More random thoughts

The highlights of life often come as a result of our darkest moments.

Tammy Sheehy Muecke at 9:14am May 20
I hope thats true

Tina Marie Vance-Crnic at 9:25am May 20
Awesome.....I used it again! Needed that this week....month....hmmmm.....year!!!! Thanks Stacey!

Sheila Estelle at 9:52am May 20
Woa.... that is a deep thought. It may take me some time to think about it! :)

Sheila Estelle at 9:54am May 20
I have actually seen this played out in my life recently.Thanks for sharing this truth.~ Sheila Estelle

Stacey Friedlein at 10:34am May 20
Tina, You are welcome. Glad I could help.

Jen Hester at 11:04am May 20
Living that theory right now :)

Tina Marie Vance-Crnic at 11:10am May 20
So am I ....Jen....except the highlights have yet to come!

Sheila Estelle at 1:06pm May 20
Hang in there, Tina. The highlights will come with time. :)

The thorn in your butt may have your own hand attached to it.

Traci Robbins Autry at 7:07am May 19
Good one!!

Fear can either act as a pulverizor or a great motivator. Either we become dust or knock off the dust and move forward.

Leslie Shay Portrait at 8:09am May 18
Preach it to me Stacey! I need it today.

Mark Rose at 9:30am May 18
"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"~FDR

Fred Hinegardner at 11:01am May 18
Keep climbing or get stepped on

World peace is a great concept but will never happen until we each reconcile peace within our souls.

Linda Susan Castle at 7:52am May 17
this makes sense

Fred Hinegardner at 11:02am May 17
...and then we'd have to find new ways to thin the herd and new rules for achieving survival of the fittest. Hope we don't find a new Stalin and a new Hitler for those tasks. Could be fun, though, given the right committee. As for me, I don't work well on committees.

Linda Susan Castle at 5:03pm May 17
me either

There is no greater joy than celebrating the success of a child.

Peggy Morsch at 9:01am May 16
Behind every successful child is someone who has been an example. Way to go Dad!

If you are living for the weekend you are missing a lot of living.

Shelly Ivy at 11:42am May 15
nice!

Shannon Wright at 5:47am May 16
so right, i used to have a job where i could not wait for the weekend to come. Now that i am doing something i love, i hardly even know what day it is most of the time. weekend or weekday it doesn't matter:)

Linda Susan Castle at 7:54am May 17
this is sooo true

In faith we find hope, in hope we find love, in love we find life.

Fred Hinegardner at 11:53am May 14
oh...okay
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Stacey Friedlein at 2:21pm May 14
Ah, but when words are used to motivate action then they are no longer empty rhetoric but become fuel for the hungry and they feast.

Fred Hinegardner at 3:11pm May 14
...and they learn to feast on Twinkies and Diet Coke, which are equally popular, and will reward the giver with accolades, that they will give more that they still crave.

Thought for the day. In faith we find hope, in hope we find love, in love we find life.

Sandy Weeks Key at 9:05am May 14
Thanks Stacey. Great reminder.

Fred Hinegardner at 10:12am May 14
Thanks, Stacy - because of you, I just found my best pair of pliers in Rita's hope chest. Been looking for them for two years. Love ya, man.

Stacey Friedlein at 11:19am May 14
Fred, I am glad to hear it. I guess sometimes in hope we find our pliers.

As pointed out by my friend Fred. When expressing an idea, sometimes the power of the club is mightier than the power of the pen. So using this approach...Thought from yesterday. Nobody owes you a damn thing. Use what you have and make it work.

Trish Barthorpe at 7:29am May 13
couldnt' agree more.

Fred Hinegardner at 9:31am May 13
wow

Nellie Guerrero at 3:10pm May 13 via Facebook Mobile
wow I tell our students at middle school that ALL THE TIME! :-)

Jay Be at 6:34pm May 13

Thought for the day. The only entitlements we have are the gifts from God. Everything else we must earn.

Mark Rose at 7:06am May 12
What do we have that isn't a gift from God?

Kendra Johnson Stoltz at 7:17am May 12
♥

Stacey Friedlein at 7:45am May 12
Mark, It is my point. God gives us all we need. It is when we believe we are owed more that we fall short of his gifts.

Fred Hinegardner at 9:55am May 12
I know people who literally sit and wait for God to provide."God will provide," they say. "The preacher told me so this morning."I know you mean well. At least you added in your original update that some things need to be earned. Many don't even add that.

Stacey Friedlein at 10:14am May 12
Fred, What I was subtlety getting at is pointing out we are owed nothing by anyone. The whole sense of entitlement by people in the workplace, in the marketplace, in government and in the welfare lines makes me crazy.

Fred Hinegardner at 2:08pm May 12
I totally agree. And you said it SO WELL this time! The flowery speech stuff is wrapped up in pillows, so the message that SHOULD slap someone up side the head gets too muffled. They get to feel good from the nice-sounding words. They get to pass the responsibility buck off onto God. All this and it's free. They don't even have to buy drugs to feel good. Plus it has the added benefit of self-righteous sanctimony. Can't go wrong with lovely sounding sentiments - especially on FB

Mom.

Curtis Null at 6:26am May 10
Well said!

Fred Hinegardner at 12:25pm May 10
Your best one yet.

Thank your mom for her unconditional love and for not killing you when you were driving her crazy as a teenager.

Jessica Padgett Bell at 10:03am May 9
I need to show this to my currently 13-year-old... :p

Jay Be at 4:51pm May 9
hehehe...if only my 4 kids know how they drive me up the wall!^^came very very close a few times to committing mass murder...

The love of a mother is the closest we can experience the love of God. Accepting us with all our faults and failures, rejoicing in our triumphs and happiness, without need for reason or approval. God lives in the love a mother.

Mark Rose at 8:10pm May 8
God loves us like the Sun loves the Earth, Giving everything including life itself, and never asking for anything in return.

Laura McNeely at 8:43pm May 8
Oh, Thank God! If heaven is like getting along with my mother.....I'm in good shape!BTW, let me publically say 'thank you, mom. you're So-oooo awesome....thank you!'(I'm sure that doesn't cover it...but that's the point, right? A love deeper than our words have found meaning to express.... an awesome thought in itself...)

Kelly Munce at 7:01am May 8
is that pre teenage hood?.. or after they have left home? hehe

Stacey Friedlein at 7:08am May 8
I guess mom's always have the ability to inflict the wrath of God on their kids. In a loving, accepting way of course. :)

Jessica Padgett Bell at 7:58am May 8
I needed this today Stacey... thanks. :)