Christian author Halford E. Luccock said these words,

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.

I'm constantly reminded that 'we' are in this together. That, and I'm a lousy whistler.

British writer Freya Stark was not only one of the first Western women to travel through the Arabian deserts (Hadhramaut); she often travelled solo into areas where few Europeans, let alone women, had ever been.

There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.

People will call it our conscience, but I feel its though we have this little alarm devise inside us that is constantly monitoring what we are doing. When we do the things we are supposed to like being honest, keeping promises, etc., it stays quiet. But, when we get close to doing the wrong, the things we know we shouldn't, it comes alive. The buzzer sounds, the lights flash and it starts jumping all around. At first, it's subtle and barely audible, but then it's blaringly loud and I just can't ignore it any longer. It's when guilt sets in.

I don't know if we can always control our emotions, but I do feel that we should be able to control our actions, and we must. Seeing is not believing. Believing is doing.

American Opera Conductor Sarah Caldwell said these words,

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.

I am constantly amazed at what I can learn by simply stopping to listen, taking it all in.

Today's quote comes from Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, Carl Jung.

"The man who promises everything is sure to fulfill nothing."

In short, do not make a promise, you can't keep.

George H. Lorimer was the editor of the Saturday Evening Post weekly magazine from 1899 to 1937. He wrote these words,

"Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it."

I believe one becomes noble only by having lived by principle.

This post is dedicated to you, Grandmother.