starting w some music
to chill 2
I got 2 see him a truly beautiful person who is not with us now
ok n they are all pics from hawaii



n thoughts

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
Anne Frank

While we are postponing, life speeds by.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

no woman has ever started n argument with a man when he was dusting, vacuuming or washing the dishes

this 1 I got from a best friend

surround urself with the dreamers n the doers
the believers n the thinkers
but most of all
surround urself with those that see the greatness within u
even when u do not see it urself

live w passion n everything else will take care of its self

in my life i've seen the sadness of famous people dying 2 young
actors, comedians, singers
they give us so much n they are gone
sometimes brought on by not being able 2 handle it all
n some times out of their control
today is elvis's birthday
some of his stuff
was a bit before my time but I lived down the street from him n Memphis
n he like b.b.q
will always be king n Memphis

some thoughts from elvis

Rock and roll music, if you like it, if you feel it, you can't help but move to it. That's what happens to me. I can't help it.'

Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't goin' away.

Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

at heart elvis just wanted 2 be normal n he could not

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.

I think I have something tonight that's not quite correct for evening wear. Blue suede shoes.

I never expected to be anybody important.

It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.

happy birthday elvis
Memphis will always love the king
n ok b.b.q 2



2 truly live it requires passion

as I get older I find this to be more n more true
im a good guy n therefore I open my heart a lot
less now than in the pass as I get older n a bit more wiser
im always nice but my real true friend list has gotten shorter over the years
maybe partly n treat people the way u want 2 be treated
n
just simply i have a feel for true hearts
so
there comes a time n life where u
walk away from drama n all the people who create it
u surround urself w people who make u laugh
forget the bad
and focus on the good
love the people who treat u right
n wish the best for the 1s who do not
life is 2 short 2 be anything but happy
falling down is part of life
getting back up is living

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
Albert Camus (I have learnt that in life )

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.
Henry David Thoreau

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
John W. Gardner

There is a woman at the beginning of all great things.
Alphonse de Lamartine

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
Ethel Barrymore

The only true source of politeness is consideration.
William Gilmore Simms

happy little Christmas 1/6/14

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may rest upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

(sorry showy butterflies again)

passion what makes the world go round


If you can dream it, you can do it.
Walt Disney

live, love , n laugh w passion

wishing every1 in the u.s.a safe
n warm times the next few days
we are looking at record breaking cold weather
I talked 2 my brother today
the temp. in Memphis which is in the south
tonite will be 6 ferinheight
with a wind chill in the double minus area
i know its a lot worst up north
there is no snow n Memphis n a lot colder up there
crazy thing is Memphis will be close 2 70. by Friday.

i made it 2 florida at the right time 70s f. here
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Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
Denis Waitley

Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.
Thomas Jefferson

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison

Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
Norman Vincent Peale

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Aristotle

in the end people will judge u anyway
do not lead ur life impressing others
lead ur life impressing urself

Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
Rose Kennedy

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
Rose Kennedy

may ur snowstorms
turn 2 gentle snow flakes


n in ur heart may there always be passion

growing up as a teen I always dated girls older than me
as n adult within a couple years
I think the older u get the more u have n common w close ages

so I was reading something tonite n it mentioned
susan Sarandon she's 67 years old n beautiful
then I thought of sally field she's 67 n beautiful
then I thought of goldie hawn she's 68 n beautiful
n then dana delany just 57 n beautiful
I believe its the way they carry themselves n their smiles n out look on life
dana Delaney had/ has a show here n id watch it w my ex girlfriend
so I told her once ive always liked dana, she's a beautiful woman
so my ex said's shes old (my ex who is 54) u can tell by her neck
so I just said
ive never looked that low

it is true beauty
is in the eyes of the beholder
my list is short
heart , eyes , smile, n the way u look at life

our eyes do see
but its our heart
if we let it
that translates what we see

showy don't look some butterflies

forever beautiful


without passion do we truly live

smiles ;
nothing brightens my day like a smile
I smile inside as well

a smile is sunshine 2 the heart its that second when no matter what is happening
life stops n
u feel joy n smile back

The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes
Marilyn Monroe

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.
Anna Lee

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that is n awesome beauty
Rashida Jones

laughing;

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy people are the prettiest people. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.
Audrey Hepburn

