Let's Celebrate

the moments
where nothing happens.
The moments
that fill our lives.
Not the field bright with poppies, but
the times you walked, seeing
no leaves, no sky, only one foot
after another.

We are sleeping
(it's not midnight and
there is no dream).
We enter a room - no one is in it.
We run a tap,
queue to buy a stamp.

These are the straw moments
that give substance
to our astonishments;
moments the homesick dream of;
the bereaved, the diagnosed.

- Mandy Coe

Do me a favor… Stand up, walk to wherever the nearest window is, and just look outside. You may not know this, but there’s an entire planets-worth of summers, friends, sunsets, street lamps, songs, late nights, great films, and night skies waiting for you. Your life is as amazing as you want it to be, but first, you have to let it be that way. 

- Chad Sugg

In the hopes of reaching the moon, men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.
- Albert Schweitzer

From people with cancer I have learned how to enjoy the minute particulars in life once again, the grace of a hot cup of coffee, the presence of a friend, the blessing of having a new cake of soap or an hour without pain.
- Rachel Remen

May you be poor in misfortune
Rich in blessings
Slow to make enemies
Quick to make friends
And may you know nothing but happiness.
- Blessing

If you're worried and you can't sleep
Just count your blessings instead of sheep
And you'll fall asleep counting your blessings
Instead of sheep.
- Bing Crosby