I
am an avid collector of … quotations. Yes, those pithy
little sayings that often contain more than the surface of the
words reveals. I collect them from sayings on mugs, t-shirts,
catalogs, signs, sermons, luncheon speeches, and even movies and
commercials;
scribbling these priceless little gems onto any scrap of paper
I can find, lest I forget.
If you go to
my web site (www.ClearGlassView.com) and select “Click
Quotes” from the menu, you’ll see a small sampling
of my collection. Well, actually, my quotations generator pulls
randomly (with each mouse click) from my database of over 300 quotes,
which truly is a s-m-a-l-l portion of my total collection. There
would be more available, but I haven’t updated my web site
in … let’s just say “quite a while.” It’s
another item on my “to do” list.
Some quotes
are humorous advice, such as “Keep a few Get
Well cards on the mantel, so if surprise visitors arrive they’ll
think you’ve been sick and couldn’t clean house.” And
this surprising ad, “Drink coffee and do stupid things faster
and with more energy.”
Some are bold
statements to spur our emotions, “You are
a precious princess of the King of kings, live like it!”
Some are warnings, “Resentment is like taking poison and
expecting the other person to die.” Or how about “An
excuse is a reason stuffed with a lie.”
Some bring
a mix of humor and truth, such as Eleanor Roosevelt’s “A
woman is like a tea bag, you never know what she’s made of
until she gets in hot water.”
Others make
you stop, think, ponder, reread, write them down, share them
with your friends and acquaintances and any one else
who will listen. A few will resonate so deeply within your soul
that you must start writing about them. Whether it’s free-flow
journaling to yourself, writing a poem or essay, or basing a
plot on the truth therein; they invade our thinking enough to
spark
change.
Now, are you
interesting in knowing just a few of the recent quotes I’ve collected for this latter category? Okay, I’ll
share a few (remember I already warned you people share quotes).
