Good Living 123

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“It is health which is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”

— Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Indian lawyer, spiritual & political leader, & nonviolent resistance advocate

“Happiness is a warm puppy.”

— Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000)
American cartoonist

Photo by Jayson Hinrichsen

“Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination.”

— Mark Twain (pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 – 1910)
American writer & humorist

Hah! Rather redefines giddiness!
Find lots of happiness insights in the “Happiness: and Other Life Seasonings” guidebook.

Photo by Polina Kuzovkova

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
American social activist & stateswoman
US First Lady: 1933-45; Ambassador to UN

Throughout the year, but especially at Christmas, I express my deepest gratitude for my wealth of friends, all of whose footprints are forever in my heart.

“A smile can open a heart faster than a key can open a door.”

AND it’s beautifully contagious. Pass it on.

“The most perfect technique is that which is not noticed at all.”

–Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Spanish-born cellist, conductor, and composer

“Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the questions.”

— Diogenes Laertius (3rd century AD)
Greek author of “Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers”

“Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.”

— Freeman Teague Jr.

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“Character is like a tree and reputation a shadow.  The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

— Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
American statesman; 16th President: 1861-65; assassinated following Civil War

Photo by Casey Horner

“There are only two ways to live your life.  One is as though nothing is a miracle.  The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

— Albert Einstein  (1879 – 1955)
German-born theoretical physicist; developed the Theory of Relativity

Photo by Joshua Earle

“True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.”

— Walter Inglis Anderson (1903 – 1976)
American painter & writer

Photo by Dimitris Vetskes

“When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.”

— Thomas Sowell (1930 – )
American economist, social theorist, and political philosopher

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

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

“The only people I owe my loyalty to are those who never made me question theirs.” 

— Anonymous

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“Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.”

— Theodor Reik (1888 – 1969)
Austrian psychoanalyst

Photo by Alex Shuper

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

– Sir Claude McDonald (1852 – 1915)
British soldier & diplomat

Photo by Michelle Baker

“I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.”

— Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)
American Founding Father & primary author of the Declaration of Independence;
2nd US Vice President & 3rd US President

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“A friend is someone who accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”

— William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
English playwright & poet

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“Freedom is not America’s gift to the world; it is Almighty God’s gift to every man and woman in this world.”

— Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004)
American actor & California Governor
40th President of the United States (1981 – 89)

Photo by Austin Kehmeier

“Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.”

— Oprah Winfrey (1954 – )
American TV host & producer, actress & author

Love it or hate it, this is National Candy Corn Day. George Renninger is credited with inventing candy corn while employed at the Wunderlee Candy Company in Philadelphia in the 1880s. The iconic yellow, orange, and white treats were popularized and mass-produced starting in 1898 by the Goelitz Confectionery Company, which later became known as the Jelly Belly Candy Company, which still uses the same original recipe and proudly claims the longest history of continuously producing candy corn. (My teeth hurt.)