That night she dreamed of the deer. Strangely, the animal was holding her. She cuddled close into the soft fur and touched and kissed it gently. In the morning her pillow was wet with tears.
Mandy tidied the weeds and pulled out some of the summer flowers. It saddened her to do so. She was parting with beloved friends.
Have you noticed how nobody ever looks up? Nobody looks at chimneys, or trees against the sky, or the tops of buildings. Everybody just looks down at the pavement or their shoes. The whole world could...
If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee that it will eventually subside.
There will be many times in your lives--- at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up---when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distra...
Early one beautiful summer evening, when everyone else was drinking indoors, Tony and I walked down to the river. We lay on the grass under a tree and chatted. At one point, Tony said, Look at the pat...
The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.
Well it's all right to cry. It helps a great deal sometimes...
Whatever man imagines is possible
Let your curiosity run away with you. Know that beyond every ordinary explanation there is a deeper and more exciting discovery to be made.
Don't you sometimes feel bewildered when you think of the millions of things that put life together?' ... 'I;m not bewildered. I'm filled with the deepest awe and wonder. The miracle is that in its co...
Pax amor et lepos in iocando. Latin for Peace, love and sense of fun.
There is only one possible road you can take,' he said, 'and that is t go by way of your imagination.
Learn to listen when people are talking. First, it's a great art, and second, it's quite possible that when people say one thing they mean another.
Miracles, contrary to popular belief, do not just happen. A miracle is the achievement of the impossible, and it is only when we put aside out greed, anger, pride and prejudice so that our minds are o...
Once in a while I experience an emotion onstage that is so gut-wrenching, so heart-stopping, that I could weep with gratitude and joy. The feeling catches and magnifies so rapidly that it threatens to...
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside
Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
November came roaring in with gusty winds and more wet weather. Mandy's depression would not go away. Her garden seemed sad, too. It was virtually empty now, and the few brave flowers that remained th...