Heartfelt Reflections (Haiku Series #306)

Sun’s Blessing

Early morning’s grace

Picturing new day ahead—

Confidence rising

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Moving Forward

 Positive thinking

Today’s refreshing goodness—

Go now, pass it on

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Nightly Outlook

 Darkness all around

Dancing with each twinkling star—

Tomorrow brightens

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Down Tomorrow’s Highway

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Today, making big plans

Looking out, far ahead

Life’s landscape, calling out

Past now ready to shed

 

Yesterday, forgotten

Latching on to new tune

Positive, fresh outlook

Below night’s risen moon

 

Freedom filling each dream

Nourishing assurance

Confidence springs forward

Life’s steady insurance

 

Eager to keep moving

Opening novel’s page

Business taken care of

Wisdom heard from old sage

 

Timetable’s steady hand

Taking shortcut’s byway

No working overtime

Down tomorrow’s highway

 

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Merv Griffin Quotes

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If you make the customer a promise, make sure you deliver it.

It’s always been my philosophy:  Turn the page.  If something falls through, turn the page.  It’s over with, get used to it, get on with it.

Merv Griffin (1925-2007) was an American television show host and media mogul.  His accomplishments included:  hosting his own television talk show from 1962-1986, and creation of the television game shows “Jeopardy” in 1964 and “Wheel of Fortune” in 1975.  

Charles Stanley Quote

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Attitude and the spirit in which we communicate are as important as the words we say.

From Proverbs 16:24:  “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.”

A. A. Milne Quotes

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A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.

You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you.  You have to go to them sometimes.  [Both quotes taken from Milne’s writings about Winnie-the-Pooh]

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne (1882-1956) was an English writer who was best known for his writings about Winnie-the-Pooh.

Just Living (Haiku Series #287)

Page Follows Page

Tranquility’s breath

Morning’s comforting stillness—

Novel’s deep reading

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Positivity Shared

Volunteer’s spirit

Stepping up, giving of self—

Serving slice of grace

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Twice as Delicious

Rendezvous with friends

Conversation with good food—

Forks up and phones down

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Elizabeth Gilbert Quotes

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There’s a crack (or cracks) in everyone . . . that’s how the light of God gets in.

I am a better person when I have less on my plate.

Elizabeth Gilbert (born 1969) is an American journalist and author.

David Gemmell Quotes

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A man’s strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weaknesses.

Do not speak badly of yourself, for the warrior that is inside you hears your words and is lessened by them.

David Gemmell (1948-2006) was a British author, journalist, and newspaper editor.  His prowess with writing fiction produced over 30 novels.

Marie Chapian Quotes

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Originality is not doing something no one else has ever done, but doing what has been done countless times with new life, new breath.

You can pursue happiness, or you can create it.

Marie Chapian (born 1938) is an American writer and radio ministry host.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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Write on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher.  He was a leading voice in America’s transcendentalist movement in the 19th century.