♥ - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 03/07/2013 - ♥

Your mind is like a garden

Whatever you plant will grow.

Your thoughts are seeds you're planting,

They produce, each after its kind.

And, you just like a Gardner,

Can choose which seeds you will plant.

And by choice of seeds you sow,

You choose the harvest you will reap.

So do not plant seeds of lack or fear,

Disease, discord or doubt.

Plant instead, the seeds you want,

Then things you want will sprout.

This gift of choice is given to all

And not just a few.

The harvest, friend is in your hands,

The crop depends on you.

So take this power which you have been given

And use it every day

To gain from life the good you want,

For you have found the way.

- Unknown -

 

If at any time 

I begin to lose hope in myself, 

let me simply look inside my heart 

and see all the good actions  

I have ever performed,

from the smallest 

to the grandest.

When I see how much happiness 

I have given,
I easily remember 

the purpose of my life.

~ Unknown

Where we love is home,
Home that our feet may leave, 

but not our hearts.

~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Everyday is a day 

to have a positive attitude. 

Smile 

and keep positive 

regardless of the circumstances 

that attempt 

to beat you down.

~Unknown

"I believe that nothing 

that happens to me is meaningless, 

and that it is good for us all 

that it should be so, 

even if it runs counter to our own wishes. 

As I see it, 

I’m here for some purpose,
and I only hope

I may fulfill it."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The bottom line is that 

I am responsible for
 my own well-being, 

my own happiness. 

The choices 

and decisions I make 

regarding my life

 directly influence 

the quality of my days.

~ Kathleen Andrus

 

When God paints
He uses red and orange
Bold and full of passion
Like the fiery power of His love for us 
the yellow rays of the sun

When God paints
He uses shades of purple
To remind us of the royal majesty
Of His blessings all around us

When God paints

He uses unspoiled whites
Full of all the purity and hope
Of the Heavens where He reigns

When God paints
He uses gentle greens
Sprouting though all of Nature
As His love and grace grows each day

When God paints
He uses oceans of blues
Like the rainy tears in the sky
Letting us know He feels our every pain

When God paints
He brings all the colors together
Showing us the intricate depth
Of this glorious realm He's created for us

When God paints
He doesn't skimp on colors
He uses all that he can
He invented each and every one, 

after all!

- PEEPs SUNFLOWER CAKE -

• 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) yellow cake mix
• 2 cans (16 ounces each) chocolate frosting
• 19 yellow chick Peeps candies
• 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, 
  using two greased and waxed paper-lined 9-in. 
  Round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes 
  before removing from pans to wire racks
   to cool completely; carefully remove waxed paper.
• Level tops of cakes. Spread frosting 
  between layers and over the top 
  and sides of cake.

• Without separating Peeps 
  and curving slightly to fit, 
  arrange chicks around edge of cake 
  for sunflower petals. 
  For sunflower seeds, 
  arrange chocolate chips 
  in center of cake. 

USEFUL  FOR  YOUR  KITCHEN