Rabbit Trails

You have been so long in the school of Christ- yet have revenge?

The longer the rainstorm, the happier you are to see the sun.

Backward, turn backward, O TIME, in your flight, Make me a child again just for tonight!

(this is the fizzy we made one day for a Redwall Feast......October Ale) Good nature is one of the sweetest gifts of Providence. Like the pure sunshine, it gladdens, enlivens, and cheers. In the midst of hate, revenge, sorrow and despair, how glorious are its effects.

This is how I home-schooled. Do stuff for a year and put it in a box. This is how I remember where we parked. I just take a picture. This is what I like for breakfast at Denny's. Pancake puppies. , This is how I choose to dry almost all of my clothes. For free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.

You can observe a lot just by watching. Yogi Berra

The years teach much, which the days never know.

I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour beforehand. Lord Nelson

Men, even when alone, lighten their labor by song, however rude it may be. Quintilian

If it weren't for Mondays, there would be no Tuesdays.

Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. Elizabeth Lawrence I forget *every* year. We DO have a pretty Autumn. It just comes late. It is beautiful on our street right now. The wind is blowing leaves off the trees and it appears to be snowing color. I LOVE Autumn. Especially on my own street.

Don't be the first to sit down or The last to get up CWM.....my son

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. (inferior is not the same thing as being  humble .....humble is good.....)

The eagle that soars in the upper air does not worry itself as how it is to cross the rivers. soared, soar·ing, soars                     To rise, fly, or glide high and with little apparent effort.                                          To climb swiftly or powerfully.

One thing to remember, another to do, Always work with the Construction Gang, And not with the Wrecking Crew.

Lord Jesus, give me a deeper repentance, a horror of sin, a dread of its approach. Help me chastely to flee it and jealously to resolve that my heart shall be Thine alone. Lord, help me, for I am often lukewarm and chill; unbelief mars my confidence, sin makes me forget Thee. Let the weeds that grow in my soul be cut at their roots; grant me to know that I truly live only when I live to Thee, that all else is trifling. Thy presence alone can make me holy, devout, strong and happy. Abide in me, gracious God. Lord Jesus, I sin. Grant that I may never cease grieving because of it, never be content with myself, never think I can reach a point of perfection. Kill my envy, command my tongue, trample down self. Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, peaceable, to live for Thee and not for self, to copy Thy words, acts, spirit, to be transformed into Thy likeness, to be consecrated wholly to Thee, to live entirely to Thy glory.

When people are true friends, even shared water tastes sweet.

O thou who art more near to us than air, Let me not miss Thee, ever, anywhere.

If thou wa lk inwardly, thou shalt not weigh flying words...Let not thy peace be in the mouths of men.

Delight, if not right set, of all the affections, is apt to degenerate. We have a liberty to delight in earthly things; the affection is allowed, the excess is forbidden.