Inspirational Quotes and Stuff

[Sangye]

I thought it might be nice to have a thread to share inspirational quotes, stories, etc....

I saw this one on Twitter today. It gave me a completely new perspective on despair.

"Despair is always presumptuous. How do we know what lies in the Great Not Yet?”
– John Claypool

[elephant]

Sangye you got me on "what lies in the Great Not Yet?" If you were the professor and asked my what that meant...I would be looking down at a peice of paper....

[Sangye]

LOL-- It's just a poetic way of saying "the future that hasn't happened yet."

[pberggren1]

LOL-- It's just a poetic way of saying "the future that hasn't happened yet."

So what about the future that has happened?

[elephant]

I like that saying, thanks for explaining..

[Sangye]

This is a great video of the song "Everything Changes" by Mercedes Sosa. A Twitter friend sent it to me. I just loved it. Here's the link to his blog post that has the English translation. Often the contemplation of impermanence is the only thing that gets me through the day.

[Sangye]

A lady I know who has a child with cancer posted this saying on her blog today. She said she's seen it many times on t-shirts. I don't know if it's an anonymous quote, but she didn't cite a source. I changed it from saying Cancer to Wegs and also removed the last couple lines that were religious.

"Wegener's is so limited. It cannot cripple love. It cannot shatter hope. It cannot erode faith. It cannot eat away peace. It cannot destroy confidence. It cannot kill friendship. It cannot shut out memories. It cannot silence courage."

[elephant]

That is beautiful Sangye!

[Sangye]

“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice saying "I will try again tomorrow.”-Mary Anne Radmacher

[Chris G]

This isn't exactly inspirational, but it's one of my all time favorite quotes - it always makes me laugh. And Gilda Radner was an amazing, strong woman.

"It just goes to show ya.....it's always something! If it's not one thing, it's another!" - Roseanne Roseannadanna/Gilda Radner
(Can you see her big puffy wig, and hear her voice ????)

Another quote by her that I love -
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me they are the role model for being alive.”