You don't stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.
Maurice Chevalier

smiling n laughing

this should give u both
ok at least a big smile


thank u
my nn friends
for being sunshine 2 me
n for being the awesome 1s u are


live with passion n life will take care of its self

my new years resolution is by the end of jan. 2 be able 2 rem.
2 put a 4 at the end of the year instead of the 3 when writing

you are never 2 old 2 set a new goal or 2 dream a new dream

jan. 1 2014
the first page of a blank book of 365 pages
let us write a good 1

optimist
some1 that knows that taking a step backwards
after taking a step forward
is not a disaster
its a cha - cha

who u are inside is what helps u make
n do everything in life
- mr. rogers

family n friends
we may not have it all together
but together we have it all

today I close the door on the past
n open the door 2 the future
take a deep breath n step thru
n start the next chapter of my life

sweet but twisted
I must be a candy cane

if kisses were snowflakes
I would send u a blizzard

no not guys lol
handshakes are good

gratitude turns what we have into enough

there are times I am most grateful
that thoughts do not appear
in bubbles over our heads

being a parent without a sense of humor
would be like being n an accountant
who sucks at math

what a wonderful thought ;
it is that some of the best days of our life's
have not happened yet

to be a star
u must
shine ur own light
follow ur own path
n not worry about the darkness
because that is when a star
shines brightest

I caught my friend whispers blog tonite
for u my friend

gday my friends

im still in Memphis
so a new years meal here is 1 of 2 things
the traditional southern 1 of ham, cabbage for money, black eyed peas 2 put 12 together n make a wish for the new year n grapes for prosperity with corn bread n other vegies.
or
barbecue,barbeque ,b.b.q no matter how u say it
cooking out even if its 30 f
Memphis is a b.b.q. mad place
n the best place for it

happy new year from Memphis

my fav. fireworks display from last year was from London
n I got 2 be there
so if u don't get 2 see fireworks this new years eve
n im not speaking of in bed
this is n awesome 1


n if u do go
this is still the best so far that I have seen
its a bit long but if u start watching it u will not be able 2 stop

wishing every1 the happiest of new years
n in life may ur dreams come true
but most of all that u fine ur happiness
ur contentment

so I leave u with a bit from my fav. movie
no 1 is a failure who has friends
n in the words of hemingway no 1 is an island


happy new year !

we only hear this song once a year
but I think it would be a great song for during the year
not everyday but in times we start over, pick ourselves up, lose ourselves n find ourselves
as in tomorrow is a new day
its always good along the way 2 refresh ourselves
and a cup of kindness makes us all smile on the inside n outside



I wanna kiss some1 on December 31st from 11:59 pm to 12:01 am, so I can have an amazing ending to 2013 and a beautiful beginning into 2014.

n lol as ive heard
My New Year’s resolution is to stop hanging out with people who ask me about my New Year’s resolutions.

I have only one resolution. To rediscover the difference between wants and needs. May I have all I need and want all I have. Happy New Year!

Dear Luck, .....can we be friends in 2014 Please?
lol there is a lottery

this song also makes me think of a new year


it must have 2 do with time

as twl said im not 1 for lists
and im not as well
my new years resolution is the same every year
live with passion n be the best person I can be
because I know I can always do better every year

cheers 2 the new year

new year resolutions

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Helen Keller

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

Goran Persson

Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.

Cavett Robert

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

Tom Peters

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

Henry Moore

Those who gave thee a body, furnished it with weakness; but He who gave thee Soul, armed thee with resolution. Employ it, and thou art wise; be wise and thou art happy.

Akhenaton

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

Catherine O'Hara

when I think of a new year
1 of the things I think of is butterflies
in florida I have a butterfly garden
the amazing thing about them is they start out as caterpillars
some do good ,some do bad
they are not the most beautiful by far of the things in nature
but when they are ready
they go into pupa or a cocoon state
n turn into a butterfly
one of the most beautiful things in nature
I think there are times we feel like that caterpillar
but in time we can become that butterfly

this song is n Italian its name in English is
did u know
the video saids no matter what u go thru in life
u were born 2 be a butterfly (something beautiful)
there are some beautiful pics. of butterflies in it as well


always seek the beauty that surrounds us