13may08 today's quote

a discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.

-albert szent gyorgyi-

is the glass half full or half empty?

ah yes, the age old question. i once had a roomie who thought about the question differently than most. he answered it this way. "the glass is twice as big as it needs to be." interesting...

cheers!

12may08 today's quote

i've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

-larry bird-

11may08 today's quote

you cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

10may08 today's quote

life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

-doug larson-

09may08 today's quote

experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

-vernon sanders law-

08may08 today's quote

adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

-horace-

07may08 today's quote

god's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

-elizabeth barrett browning-

06may08 today's quote

how many observe christ's birthday! how few his precepts!
o! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

-benjamin franklin-

straight from a, to z.

i treat people like i've known them for twenty years. someone beside me on the bus, a customer on a delivery, people at parties - you name it, there's no difference in how i treat them. today, i was thinking about the "twenty year comfort level" and how it affects the interactions i have with people. i see that i easily get to this level. it's natural to me. but i'm also seeing that i don't move from 1 to 2 to 3 (and so on) as effortlessly.

just something i'm thinking about.

cheers!

05may08 today's quote

sweet childish days, that were as long
as twenty days are now.

-william wordsworth-

04may08 today's quote

don't always think you're on the right road just because it’s a well-beaten path.

03may08 today's quote

there is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.

-elizabeth lawrence-

02may08 today's quote

the ultimate result from shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

-herbert spencer-

happy may day!!!

i hope everyone's may day was fantastic. i spent most of the day in omaha. i had made a special may day basket for sarah and wanted to deliver it (i also wanted to see her :)). while in omaha, i purchased a sleeping bag for camp, hung out with ryan (which was so great to catch up), and played tennis for the first time (i did okay, but could've done beter). jonathan and i had scheduled dinner tonight so upon arriving back in lincoln and changing, i hopped on my bike and rode downtown. we ate at noodles and co. it was so good to hang out and chat like we used to. the air was getting a little brisk as the sun steadily was sinking closer towards the horizon. i was sure to ride hard on the way home to keep warm as i was only in shorts and a t-shirt. so now i sit here with amelia atop me as i blog. i told josh i'd hang out with him tonight. and becca is wanting to hang out after she gets off work. looks like tonight will be a long night!

cheers!

01may08 today's quote

i thank thee first because i was never robbed before; second, because although they took my purse they did not take my life; third, because although they took my all, it was not much; and fourth because it was i who was robbed, and not i who robbed.

-matthew henry-

30apr08 today's quote

one looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. the curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.

-carl jung-

29apr08 today's quote

everyone is the age of their heart.

-guatemalan proverb-

in many ways, i'd compare things to an amusement park

this year is so full of new and challenging things. i'm a mix of being excited, hopeful, impatient, wonderment, and joyful all rolled into one.

cheers!

28apr08 today's quote

the butterfly is a flying flower...

-ponce denis ecouchard lebrun-