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

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

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

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)

Random Quotes Of The Day

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131. Inspiration exists, but

it has to find you working. - Pablo Picasso

132. Always be a first rate of yourself

instead of a second rate version

of somebody else. - Judy Garland

133. What other people think of us is

none of our business. -Paulo Coelho

134. All our dreams can come true... if

we have the courage to pursue the. - Walt disney

135. The question isn't who is going to let me;

it's who is going to stop me. - Ayn Rand

Check also the previous here.

Random Quotes Of The Day

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126. Kindness is the ability to

love people more than

they really deserve.

127. Make yourself a better person and know

who you are before you try and know someone else and

expect them to know you.

128. I am always ready to learn,

although I do not always

like being taught. - Winston Churchill

129. Imagination is the one weapon

in the war against reality. - Jules de Gaultier

130. Kindness is difficult to give away

because it keeps coming back.

Check also the previous here.

Random Quotes Of The Day

Hello, hello! Here I am with another round of

The Random Quotes Of The Day.

I hope you will enjoy them.

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I fell in love with this photo!

76. Give a man a fish and you

feed him for a day. Teach a man

how to fish, you feed him

for a life.

77. You will never find time for anything.

If you want the time, you must make it. - Charles Buxton

78. If God gives you something you can do,

why in God's name wouldn't you do it? - Stephen King

79. Life is trying things to see

if they work. - Ray Bradbury

80. There is no one giant step that does it.

It's a lot of little steps. - Peter A. Cohen

Check the previous here if you like.

You can choose your favorite!

Start Moving!

Words of inspiration!

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This is OH so true! I should keep that in mind and give it a lot of thought too. It's my time to start moving! Also posted on Kind Over Matter with an incredible statement about the subject from Theodore Roosevelt.

Some Words To Remember

I'm sorry for not being around these days. I'm trying to organize my life, my house, my space and also manage with work. I'll be back soon with lots to share. I promise! But for today, I wanted to share with you something else. A piece of advice and inspiration! Every time I find myself at the crossroads, every time I'm on the edge of new beginnings, every time I need inspiration and motivation to help me going on, I read this book.

"The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho.

It's an amazing allegorical story!

Here's a piece that I really like (among others).

They are parts of the dialogue between the shepherd boy and

the Alchemist on the way to the pyramids:

“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day.

“Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.”

“But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a woman of the desert. It asks things of me, and it keeps me from sleeping many nights, when I’m thinking about her.”

“Well, that’s good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say.”

“My heart is a traitor,” the boy said to the alchemist, when they had paused to rest the horses. “It doesn’t want me to go on.”

“That makes sense. Naturally it’s afraid that, in pursuing your dream, you might lose everything you’ve won.”

“Well, then, why should I listen to my heart?”

“Because you will never again be able to keep it quiet. Even if you pretend not to have heard what it tells you, it will always be there inside you, repeating to you what you’re thinking about life and about the world.”

“You mean I should listen, even if it’s treasonous?”

“Treason is a blow that comes unexpectedly. If you know your heart well, it will never be able to do that to you. Because you’ll know its dreams and wishes, and will know how to deal with them.

“My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer,” the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky.

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second’s encounter with God and with eternity.”

“Every second of the search is an encounter with God,” the boy told his heart.

“Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him,” his heart said. “We, people’s hearts, seldom say much about those treasures, because people no longer want to go in search of them. We speak of them only to children. Later, we simply let life proceed, in its own direction, toward its own fate. But, unfortunately, very few follow the path laid out for them—the path to their destinies, and to happiness. Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out indeed, to be threatening place.

“So, we, their hearts, speak more and more softly. We never stop speaking out, but we begin to hope that our words won’t be heard: we don’t want people to suffer because they don’t follow their hearts.”

That's an amazing lesson that everyone should learn, including me. The answers are always so simple. What we are searching for is usually so close, even inside us. The only thing that we should do is listen carefully and never be afraid to follow our hearts.

That's my advice... to myself... and all of you!

Take Care!