michaell1
Gift PremiumI recently got to retire early , so now I can do what I've always wanted to do ; Coaching kids, writing , cooking and traveling . I love being around water , going to a beach or a lake is very relaxing to me . I am a people person and I love to laugh . My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. Maya Angelou Any questions just ask.
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Saturday, March 14, 2015, 6:23:52 PM- thoughts of the day ; bob marley | ||||||
“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She’s not perfect – you aren’t either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break – her heart. So don’t hurt her, don’t change her, don’t analyze and don’t expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she’s not there.” “Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.” “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds.” “You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” “The day you stop racing, is the day you win the race.” “Light up the darkness.” “The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively” “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright.” “One love, one heart. Let’s get together and feel all right” “Love the life you live. Live the life you love.” | ||||||
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Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 2:07:39 AM- thoughts of the day ; words in the key of life | ||
Going thru the cancer . I came to realize these things, more so than ever The need to work alot n put most everything in to retirement, well that may not happen. u will be working ur life away Alot of things in our lifes do happen for a reason . but at the time they do, we r not happy about it .time leads us to that understanding its true that that does not kill us , makes us stronger in all cases its not what is on the outside that matters its what's on the inside of people. Life is simple or they say as long as we have a good attitude n understand to do our best and move on ok not so simple but what r our other choices Along the way I've learnt to accept my failures as well as the 1s ones others I have learnt to accept people for who the are and embrace that Ive learnt always looking for the good in people n things can break ur heart but the benefits way out number the heart break Ive learnt that A simple smile or short conversational can make some1s day Ive come to realize a quote from hemmingway that I have never forgot . No one is an island I believe our sunshine comes from the people in our life's. Cloudy days n all simply I believe n people And in the beauty in that life That surrounds us all | ||
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Monday, March 2, 2015, 7:38:02 AM- thought of the day ; i hope u dance | ||
I hope you dance I hope you never lose your sense of wonder You get your fill to eat But always keep that hunger May you never take one single breath for granted God forbid love Ever leave you empty handed I hope you still feel small When you stand beside the ocean Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens Promise me That you'll give faith a fighting chance And when you get the choice To sit it out or dance I hope you dance, I hope you dance I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance Never settle for the path of least resistance Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin' Lovin' might be a mistake but it's worth makin' Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter When you come close to sellin' out reconsider Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance And when you get the choice To sit it out or dance I hope you dance, I hope you dance I hope you dance, I hope you dance (Time is a wheel in constant motion Always rolling us along Tell me who wants to look back on their years And wonder where those years have gone) | ||
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Sunday, March 1, 2015, 4:10:25 PM- thoughts of the day ; | ||
happy march ! I am really going to miss winter....... said no one !!!!!!! I am in the mood for some dance music not 2 wild it is chill sunday a bit more of pink martini this is a beautiful song here is the translation, from italian; One night in Naples With the moon and the sea With him you’ll fly away from the Earth Forgetting the sadness of the evening In heaven, beyond the clouds It’s a mad love like fireflies How long can it last? How many nights to dream? How many hours, how many days And endless caresses When you love so much Close your eyes and think Time passes, love disappears And the dance will end! One night in Naples With the moon and the sea I met an angel Which could no longer fly One night in Naples She forgot the stars And even without wings She took me to heaven Sadly, everything has an end But when my heart broke And the sky has forsaken me Now I came back to the earth No more I resigned myself to love But look up! How long can it last? How many nights to dream? How many hours, how many days And endless caresses When you love so much Close your eyes and think Time passes, love disappears And the dance will end! One night in Naples With the moon and the sea I met an angel Which could no longer fly One night in Naples She forgot the stars And even without wings She took me to heaven She took me to heaven She took me to heaven She took me to heaven .......... have a great day ! | ||
