INTEGRITY

Integrity – When you think of someone with integrity you think of someone who always does the right thing in the right way. You can trust them because when they give you their word, they keep it. They will share the truth with you, even when the truth hurts. They look at a situation and do what is right, not what is easy or popular. Our culture today has redefined integrity and, unfortunately, now people will say someone has integrity when that person does what they want them to do, not when they do what is right! People with integrity care about what is right, not WHO is right.


Thanks to.....
http://tomziglar.com/2009/06/26/ziglar-tea-party/
Philosophy of Today's World
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OUR LOVELY ROSE...

WE'VE had this awesome rose bush for 20 years and every June we wait patiently to see its first blooms. It's a creamy creamy off white with the dark pink.
I just love it so much. It has never failed to bring me joy...such a simple thing as a rose.

WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND

Complements of @TheMidasMan on Twitter.com....

“What we leave behind is not engraved in stone monuments ,but woven into the lives of others."

WOW....isn't that so very very true ? The people we loved, who are now gone, are indeed woven into our hearts and thus...into our lives.
I know when I think about my beloved mother, that she is SO ingrained into who I have become, and the way I turned out...so much of HER is there in the person that I am.

CUTE PUPPY PHOTO FROM TWITTER

I was on Twitter.com just a few minutes ago and

somebody posted this cute photo of their puppy .

I'm just a sucker for cute adorable dog photos you know. And certainly this little sleeping guy qualifies for cute and adorable..doesn't he ??

GOOD QUOTE

"Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old." ~~~Franz Kafka

Sometimes it seems that the younger generation totally doesn't even see those of us who are over 50. It's as if we are by some magic...invisible to them. Invisible . How does that happen ?

One day, they are gonna look in the mirror and see an OLDER face looking back at them. Yes...it will happen. They just don't know it yet !

DOGS

I hope there's a photo above of this great looking Pointer taking a dip in what may be somebody's swimming pool ! HA. Love it.

Actually, there are lots of great photos of dogs on the Internet. All kinds of dogs of course. ..and cute, cute puppies. How can you select just one to put at the top of your simple blog ?? AH...what a dilemna.

Dogs are...... or they can be I should say, another soulmate for you. Some dogs can see right into your soul. I truly believe that statement. Think about what that means.

Not every dog can...but some can. If you have many dogs over your lifetime, you will come to realize that . Hopefully, you will encounter, at least one dog who can see into your soul.

And because of that ability on its part, that dog can be a healer for you in dark times or lonely times or just those times when you feel like you want to shut out the world.
That dog, the one who sees into your soul ,who feels what you feel....will be there for you .

I cannot be without a dog in my life .

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

It's summer again and that means the return of So You Think You Can Dance on the Fox network.

I don't watch American Idol....never have.....can't really say why.

But this dance program grabbed me a few years ago one night when I was turning the channels .
Incredible young people...ages about 18 - 28 roughly...who have had some dance training and have auditioned for weeks get a chance to compete with 19 other young dancers for the win. Each week now, another young and hopeful good dancer will get "voted off'. Til we get to the final week and see who the last one standing is !!

I think they get a part in a Broadway or Vegas musical if they win..plus they do get some money ..like maybe $ 100,000.

I just watch it cause the dancers are almost ALWAYS so inspiring .
Their energy , their performances of many different styles of dance is at times quite mesmerizing to me. And there is outstanding choreography done by professional choeographers. I never knew there were so many talented choreographers around til I saw this show. What a job that would be !!

As a young girl I always thought it would be wonderful to be an accomplished dancer. But no talent in that area for me. Yet all my life I have continuted to envy anyone who could really dance well . I especially like it when the dance actually tells a story and the dancers are the interpreters to the story .

Some of these dance routines just come right out and touch your heart...making you F E E L.

PINE RIDGE SIOUX

These girls are on the Student Council in Red Cloud High School which is on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
They live in the POOREST COUNTY in the USA.
Highest suicide rate and highest alcoholism rate in the USA .
But look at the smiles on their faces. With the hope of the future.

I was searching in the Yahoo search box for Native American Blogs...and there were
several links that didn't really work...but I persevered .
Don't know how , exactly I came across this blog...but I found one for
PINE RIDGE REFLECTIONS...and I can access that blog right from here.
What a nice surprise for me.

To be able to read what some of the employees and volunteers on the rez have to say.....heartwarming things going on......reaching out to people in need.
Reaching out to forgotten Americans...the First Americans.

Here is a small piece from an activity director's goodbye after working with
the Sioux ( High School ) on Pine Ridge for 2 years.

>>Ah, to be entering another temporary world- I look forward to life at Princeton, I really do, but I know I will miss everything about this place and these people. My heart was reborn here, in a sense, and I'm leaving bits of my heart all over the place here! So, here's to anyone from my life at Pine Ridge who might be reading this- I will always love you, and I will always cherish the bits of my heart which I now leave behind.>>

http://pineridgereflections.blogspot.com/2009/05/saying-goodbye.html

Life is all about the choices we make.

Depend on your inner wisdom....listen to any red flags that go up , too.

To reach a point in your life when you think you have acquired wisdom.

Oh dear, once in a while ...you find out you haven't.

What a surprise !

According to Yahoo News today....

Happiness Is ... Being Old, Male and Republican !! !

WOW ! !!

no comment !!!

OPTIMISM..... that's a great word.

Why is it sometimes we just have a hard time

being optimistic about things ??


I am going to try try try to be more optimistic.

Thats a worthwhile goal...and it doesn't involve

counting any damn calories either !!!
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April 28...For Several Days Now....

How about 24 hours with NO mention of the Swine Flu ????

CHASING HAPPINESS ????

"People rise out of the ashes because , at some point, they are invested with a belief in the possibility of triumph over seemingly impossible odds. "

" I used to be convinced that HAPPINESS was the goal...yet all those years I was chasing after it....I was unhappy in the pursuit. Maybe the goal really should be.....a life that values honor, duty, good work, friends and family.
Maybe that's it. "

Robert Downey Jr.

Parade Magazine interview

***Somehow....this reminds me of me.



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Massacre in Binghamton, NY

What is going on in this country ? Everyone just grabs a gun or an assault weapon when they’re fed up and then they find someplace to massacre as many people as they can.

CHOICES AND CHARACTER

Choices and Character

Choose Your Thoughts, for they become Words
Choose Your Words, for they become Actions•
Choose Your Actions, for they become Habits•
Choose Your Habits, for they become Character•
Choose Your Character, for it becomes Your Destiny


Not composed by me....but I like it a lot !!

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Today is April First !!!

It's April everybody !!!