GOOD MORNING EVERYONE:

Welcome to this edition of My Monday Morning Message…..I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend and found the time to relax and have some fun. I also hope that you enjoy reading these Monday Morning Messages as much as I enjoy sending them to you. We all need to find a little inspiration in our lives and more importantly we need to pass it on to others. If you really want to make yourself feel better help other people feel better. If you really want to smile and laugh make other people smile and laugh. If you really want to be loved make other people feel loved. We were not put here on earth to work our lives away, to struggle, to feel pain or hurt, or to just reach the end. We were put here so that each one of us could find our own unique purpose. We were put here so that we could make a difference. I know that the road is not always easy and we will struggle and we will feel pain or hurt on occasion. We need to understand that is just part of the journey and that no one situation can make or break us. It maters what happens and what we do over a lifetime. Let’s make every moment, every year, and our life worthwhile.

ENCOURAGEMENT CORNER…

It’s a classic and worth reading over and over and over again…

THE DASH

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end.

He noted that first came the date of her birth
And spoke of the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time
That she spent alive on earth
And now only those who loved her
Know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars, the house, the cash,
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So think about this long and hard;
Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what’s true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering that this special dash
Might only last a little while.

So when your eulogy is being read
With your life’s actions to rehash
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent your dash?

© 1996 Linda Ellis

WORDS TO LIVE BY…

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” Oscar Wilde

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” Anais Nin

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw

Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso

If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” Lewis Carroll

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein

LET’S MAKE THIS THE BEST WEEK OF THE YEAR!!!