover about people you try not to offend is that you can offend them without trying."


"You can live your life so as never to rock the boat, but you could have done that by not being born."


"Never try to be someone else in order to please.  Just be yourself and apologize as necessary."


"Once you find someone to share your ups and downs, downs are as good as ups."


"Always laugh off a slight insult, so that people will understand what it means when you're not laughing."


"As a job seeker, remember this:  You only lack experience if they want it done the same old way."


"Before you do anything, be sure you would do it the same way if you had it to do over again."


"Always invite into your success the people who helped you get there, for they are the ones most likely to wait for an invitation."


"What you must accept as a parent is that you can't always be there for your child without sometimes ruining everything."


A good speech has a beginning, a middle and an end, the best example being, "I love you."


~~ Robert Brault

Stirring in the Breeze

Thanks to Dawn Gilbert Drover at seabreezephotos.com for this!

Everything I Ever Said About Mom

"A mom forgives you all your faults, not to mention one or two you don't even have."


"If you have a mom, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been."


"A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review."


"What is a mom but the sunshine of our days and the north star of our nights."


"Every mom aspires to be the World's Greatest Mom, and by some crazy quirk of logic, most succeed."


"Eventually you realize that the reason God didn't always answer your prayers is that He was answering your mom's prayers."


"There is a time early in life when there seem to be countless reasons for happiness, and then you discover your mom is making them up."


"Every mom knows how to play the single mom and does so exactly to the extent her marriage requires."


"Every kid tries to find out how much he can screw up and still have mom blame herself."


"Through both their lives, a mom never stops chasing her child down to the water's edge."


"Eventually you realize that your mom knows exactly who you are and has been trying to break it to you gently all your life."


"A mother sees past our excuses to the real reason it's not our fault."


A mother always counts to ten
And never, never peeks
But always knows just where you hide
And there she never seeks
Until the very nick of time
Lest tears run down your cheeks.


~~ Robert Brault