I thought I’d start an “inspirations” thread for those of us who aren’t of a religious mindset (though they are quite welcome here too, of course.) There are so many inspirational quotations, as well as our own thoughts, which can be a candle in the darkness.
Here’s one of mine - I’m not sure of the source, though someone told me it’s Sammy Davis Junior: “If you’re skating on thin ice, you might as well dance.”
“Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future for it has not yet come. Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering”. This is an old Buddhist saying I keep on the wall at the side of my desk.
I also have one that says “Confused? Just ask yourself, what would Elvis have done?” which never fails to make me laugh.
My OH has one in front of his desk that says “I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow does not look good either”. I put it there because he hates letting people down and ends up working too many hours!
Hi there
I love lots of little sayings. My fav.short one is “Carpe diem” or seize the day.
I do like Groucho Marx’s:
“Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.”
XXX Sallyann
Great thread. Love the Groucho Marx quote, just brilliant!
Fab thread. Bought a book today called “Now is the time” 170 ways to seize the moment - not normally attracted to stuff like that - but it found me!!! Worth a look.
Lynn
love this thread, since I was diagnosed last year, every morning I repeat a quote from Sheila Hancocks book…very simple…“I am here today”
tkae care all xx
“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne
Carly x
sorry - cant help myself…
If the person you are talking to doesn’t appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.
Winnie the Pooh
Eeyore, Pooh’s Little Instruction Book
Carly - love it dx
Keep them coming!
‘Lifes not about waiting for the storm to pass! It’s about learning to dance in the rain’
Think somebody quoted it here a while ago but its helped me through a few rough days. Not that I’m a good dancer!
About a week after I was diagnosed I was driving to work and had the radio on.
The person talking wasn’t speaking about illness but said FEAR stood for
Face
Everthing
And
Recover
Everytime I get scared I think of this and it does help me.
Joxx
Remember no matter what happens in your life , how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow and sometimes you do get a second chance.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, champagne in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ~ WOO HOO what a ride!
i love this thread, its one you can keep coming back to as you want to see what people have written. A saying i saw on this forum months ago when talking about worrying and spoiling the present was
" don’t borrow tomorrow’s sorrow",
it really hit a nerve and has helped me often.
Vickie
I’d agree with that sentiment, Buzzy - and I’d add “heavily in debt.” If in about forty years’ time you read about an old lady who rented a bright red Ferrari (maxing out the last of her credit cards) and drove it at high speed over a cliff…
Ha ha you go girl!
This is a great thread. A couple of sayings attributed to Winston Churchill have helped me on some hard days:
When you’re going through hell keep going.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.
Joss
I try to refer to this when I can - I feel it does help
Author :Mary Anne Redmacher
Live with intention
Walk to the edge
Listen hard
Practice wellness
Play with abandon
Laugh
Choose with no regret
Continue to learn
Apprciate your friends
Do what you`ve done
Live as if this is all there is.
Pinched this from another forum but love it.
‘I will not allow the fear of tomorrow rob me of the joy of today’
Great thread
Anne x x
Hi
I think this is from Maya Angelou
Cancer may change me, but it will not reduce me.
dx