Cathy Burnham Martin's Blog, page 20

Ah, Grace Under Pressure

 

“Do as adversaries do in law. Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.”

— William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
English playwright

One Petal, One Person

“A single rose can be my garden… a single friend, my world.”

— Leo Buscaglia (1924 – 1998)
American author, speaker, and professor

My love and deepest gratitude to you.

Dream BIG

 

A man is not old until his regrets take the place of dreams.

— Yiddish proverb.

Courage

 

“Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.”

— Vittorio Alfieri (1749 – 1803)
Italian dramatist

Work, Work, Work

 

“The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

— Robert Frost (1874 – 1963)
American poet

Whooooosh!

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

— Douglas Adams (1952 – 2001)
English writer

Possibilities Abound

“The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.”

— Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008)
English science fiction writer

Prayers and Hope

“Every cloud has a silver lining, but it is sometimes difficult to get it to the mint.”
— Don Marquis (1878 – 1937)
American humorist, journalist, and author

 

 

 

Three wildfires continue to burn in our little western NC county. Firefighters are working tirelessly… yet again… to protect lives and property. (We are safe.) Some homes have been lost. The air is at times challenging to breathe.

 

 

 

And yet, when the breezes blow in the other direction, our sky is bright blue. Hope is in the air. Our peach trees have blossomed.

 

 

 

 

 

And the first iris blooms are joining us. Hope. May we never let it go.

See It, Hear It, Speak It, Live It!

 

“People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”

— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American statesman; 16th President: 1861-1865;
assassinated following the Civil War

Spring Equinox

http://goodliving123.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/03-20-25-Deer-20250320_072934.mp4

At 5:01 this morning, we officially bid farewell to Winter and hello to Spring! Hope springs eternally, as do our daily front-yard deer.