There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!

When the door of happiness closes, another; but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one, which has beend for us.

Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile. 

Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. 

May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.

When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying. 

There was once a king who offered a prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of peace.  Many artists tried. The king looked at all the pictures, but there were only two that he really liked, and he had to choose between them. 

One picture was of a calm lake.  The lake was a perfect mirror for the peaceful towering mountains all around it.  Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds.  All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace.

The second picture had mountains, too.  But these were rugged and bare.  Above was an angry sky from which rain fell, and in which lightening played.  Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall.  This did not look peaceful at all. But when the king looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock.  In the bush a mother bird had built her nest.... a perfect picture of peace.

Which of the pictures won the prize?

The king chose the second picture.

Do you know why?

"Because," explained the king, "peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart.  That is the real meaning of peace."

That is the REAL meaning of peace. 

~Author Unknown~

One:       Don't miss the boat.

Two:      Remember that we are all in the same boat.

Three:    Plan ahead.  It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

Four:      Stay fit.  When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do 
             something really big.

Five:      Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be
            done.

Six:       Build your future on high ground.

Seven:   For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

Eight:    Speed isn't always an advantage.  The snails were on board with
            the cheetahs.

Nine:     When you're stressed, float a while.

Ten:      Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by
            professionals.

Eleven:  No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a
            rainbow waiting.

~Source Unknown~