Some of Lynne’s favourite quotes …

Dementia Diary 11:  7 … or 8! of my favourite quotes

Oooh just  7 … or 8 of my favourite quotes, pinched from various people over ages, the first one from Jace Everett an American singer song-writer of Country/Rock -Blues music:  

Half My Mistakes

If I had to do my life all over

I’d probably win and lose just as much.

Half of My Mistakes, I’d give anything to change how it ended but …

Half of My Mistakes,  I just wouldn’t change a thing.

You can lean too hard on regret, but I try not too ‘coz …

half the good things in my life, came from Half My Mistakes

How true that is …

Margaret Attwood:  Water

Water goes where it wants to go and nothing in the end can stand against it.

Water is patient, dripping water wears away stone.

Remember that my child … remember that you are more than half water.

If you can’t go through an obstacle, go around it just as water does. 

                        and here I open brackets and speak to my son

                        (also son, sometimes it’s just         better to apologise than to  ask permission!)

Moving onto John Steinberg, this is about kindness …

John Steinberg

There are those amongst us who are living in rooms of experience that you and I cannot imagine … be kind.

I am impelled to roar like a lion out of pride, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse  … be strong.

                        Okay son over to you again…

Samuel Beckett

Ever tried?

Ever tried?  Ever failed?  … no matter, try again,

Fail again,

Fail better.

       Hmmmm, seems to be all about advice to my son …

Ernest Hemingway

When people talk, listen completely.

Most people never listen, nor do they observe.

You should be able to go into a room and when you come out,  know everything that you saw there.

                        How true that is …

Arundhati Roy

To love. To be loved.

To never forget your own insignificance.

To never get used to the unspeakable violence and vulgar disparity of life all around you.

To seek some joy even in the saddest of places.

To pursue beauty to its lair.

To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple.

To respect strength but never power.

Above all to watch, to try and understand and to never look away.

       Yeah, the themes,  I think there are themes …

Brene Brown

I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness.

It’s right there in front of me …. if I’m paying attention and practising gratitude.

       Well, that’s the 7 and I’ve got an 8th althought I think it’s from me, but I                                           reckon           I’ve probably stolen it from somebody …

ME  …  🤷🏽‍♀️

Our struggle and suffering is the same as everybody else’s.  

The only way to find some contentment and joy in this life, is to reduce our own        resentment.

With love, Lynne