“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” John F. Kennedy And we must never forget the men and women who sacrificed so much so that we may be free. I know we will all take some time this weekend…

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” ~Maya Angelou

“I have lived a thousand lives and I’ve loved a thousand loves. I’ve walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read.” ― George R.R. Martin

“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” Carl Sagan

“When we focus on gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” ~Kristin Armstrong, Olympic gold medal cyclist (from charterforcompasion.org)

  “Each time we exhale, the world ends; when we inhale, there can be, if we allow it, rebirth and spiritual renewal. It all transpires inside of us. In our consciousness, in our hearts. All the time.” — Tom Robbins “Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is…

“I have more compassion than if I had never been wounded or if I had never been betrayed… those disappointments have made me gentler with other people and the stuff that they have to carry around and endure.” -Elizabeth Gilbert

“The cycle of degenerating discourse won’t stop if we insist that people we disagree with must first behave the way we want them to … The cycle stops when we recognize our responsibility to treat each other with the dignity with which we expect to be met. It stops when we choose to replace condemnation…

“The whole world is a series of miracles, But we’re so used to them we call them ordinary things.” -Hans Christian Anderson