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Saturday, February 28, 2015, 1:09:33 PM- thought of the day ; take time for humor | ||
Happy Saturday ! The following were answers provided by 6th graders during history tests. Watch the spelling! Some of the best humor is in the misspelling. 1. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that all the inhabitants have to live elsewhere. 2. Moses led the Hebrew slaves to the Red Sea where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the ten commandments. He died before he ever reached Canada. 3. Solomon had three hundred wives and seven hundred porcupines. 4. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn't have history. The Greeks also had myths. A myth is a female moth. 5. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline. 6. Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out: "Tee hee, Brutus." 7. Joan of Arc was burnt to a steak and was canonized by Bernard Shaw. 8. Queen Elizabeth was the "Virgin Queen." As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops they all shouted "hurrah." 9. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented removable type and the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of blood. Sir Walter Raleigh is a historical figure because he invented cigarettes and started smoking. 10. Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper. 11. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was William Shakespeare. He was born in the year 1564, supposedly on his birthday. He never made much money and is famous only because of his plays. He wrote tragedies, comedies, and hysterectomies, all in Islamic pentameter. Romeo and Juliet are an example of a heroic couple. Romeo's last wish was to be laid by Juliet. 12. Writing at the same time as Shakespeare was Miguel Cervantes. He wrote Donkey Hote. The next great author was John Milton. Milton wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and he wrote Paradise Regained. 13. Delegates from the original 13 states formed the Contented Congress. Thomas Jefferson, a Virgin, and Benjamin Franklin were two singers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin discovered electricity by rubbing two cats backward and declared, "A horse divided against itself cannot stand." Franklin died in 1790 and is still dead. 14. Abraham Lincoln became America's greatest Precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation. On the night of April 14, 1865, Lincoln went to the theater and got shot in his seat by one of the actors in a moving picture show. They believe the assinator was John Wilkes Booth, a supposingly insane actor. This ruined Booth's career. 15. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between, he practiced on an old spinster which he kept up in his attic. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. He was a very large man. Another English composer was Purcell, a very famous musician who few people have ever heard of. 16. Beethoven wrote music even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he wrote loud music. He took long walks in the forest even when everyone was calling for him. Beethoven expired in 1827 and later died from this. 17. The nineteenth century was a time of a great many thoughts and inventions. People stopped reproducing by hand and started reproducing by machine. The invention of the steamboat caused a network of rivers to spring up. Cyrus McCormick invented the McCormick raper, which did the work of a hundred men. Louis Pasteur discovered a cure for rabbits. Charles Darwin was a naturalist who wrote the Organ of the Species. Madman Curie discovered the radio. Karl Marx became one of the Marx Brothers. live, love n laugh w passion __________________ | ||
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Friday, February 27, 2015, 8:48:16 AM- thought of the day ; just be crazy | ||
when your in a relationship, ive always found to just be crazy about the person im with. yes, there are good n bad days but I think u always have 2 keep that being crazy about each other close. of course it always helps if that person feels the same. the world has a way of getting people lost in stuff. the way I look at it though is ur with that person so u should help to keep it fun. it's ok to be the spark, crazy is a great way to keep the fire burning. I have also found that being openly crazy about some1 in a relationship tends to rub off into them as well. so take a week n just do simple things for ur special some1 ; a special date,a note , card , flowers, choc., sent them a song n an email, have a fantasy nite, go dancing, little special things.all for no reason . tell them their beautiful or handsome every day no mater how they look at the time cause true beauty is inside anyway. u will be having fun at the same time nothing beats a persons smile !especially from some1 u care about. then turn that week into a lifetime of special things. when I was young my friend n I had a business, it was called phantom music. we did really well with it I wrote the words to songs n he put it to music. we wrote the songs for people to give to someone they loved that would be there own special song that no one else in the world had. it was the most special thing in the world to them we didn't make a lot of money at it n we didn't want 2 there was just something about how it made people feel just be crazy about ur special 1 just be crazy ! happy Friday ,happy weekend ! | ||
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Thursday, February 26, 2015, 3:48:09 PM- thought of the day ; just live | ||||||
