You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
- -- Eleanor Roosevelt

let there be spaces in your togetherness,

And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.

Love one another but make not a bond of love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.

Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,

Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.

For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.

And stand together, yet not too near together:

For the pillars of the temple stand apart,

And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.' "
-Kahlil Gibran

The various religions are like different roads converging on the same point. What difference does it make if we follow different routes, provided we arrive at the same destination.
- -- Mahatma Gandhi

"The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started."

-- Dawson Trotman

Love is the irresistible desire
to be irresistibly desired
Robert Frost

5767 -2006
New Year's Chimes by Francis Thompson
What is the song the stars sing?
(And a million songs are as song of one)
This is the song the stars sing:
(Sweeter song's none)

One to set, and many to sing,
(And a million songs are as song of one)
One to stand, and many to cling,
The many things, and the one Thing,
The one that runs not, the many that run.


The ever new weaveth the ever old,
(And a million songs are as song of one)
Ever telling the never told;
The silver saith, and the said is gold,
And done ever the never done.


The chase that's chased is the Lord o' the chase,
(And a million songs are as song of one)
And the pursued cries on the race;
And the hounds in leash are the hounds that run.


Hidden stars by the shown stars' sheen:
(And a million suns are but as one)
Colours unseen by the colours seen,
And sounds unheard heard sounds between,
And a night is in the light of the sun.


An ambuscade of lights in night,
(And a million secrets are but as one)
And anight is dark in the sun's light,
And a world in the world man looks upon.


Hidden stars by the shown stars' wings,
(And a million cycles are but as one)
And a world with unapparent strings
Knits the stimulant world of things;
Behold, and vision thereof is none.


The world above in the world below,
(And a million worlds are but as one)
And the One in all; as the sun's strength so
Strives in all strength, glows in all glow
Of the earth that wits not, and man thereon.


Braced in its own fourfold embrace
(And a million strengths are as strength of one)
And round it all God's arms of grace,
The world, so as the Vision says,
Doth with great lightning-tramples run.


And thunder bruiteth into thunder,
(And a million sounds are as sound of one)
From stellate peak to peak is tossed a voice of wonder,
And the height stoops down to the depths thereunder,
And sun leans forth to his brother-sun.


And the more ample years unfold
(With a million songs as song of one)
A little new of the ever old,
A little told of the never told,
Added act of the never done.


Loud the descant, and low the theme,
(A million songs are as song of one)
And the dream of the world is dream in dream,
But the one Is is, or nought could seem;
And the song runs round to the song begun.


This is the song the stars sing,
(Tonèd all in time)
Tintinnabulous, tuned to ring
A multitudinous-single thing
(Rung all in rhyme).

Bob Dylan
May God bless and keep you always,
May your wishes all come true,
May you always do for others
And let others do for you.
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true,
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you.
May you always be courageous,
Stand upright and be strong,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy,
May your feet always be swift,
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift.
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young,
Forever young, forever young,
May you stay forever young

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing
Hellen Keller

The following is written by Ronald K. Pendleton, Ph.D., Professor of Education California State University, San Bernardino
What I have learned, but not all that I have learned
I've learned that you cannot make someone love you. All 
you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is 
up to them.   

I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the 
best others can do, but to the best you can do. 

I've learned that it's not what happens to people that's 
important. It's what they do about it. 

I've learned that you can do something in an instant that 
will give you a heartache for life. 

I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there 
are always two sides. 

I've learned that it's not what you have in your life, 
but who you have in your life that counts. 

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned that it's taking me a long time to become 
the person I want to be. 

I've learned that it's a lot easier to react than it 
is to think. 

I've learned that you should always leave loved ones 
with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. 

I've learned that you can keep going long after you think 
you can't. 

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, no 
matter how we feel. 

I've learned that either you control your attitude or it 
controls you. 

I've learned that sometimes I just need to be held. 

I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a 
relationship is at first, the passion eases and there 
had better be something else to take its place. 

I've learned that heroes are the people who do what has 
to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the 
consequences. 

I've learned that learning to forgive takes practice. 

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly, 
but just don't know how to show it. 

I've learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score. 

I've learned that my best friend and I can do anything or 
nothing and have the best time. 

I've learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick 
you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up. 

I've learned that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. 

I've learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love. 

I've learned that just because someone doesn't love you the 
way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. 

I've learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated. 

I've learned that you should never tell a child her dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if she believed it. 

I've learned that your family won't always be there for you. 
It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological. 

I've learned that no matter how good a friend someone is, 
they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. 

I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by 
others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. 

I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief. 

I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. 

I've learned that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to. 

I've learned that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do. 

I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions. 

I've learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only 
seconds to destroy it. 

I've learned that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change. 

