the true smile:)

today was full of work, but it was also full of smiles:)


A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give. ~Author Unknown

to achieve is to dream:)

ANAIS NIN:
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.


ANAIS NIN:
The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.


ANAIS NIN:
Dreams are necessary to life.


ANATOLE FRANCE:
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.


CARL JUNG:
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.


CARL SANDBURG:
Nothing happens unless first a dream.

1 Cor 13:13:)

today's Quote is awesome, it was perfect , because it really told the story of the weekend;)
the retreat was a rebirth, yes we did what the spirit lead us to do and we feel great :)
ok tired, but full of the spirit:) we had 13 kids show up out of 15 and yes it was a holiday weekend and yes it was not mandatory, they are now the peer ministry team,
God is Good all the time:)
the journey has begun and we are off and running,
God allows you to pick up the bible and reinvent the plan
amen:)


Never quit

The only way to lose is to quit. As long as you continue to make the effort, you have not lost.
Everyone experiences setbacks. However, those who achieve the most experience the most setbacks because they persist as long as it takes to reach each goal.

Does it ever seem that you are blocked in every direction? That's the time to get creative, become more flexible, and open yourself to the possibilities that are most certainly there.

Sometimes when you get stuck in a rut, the rut can suddenly and unexpectedly run out. What a great opportunity that can be for you to climb out of that rut, look around, and see all the valuable things you've been missing.

Never quit. Use each setback, each disappointment, and each success, as a cue to push on ahead with more determination than ever before.

Never quit, and you will create the life you choose.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is Spreading the love;0

This song will change you, so I want to share it with you
enjoy your weekend:)

a Jesus hug:)

This verse is used most of the time during a wedding:) well at least I did, for both of my weddings , in 1982 and in 2002 twenty years later:)


we hope to use it again soon:) more info to come soon on this:)


Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love."
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Smilemaker @ Georgetown 2008

words are not needed :)

my life is school again:)

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow: Helen Keller

it always amazes me how someone who is blind and deaf can have such great quotes

I am blessed to have been in the sunshine all weekend:)

now I am finally sitting for the first time in a few days, but it is in a biology class for the next 4 hours, yes you read right,
I pray that I do not fall asleep, or worst get caught blogging:)

I hope to have photos for the next blog and stories to tell, but for now enjoy the sunshine and feel the warmth of God

Smilemaker is looking at the rain:)

Live simply. Love generously.
Care deeply. Speak kindly.
Leave the rest to God.

am I making you smile today:)

Faith + works = true faith walk:)

smilemaker jersey reflects with Ralph:)

A reflection of what you think

The world you see is a reflection of what you think of it. The values by which you live are continually coming back to you.
Your life embodies those ideas to which you give your complete and persistent attention. A life sincerely focused upon peace and happiness is a life filled with peace and happiness.

Whatever you support with your actions and thoughts, you experience in the moments and days of your life. Whether desire or fear, curiosity or obsession, your thoughts pull you steadfastly toward your reality.

You are, right now, busy becoming the person you think you will become. Today, already and always, you are living the life you most authentically expect to live.

The simple act of intentionally deciding upon a destination will point you solidly in that direction. A small adjustment in your attitude can make a major difference in your world.

Anything is possible. What actually happens in your life is an accurate reflection of how you see yourself living it.

-- Ralph Marston

The day is here

Do you ever feel as if the day arrives and you have already spend it? the feeling of too much to do and not enough hours, well that seems the case the last few days for me, but one thing is certain, I have love the weather and the sunsets, I am blessed to have the opportunity to slow down enough in my tracks to enjoy the blessings:)
below I am inspired by others, especially my children:) they continue to dream and make the dreams come true:)


“All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.”
Brian Tracy


You are, right now, busy becoming the person you think you will become. Today, already and always, you are living the life you most authentically expect to live.

The simple act of intentionally deciding upon a destination will point you solidly in that direction. A small adjustment in your attitude can make a major difference in your world.

Anything is possible. What actually happens in your life is an accurate reflection of how you see yourself living it.

-- Ralph Marston

Graduation 2008 ASU

“All our dreams can come true...if we have the courage to pursue them.”
Walt Disney

if you ever feel defeated, take a step back and smile, because when you do you can dream, and when you dream many things are possible:) I thank God for giving me a swift kick and allowing me the opportunity to start over and moving forward :)

You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be miserable. Which would you rather be?
You can choose to make productive and purposeful use of the moments in this day. Or you can choose to let the time slip away and be left with nothing but regret.

Life is what you decide you are going to make of it. What have you decided to make of the possibility-filled moment that is right now?

You can complain that it's all so very unfair, but all that will accomplish is to bring you down even more. Or, you can fully accept life as it is and then experience the genuine satisfaction of making your way forward in spite of the obstacles.

You can choose to hide behind excuses or you can open yourself up to the richness of life. You can decide to make the most of whatever comes your way, and know how great it feels to be fully alive and engaged in your world.

No matter what has come before, life in this moment is what you decide to make it. Consider all the possibilities, and then choose the life that is you.

-- Ralph Marston

Smilemaker is ready for a big smile:)

Happy Birthday for Son # 2 today he is 22, he was born on a Mother's day , the best gift ever:)
I will get to see him next week can't wait to have some good family time :)








Graduation Prayer

Father,
I have knowledge, so will You show me now,
How to use it wisely and find a way somehow
To make the world I live in a little better place,
And make life with its problems a little bit easier to face.
Grant me faith and courage and put purpose in my days,
And show me how to serve Thee in effective ways.
So my education, my knowledge and my skill
May find their ture fulfillment as I learn to do Thy will.
And may I ever be aware in everything I do,
That knowledge comes from learning, and wisdom comes from You.
Amen.

Smilemaker has her grades:)

so the grades are in and I have to say that taking 4 classes was not easy but now the fact that I was able to receive A's and one B , is a great gift, Thank God for the persistence he blessed me with this semester:)


the fat lady is warming up:) :)









Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration: Thomas Edison

I don't sing a song unless I feel it...... I have to believe in what I'm doing: Ray Charles

Make voyages. attempt them. There's nothing else

Smilemaker is almost ready to smile again:)

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“I hope your dreams take you... to the corners of your smiles, to the highest of your hopes, to the windows of your opportunities, and to the most special places your heart has ever known.”

smilemaker is almost ready:)

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.”
Mack R. Douglas


“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it; if you can dream it, you can become it.”
William Arthur Ward

my smile is getting bolder:)

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
Theodore Roosevelt

my smile is getting bigger this week:)

I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again”
Mark Twain

smile maker is just two exams away:)

you can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination and an endless supply of expendable labor


If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.”
J. M. Power

smile again

son #2 sends his mom a new smile
one day this will be me