“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy.” Nightbirde (December 29, 1990 to February 19, 2022) Jane Kristen Marczewski, stage name Nightbirde, was a singer-songwriter who auditioned for America’s Got Talent and received a Golden Buzzer award for singing her original song “It’s OK.” As a confirmed fan of…

(Photo from https://www.flickr.com/photos/fikirbaz/) And for fathers everywhere, who know that being good at the job is so much harder than they ever imagined? You are not alone, as Martin Mull tells us: “Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” -Martin Mull Thank goodness for the strikes and even the spares.…

Shared joy is double joy. Shared sorrow is half sorrow. -A Swedish Proverb

“Our purpose on the planet as humans is to find joy, to find the joy in lifting each other up, by creating solutions together instead of destroying.” ​ – Jeremy Hansen

“I think most miracles can be traced back to someone’s profound and quiet kindness.” ​ – Joy Sullivan

“Patriotism is when love of your own people  comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” – Charles de Gaulle

“It seems to me that the natural world is the great source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.” ​ – David Attenborough Of all the places you’ve been or lived, what one…

“A mother’s love is everything. It is what brings a child into this world. It is what molds their entire being. When a mother sees her child in danger, she is literally capable of anything. Mothers have lifted cars off of their children and destroyed entire dynasties. A mother’s love is the strongest energy known…

“Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow.” – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

“Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.” – Arnold Glasow