Monday, March 22, 2010
Posted by Tara Burner on January 9, 2010
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.” -Elizabeth Kubler Ross
Posted by Tara Burner on January 5, 2010
I was thinking recently about how many parents want their children to act, and do things the other children do/did. To me, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Each person (be it child or adult) is an individual, all unique…so why try to make others a carbon copy of another? (especially when different sexes-I mean boys and girls have different needs, personalities, etc.)
This simply shouldn’t be…of course the parent who does this only points out the good traits in the one they want the other to be like and doesn’t acknowledge there are any bad traits…ahhhh if only they’d see the entire picture.
Regardless, let kids and anyone for that matter, be themselves. God created us each in His image but He also created us for whatever purpose He has in mind, not whatever purpose someone else thinks we should have. You can and should, guide your children, give them direction, etc. but don’t try making them a carbon copy of another. Let them be their own individual and own personality.
Some people, for whatever reason, think if they have carbon copy of another child they’ll have a better relationship with said child and little do they realize ultimately they’ll push that child away or that child will in fact act like the others in some respects and perhaps not the ways expected. (Remember, the comment above…how some only see the good traits and not the bad, what if the child does the ones you don’t acknowledge-they’ll strum you along and play you like the other does and you won’t even grasp that. Sad.
“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” ~John Jakes
You just have to do your own thing, no matter what anyone says. It’s your life.” ~ Ethan Embry
“Individuality is freedom lived” ~ John Dos Passos
“A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Posted by Tara Burner on September 24, 2009
If you look up, there are no limits.
– Japanese Proverb
Posted by Tara Burner on September 21, 2009
The future is always beginning now.
~Mark Strand, Reasons for Moving
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create.
~ Leonard I. Sweet
Posted by Tara Burner on September 19, 2009
Laughter is an instant vacation.
~Milton Berle
What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
~Yiddish Proverb
Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.
~Arnold Glasow
Posted by Tara Burner on September 17, 2009
Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.
~John Wooden, They Call Me Coach
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
~Betty Reese
Instead of counting your days, make your days count.
~Author Unknown
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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.
~~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted by Tara Burner on September 14, 2009
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.
~ Dr. Seuss
A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable.
~ Eileen Caddy
Posted by Tara Burner on September 11, 2009
People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
~Zig Ziglar
Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated.
~Lou Holtz
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.
~Wayne Dyer
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
-Anne Frank
