Stop and smell the Roses

Nothing is always as it seems...

"We may pass violets

looking for roses.

We may pass contentment

looking for victory."

- Bernard Williams

Is Spring here to stay?

After a week of pouring rain... sunshine at last!

"You can cut all the flowers,

but you can't keep Spring

from coming." - Pablo Neruda

Old Friends...

"It is one of the blessings

of old friends that you can

afford to be stupid with them."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Love Of Food...

And we all had our fair share (and way more)

these past days (or should I say month?), haven't we?  ;-)

Time to turn on a healthy diet...

starting from Monday? -hahaha

"There is no sincerer love

than the love of food."

- George Bernard Shaw

Και η αλήθεια είναι ότι του δώσαμε και κατάλαβε

τον τελευταίο καιρό (ή να πω καλύτερα μήνα;), έτσι δεν είναι;  ;-)

Ώρα για να γυρίσουμε σε μια πιο υγιεινή διατροφή...

από Δευτέρα, έτσι; - χαχαχα

Friendship is...

For all of our family and friends that may be far away from us...

Remember that we always think of you and love you so much! :-)

"Friendship is sharing

a sweet cupcake."

- Marie Williams Johnstone

Letters are...

"Letters are among the most

significant memorial a person

can leave behind them."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Not Everything Should Make Sense...

"You could try making sense out of the universe,

but you were too small and the parts you

needed to see were too large or even smaller."

- Kathryn Davis

If you think that you are A BIG DEAL, think again...

If you take a look from a distance your perspective changes immediately.
That goes to your life, your relationships, your problems...

Because in the end, what do you think we are?

Just a pale blue dot wandering around in the universe...

Αν ρίξετε μια ματιά από απόσταση αλλάζει αμέσως και η προοπτική σας.
Αυτό αναφέρεται στη ζωή σας, στις σχέσεις σας, στα προβλήματά σας...

Γιατί στην τελική, τι νομίζετε ότι είμαστε;

Απλά μια αχνή μπλε κουκκίδα που περιφέρεται στο σύμπαν...

People Who Make Us Happy...

"Let us be grateful to people

who make us happy,

they are the charming gardeners

who make our souls blossom."

- Marcel Proust

Don't miss all the beautiful colors of the rainbow...

(photo by Afrodite)

She Believed She Could So She Did!

I've made myself a mini wallet. I've printed two quotes that speak to my heart and each time I read them make me feel really optimistic about the future. Just like some kind of brainwash for every day motivation.

Ok, now I'm sure! "My dream job does not exist, I must create it!" and "I believe that I can so I will!" ;-)

Would you tell me one quote that

speaks right to your heart?

Έφτιαξα για 'μένα ένα μικρό πορτοφολάκι. Τύπωσα δύο ρητά που μιλάνε στην καρδιά μου και κάθε φορά που τα διαβάζω με κάνουν να νιώθω πραγματικά αισιόδοξη για το μέλλον. Κάτι σαν πλύση εγκεφάλου, μια καθημερινή ώθηση.

Οκ, τώρα είμαι σίγουρη! "Η δουλειά των ονείρων μου δεν υπάρχει, πρέπει εγώ να την δημιουργήσω!" και " Πιστεύω ότι μπορώ γι'αυτό και θα το κάνω!" ;-)

Θα μου λέγατε ένα ρητό που μιλάει

κατευθείαν στην καρδιά σας;

Some Things To Smile, Cry and Think About

As this year is coming to its end it's nice to stop and think for a while. What we have, what we don't have, what we want, what we don't want, what we need, what we don't need and re-evaluate our lives.

(source: 1, 2, 3)

I came across this interesting post 101 Short Stories That Will Leave You Smiling, Crying and Thinking. It's a brief list of stories that have been submitted to the Makes Me Think, an online community where people share daily life stories that provoke deep thought and inspire positive change. The 101 Short Stories... are worth reading. I know I laughed and cried over many of those! Here are a few:

4. Today, after I watched my dog get run over by a car, I sat on the side of the road holding him and crying.  And just before he died, he licked the tears off my face.  MMT

12. Today, I was working in a coffee shop when 2 gay men walked in holding hands.  As you might expect, heads started turning.  Then a young girl at the table next to me asked her mom why 2 men were holding hands.  Her mom replied, “Because they love each other.”  MMT

21. Today, while I was driving my grandfather to his doctor’s appointment, I complained about hitting 2 red lights in a row.  My grandfather chuckled and said, “You always complain about the red lights, but you never celebrate the green ones.”  MMT

39. Today, I was traveling in Kenya and I met a refugee from Zimbabwe.  He said he hadn’t eaten anything in over 3 days and looked extremely skinny and unhealthy.  Then my friend offered him the rest of the sandwich he was eating.  The first thing the man said was, “We can share it.”  MMT

53. Today, I asked my 6 year old son what he wants to be when he grows up.  He said, “Mommy, all I want to be is happy.”  MMT

61. Today, my mother passed away after a long battle with cancer.  My best friend lives 2000 miles away and called to comfort me.  While on the phone, he asked, “What would you do if I showed up at your house and gave you the biggest hug in the world?”  “I would surely smile,” I replied.  And then he rang my doorbell.  MMT

66. Today at the Atlanta airport, as I walked off a plane dressed in my Army uniform, a little girl grabbed my hand and asked me if I would be going back overseas soon.  I told her I would be in 6 weeks.  She smiled and said, “Can you please tell my daddy that I love him.  My mommy told me he’s never coming home from over there.”  MMT

70. Today, my father told me, “Just go for it and give it a try!  You don’t have to be a professional to build a successful product.  Amateurs started Google and Apple.  Professionals built the Titanic.”  MMT

86. Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s – what his top 3 tips are for success.  He smiled and said, “Read something no one else is reading, think something no one else is thinking, and do something no one else is doing.”  MMT

90. Today, I was walking home from work in the pouring rain without an umbrella.  I was walking just behind an elderly man who had an umbrella.  As we both passed under the overhang to an apartment building, he stopped, turned around and handed me the umbrella.  He said, “This is my stop and you look like you need an umbrella.  Pass it along someday when the opportunity arises.”  MMT

101. Today, I interviewed my grandmother for part of a research paper I’m working on for my Psychology class.  When I asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.”  MMT

Go ahead and read the rest of them here and tell me whether you were touched or not.