Forget and Suffer ... Punchy Nuggets of Truth

in #newbieresteemday7 years ago (edited)

With Paula @beeyou's encouragement and much-needed help, I had the wonderful opportunity of remembering and savoring a few precious childhood memories I have of my Dad's Mom, my "Ma"! You are welcome to read about her here ...

Story about "Ma"

https://steemit.com/story/@kismet2018/ma-she-lives-on

Like I mentioned in this piece, she had a vocabulary of special words, phrases, indeed "memes" (before they were "fashionable"), rich brief truths that zapped with punchy impact!

I have a massive collection of posters, pictures, "bumper stickers", sayings, that I have created. Some are the wisdom of other authors, some are mine.

Here are a few I selected for our consideration and reflection ...

Quote by Douglas Horton; original artwork

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Avoid negativity! It sucks us dry!

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We are giving up our control every time we "lose it"!

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We forgive for selfish reasons ... it's for OUR peace! Don't do it and WE suffer! Nobody or nothing is worth that!

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I KNOW she would love these! They are simple, intuitively true, yet we forget! That's ok, we just need to keep "practising"! We are never quite "done"! It's "progress" not perfection as we continue to learn and grow!