Do You Want To Be Upset Today??

 "By keeping things small - and saving your reactions for the truly bigger things - you'll spend less time being upset and more time enjoying life."
Unknown

**Did you ever how many really great quotes have no author attributed to them. That is really sad, because this one really made me stop and think when I first read it.

Enjoying What You Have Been Given!

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased with them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight.
John Rushkin

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? 
G.K. Chesterton

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! 
Henry Ward Beecher 

Quotes About Rainy Mornings

It's a dull rainy morning... lets think about something that will help us move through this day with a smile on our face.

Personally, I like a roaring fire on a dull rainy morning... just makes you feel all cozy! :)



I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.”
Lord Chesterfield

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Poopyhead Card Game - The Game Where Number 2 Always Wins! (A perfect game for a rainy day lol!)



Are you going to let the dullness of a rainy day ruin your mood?? Things could always be worse!!

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.”
William Feather



1. sipping hot tea
2 a fluffy blanket
3. getting lost in a book
4. wearing cute wellies
5. watching old movies
6. caramel corn
7. finding rainbows

this is what I love about rainy days,
shabby chicks

"What the mud had been doing with itself, or where
it came from, who could say? But ti seemed to collect
in a moment, as a crowd will, and in five minutes to
have splashed all the sons and daughters of Adam,"
Charles Dickens

"All nature wears one universal grin."
Henry Fielding

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can
see me crying.
Charles Chaplin

The rain to the wind said,
You push and I'll pelt.
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged.. though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt.
Robert Frost

"Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do."
Michel de Montaigne

"To create your tomorrow, go over your day when you
are in bed tonight just before you fall asleep, and
feel gratitude for the good moments. If there was
something you wanted to happen differently, replay
it in your mind the way you wanted it to go. As you
fall asleep, say, I will sleep deeply and wake up
fully of energy. Tomorrow is going to be the most
beautiful day of my life."
Unknown 

Thoughts and a Quote About Feeling Rich

I was reading through the jottings on my Facebook page and one of my friends left this comment...

"If you want to feel rich, just count all of the things you have that money can't buy. on ♥."

Kind of makes you step back and re-think everything you ever thought what you wanted out of life. What does it take to be rich and how do you feel after making a purchase?? Personally, the minute I hand over the credit card, the rush is over. I'm thinking of the next thing that I want to buy. And did you notice, I didn't say... need to buy. So, today, seeing that it is a rainy one, maybe it is the perfect day to make a list of everything you have at the moment that has nothing to do with shopping or accumulating things...

Come to think about it, I think that I have a book on my shelf... sounds familiar doesn't it. I have hundreds of books that I don't think about until something reminds me. I can't remember who wrote it but it was about enjoying the simple things in life.

Did I ever tell you about my love of dandelions?? Most people hate them, but as a little girl, seeing a yard full of dandelions meant that summer had arrived and there was nothing quite as summer on a lake! Ahh, the memories and...

DANDELIONS DON'T COST YOU A PENNY ;)

A Lost Quote

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Have you done a little happy dance at least once today. Sadly, I have to admit that I have been too busy... with laundry and a hundred other tasks. On my to-do list tomorrow... dance at least once and laugh at least once! If nothing else, I shall be able to see if there are indeed benefits!