back when I was in florida I meet a girl who works at a sports bar in Jensen beach. we would always talk a lot and became good friends one day she told me about her past, she had met a guy who she thought was the 1 they dated for 2 years then 1 day he just disappeared no reason nothing just gone it broke her heart, she quite her job and moved back in with her parents where she spent all her time in her room well over a year later her dad came to her room to talk to her she feared a lecture or worse he set down next to her n hugged her in just said these 2 words "just live" in time she was working again and back in her own place she had her smile back time went on I was going to Memphis the last time I saw her she pulled me aside n said I want to show u something she raised the back of her shirt and on her shoulder was those 2 words "just live" we smiled n hugged she is doing really well now. il never forget her or this story it really made me think "Get Off The Scale! You are beautiful. Your beauty, just like your capacity for life, happiness, and success, is immeasurable. Day after day, countless people across the globe get on a scale in search of validation of beauty and social acceptance. Get off the scale! I have yet to see a scale that can tell you how enchanting your eyes are. I have yet to see a scale that can show you how wonderful your hair looks when the sun shines its glorious rays on it. I have yet to see a scale that can thank you for your compassion, sense of humor, and contagious smile. Get off the scale because I have yet to see one that can admire you for your perseverance when challenged in life. It’s true, the scale can only give you a numerical reflection of your relationship with gravity. That’s it. It cannot measure beauty, talent, purpose, life force, possibility, strength, or love. Don’t give the scale more power than it has earned. Take note of the number, then get off the scale and live your life. You are beautiful!" — Steve Maraboli (Life, the Truth, and Being Free) "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." — Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx) have n awesome day | ||||||
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 11:17:43 AM- thoughts of the day and a smile | ||||||
I was up at 4 am couldn't sleep so I went thru some of the profiles of old friends (make that wonderful , beautiful friends) I ve heard this quote before but it ready stuck this time when I read it in a friends profile ; “I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as making a 'life.' I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance. I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. I've learned that I still have a lot to learn. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou I thought about the old saying absence makes the heart grow funder yeah riggght bull dookie..... ( I digress n will save that topic ) then I watched a movie clip that made me smile ; now im ready for my day. hoping your day is great ! | ||||||
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 5:50:18 PM- thought of the day ; smiles | ||
“She picked up the phone and dialed Blake's number. His silky hello made her smile. "You're smiling, right?" His voice was so intimate. "Of course," she murmured. "Does it still count if you don't see it?" "It counts when I feel it," he replied.” Debra Anastasia, Poughkeepsie Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron A smile is so sexy, yet so warm. When someone genuinely smiles at you, it's the greatest feeling in the world. Mandy Moore “S.M.I.L.E = Sweet Mile in Life's Experience” Ankita Agrawal I am persuaded that every time a person smiles - it adds something to the fragment of life. Laurence Sterne “Recycle kisses, hugs and smiles, they never go out of style and everybody needs one.” Crystal DeLarm Clymer “mi intencion de hacerte reir es totalmente egoista , solo hago para ver tu sonrisa” matias silva "My intention to make you laugh is totally selfish, I view only your smile" Most smiles are started by another smile. Frank A. Clark feel the smiles; “The funny thing about a smile is that once you wear a smile, the darkness lightens and one does not feel frightened or sad any more.” Deepak Menon, Tales of the Booga Dooga Land let ur smile be contagious past it on n others will do the same so that 1 day when you need it most that smile will come back to u given from some1 else | ||
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Monday, February 23, 2015, 6:38:40 PM- thoughts; past loves | ||||||
i have finally finished unpacking at my new place yeah me ! however, the last tote i had was full of lots of history from my ex girlfriend n me . cards and special things along a 7 year journey. i started to go thru it then closed the box. im not sure how long il keep the tote and that is the extent of me being a horder (lol) most of the stuff in my place we had got together (furniture etc.) that in itself has been hard enough. she lives in england so she was always gone 3 months at a time while she was away my sleep time was always spent on the couch i think its true once u have truely loved some1 u always do not in a sexual love way but in a love way rather hard 2 explain. so needless to say i was feeling pretty sad last night. until i listened to this song it has a way of cheering me up. ok, i feel better now . | ||||||
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