♥ - WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD 03/08/2013 - ♥

For many years of my life

I wore my heart for all to see

Making it much too easy

For others to take advantage of me. 

I lived and I loved three times

To the loftiest heights

Always crashing to the ground

When my loves took wings of flight.

I put my whole being into love

Never thinking of myself

Whatever I truly needed

Was put high upon a shelf.

I thought another person

Could make me whole 

Until I spent hours alone

Looking deep within my soul.

Life is different now

I found the woman I used to be

I know once again who I am inside

In myself I now believe.

I know what I have to offer

I am kind .... I love .... I care

No one will crush my spirit again

For now I'm wiser and aware.

Poem by Carol Barton

 

It is when we silence 

the chattering of our mind 

that we can truly hear 

what is in our heart
and find the still, 

clear purity

 that lies within the soul.

 Spiritual love carries us 

into the silence of our 

original state of being.

This silence 

contains the power 

to create harmony 

in all relationships 

and the sweetness 

to sustain them.

~ Unknown

The best part of life 

is not just surviving, 

but
thriving with passion 

and compassion
and humor and style 

and generosity
and kindness.

~ Maya Angelo

"There is a wonderful, 

mystical law of nature 

that the three things 

we crave most in life -- 

happiness, 

freedom, 

and

peace of mind -- 

are always attained

by giving them to

someone else."

-General Peyton Conway March

I never really look for anything.

What God throws my way comes. 

I wake up in the morning 

and whichever way 

God turns my feet, 

I go.

 

~ Pearl Bailey

The human spirit 

needs places 

where nature

has not been rearranged

 by the hand of man. 

~Author Unknown

Climb Until Your Dream Comes True

Often your tasks will be many, 
and more than you think you can do 
Often the road will be rugged 
and the hills insurmountable, too.

Always remember, the hills ahead
Are never as steep as they seem,
And with faith in your heart start upward 
And climb 'till you reach your dream,

Nothing in life that is worthy
Is ever too hard to achieve 
If you have the courage to try it 
And you have the faith to believe...

Faith is a force that is greater 
Than knowledge or power or skill
And many defeats turn to triumph 
If you trust in God's wisdom and will

Faith is a mover of mountains, 
There's nothing that God cannot do, 
So start out today with faith in your heart 
And Climb Until Your Dream Comes True.

-- Helen Steiner Rice --

Reuben Dogs

8 Hot dogs

4 Slices (1 oz each) Swiss cheese, each cut into 6 strips

1 Can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

2 Tablespoons Thousand Island dressing

1/3 Cup sauerkraut with caraway seed, drained (from 14-oz can)

1 Slit hot dogs to within 1/2 inch of ends; insert 3 strips cheese into each slit. 

2 Separate dough into 8 triangles; spread each with dressing. Spoon sauerkraut onto short end of each triangle; top with hot dog. Wrap dough around each hot dog. Place on ungreased cookie sheet, cheese side up.

 3 Bake at 375°F 12 to 15 minutes. Serve with additional dressing, if desired.

Easy and Creative Kitchen Solutions

Instead of transferring stuffing 

to a pastry bag with a spoon - 

and get messy, 

place the pastry bag IN a Glass, 

and pour the contents in.