I've learned that you shouldn't be so eager to find out 
a secret. It could change your life forever. 

I've learned that two people can look at the exact 
same thing and see something totally different. 

I've learned that no matter how you try to protect your 
children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt 
in the process. 

I've learned that there are many ways of falling and staying 
in love. 

I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves, get farther in life. 

I've learned that many things can be powered by the mind, 
the trick is self-control. 

I've learned that no matter how many friends you have, if 
you are their pillar, you will feel lonely and lost at the times you need them most. 

I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of 
hours by people who don't even know you. 

I've learned that even when you think you have no more to 
give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the 
strength to help. 

I've learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease 
emotional pains. 

I've learned that the paradigm we live in is not all that 
is offered to us. 

I've learned that credentials on the wall do not make you 
a decent human being. 

I've learned that the people you care most about in life 
are taken from you too soon. 

I've learned that it's hard to determine where to draw 
the line between being nice and not hurting people's 
feelings and standing up for what you believe.  Source: Ronald K. Pendleton, Ph.D., Professor of Education California State University, San Bernardino

“I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out
Roy Croft

"If we spend the time we waste in sighing for the perfect golden fruit in fulfilling the conditions of its growth, happiness will come, must come. It is guaranteed in the very laws of the universe. If it involves some chastening and renunciation, well, the fruit will be all the sweeter for this touch of holiness." Helen Keller

"Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation
Augustine St.

"What you believe is more important than what you possess. What you live is more lasting than what you profess. Whom you inspire is more significant than whom you impress. William Arthur Ward
Note: From my cousin Richard Einhorn from his collection

"I would love to believe that when I die I will live again, that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there's little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides."
In the Valley of the Shadow CARL SAGAN

"In Hawaiian culture the highest compliment you can pay someone is to write a song about them or sing a song for them. To give them the gift of voice is the gift of life."
from Betsey Giammattei as displayed above her piano keys

"I will tell you what I have learned myself. For me, a long five or six mile walk helps. And one must go alone and every day.”
Brenda Ueland
Note: sent By Beth Bosserman

"We are all the sum of all of the moments of our lives."
Thomas Wolfe

"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honor trampled in the sewers by base minds. There is only one thing for it then -- to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you." -
Terence H. White The Once and Future King

"Our doubts are traitors and cause us to miss the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt
William Shakespeare

When One Door in The Universe Closes another Opens, but we so often look so often at the closed door, that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
Hellen Keller

"There was no such thing as half-trying. Whether it was running a race or catching a football, competing in school -- we were to try. And we were to try harder than anyone else. We might not be the best, and none of us were, but we were to make the effort to be the best
Robert F. Kennedy (1925 - 1968),

The only thing over which you have complete right of control at all times is your mental attitude. Right of control means that you can control it, it does not mean that you do control it, you must learn to exercise this right as a matter of habit
Napoleon Hill,  author of, Think and Grow Rich

The Dali Lama's Message For LifeTake into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Follow the three Rs:

Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Learn the rules.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

Spend some time alone every day.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

 A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

Be gentle with the earth.

Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon

"But try," you urge, "the trying shall suffice; The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate
Robert Browning (1812 - 1889),

O body swayed to music
O brightening glance
How can we know the dancer from the dance
W.B. Yeats

Labor Day is a United States federal holiday that takes place on the first Monday of September. The origins of the American Labor Day can be traced back to the Knights of Labor in the United States and a parade organized by them on September 5, 1882 in New York City. They were inspired by an annual labor parade held in Toronto, Canada. In 1884 another parade was held, and the Knights passed resolutions to make this an annual event. Other labor organizations (and there were many), but notably the affiliates of the International Workingmen's Association favored a May 1 holiday. With the event of Chicago's Haymarket riots in early May of 1886, president Grover Cleveland believed that a May 1 holiday could become an opportunity to commemorate the riots. Thus, fearing that it might strengthen the socialist movement, he quickly moved in 1887 to support the position of the Knights of Labor and their date for Labor Day.

Labor Day has been celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States since the 1880s. The September date has remained unchanged, even though the government was encouraged to adopt May 1 as Labor Day, the date celebrated by the majority of the world. Moving the holiday, in addition to breaking with tradition, could have been viewed as aligning the U.S. labor movements with internationalist sympathies
Labor Day is generally regarded simply as a day of rest and, unlike May Day, political demonstrations are rare. Forms of celebration include picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays, water activities, and public art events. Families with school-age children take it as the last chance to travel before the end of summer. Some teenagers and young adults view it as the last weekend for parties before returning to school.

"What would men be without women? Scarce, sir .. mighty scarce"
Mark Twain

"Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress. The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation have a whirling, dynamic interaction."
from The Kaballah