“Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain (peak) .”

Source: “Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain (peak) .”

and

https://beliefhope.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/only-if-you-have-been-in-the-deepest-valley-can-you-ever-know-how-magnificent-it-is-to-be-on-the-highest-mountain-one-day-stand-on-the-highest-peak/

and my adaptation (as inspired by “tricky dicky”)

“Only those who’ve been in the deepest valleys of life can ever know what’s it’s like to one day stand on the highest peak.”

 

 

picture from https://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31

http://www.sawriter.wordpress.com

http://www.capetownphotopictures.wordpress.com

 

and http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

 

 

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The Choice

Source: The Choice

and

https://thechoiceanewbook.wordpress.com/

Sharing some Thoughts to Live By (and “put a smile on your dial”… hopefully)

Thought I’d share some thoughts written “many moons ago” about 1999, “metinks”(the reason I write is to share).  If they bring some joy to anyone through my writings, I’m very happy, so ENJOY…

 

Source: Sharing some Thoughts to Live By (and “put a smile on your dial”… hopefully)

“I don’t believe so much in setting goals, but in pursuing dreams…even the wildest ones”

from

http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

The Greatest Race: The Race of Life…“The best way to predict your future is to create it. So believe in your dream. Never throw it away. “

“The best way to predict your future is to create it. So believe in your dream. Never throw it away. Believe in the dream even when it is impossible. Believe in the stars, even when they’re hidden in the storm.”

Source: “The best way to predict your future is to create it. So believe in your dream. Never throw it away. “

“If your passion is greater than your fear, you can overcome almost anything.”

“Where you risk, with passion and persistence, that’s where transformation happens.” from   “You think you have a limit. And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go …

Source: “If your passion is greater than your fear, you can overcome almost anything.”

Why I’ll give my life standing against hatred: Joshua Whitfield

“Don’t shed blood, shed hatred.”

– Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India

from http://www.wemustnothate.wordpress.com

“Together, one mind, one heart, one life, one small step at a time,…

Sources: Why I’ll give my life standing against hatred: Joshua Whitfield

and

http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20151216-joshua-whitfield-why-ill-give-my-life-standing-against-hatred.ece

IF: If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another; if I can aid some soul to clearer sight of life and duty, and thus bless my brother…”

 

from

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/if-if-i-can-throw-a-single-ray-of-light-across-the-darkened-pathway-of-another/

and

http://www.momsgarden.wordpress.com

 

 

 

Pictures (great) by my old friend John (“the world’s third worst photographer”, so he calls himself), but whose photographic talents I definitely  do NOT possess)!

web sites:

  www.johnsphotopics.wordpress.com

https://dreammerchantsite.wordpress.com

http://www.jetpix.wordpress.com

 www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

http://www.itsalwaysdarkestbeforethedawn.wordpress.com

www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com

http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

and www.awritersdreams.wordpress.com

Shared by “the world’s absolutely worst photographer “

 

“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

Mom's Thoughts: Just sharing Some of Our Dear Mom's Favourite Thoughts

―  Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in A Country Churchyard

from

http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

Picture above (great) by my old friend John (“the world’s third worst photographer”, so he calls himself), but whose photographic talents I definitely  do NOT possess)!

web sites:

  www.johnsphotopics.wordpress.com

http://www.jetpix.wordpress.com

 www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com

http://www.itsalwaysdarkestbeforethedawn.wordpress.com

www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com

and www.awritersdreams.wordpress.com

Shared by “the world’s absolutely worst photographer ”

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“Tis God gives skill, but not without men’s hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius’s violins without Antonio.”

Source: “Tis God gives skill, but not without men’s hand: He could not make Antonio Stradivarius’s violins without Antonio.”

“These dreams we have whether big or bold are within our reach…”

Source: “These dreams we have whether big or bold are within our reach…”

and

http://www.craigsquotes.wordpress.com

 

 

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

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“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and follow where they lead.”

 

from

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/far-away-there-in-the-sunshine-are-my-highest-aspirations-i-may-not-reach-them-but-i-can-look-up-and-see-their-beauty-believe-in-them-and-follow-where-they-lead-2/

 

and

https://craigsrainbowbooks.wordpress.com/

from

http://www.sawriter.wordpress.com

Mandela rainbow Pretoria 12th Dec 2013

from

http://www.mandelamadiba.wordpress.com

from

http://www.touchingtherainbows.wordpress.com

 

Sharing Some Uplifting Thoughts (Thought Conditioners) from Dr Norman Vincent Peale

Source: Sharing Some Uplifting Thoughts (Thought Conditioners) from Dr Norman Vincent Peale

https://shatteredbrokendreams.wordpress.com/

and

http://www.climbingmountainsandchasingdreams.wordpress.com

 

“Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, enrich, uplift and perhaps even inspire to reach their fullest potentials…and strive for and perhaps one sunny day even achieve their wildest dreams.”

PPS

“No vision and you perish; No Ideal, and you’re lost; Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.”

from

https://craigsquotes.wordpress.com/2015/12/09/no-vision-and-you-perish-no-ideal-and-youre-lost-your-heart-must-ever-cherish-some-faith-at-any-cost-some-hope-some-dream-to-cling-to-some-rainbow-in-the-sky-some-melody-to-si/