Medic Mom...and a bag of herbs: My Motto.....

October 19, 2008

My Motto.....

God Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Can Not Change, the Courage to Change the Things I Can, and the Wisdom to Know the Difference.

I would like this to be the motto for my life. :) Each word is vital to the meaning of the whole sentence. The reason I love it is because, if I can just remember this saying, I can literally get through every moment of every day.

Serenity- a disposition free from stress or emotion, tranquility, placidity, repose, quiet, calm, calmness, composure, equanimity - steadiness of mind under stress, ataraxia - peace of mind, the absence of mental stress or anxiety, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, peace, quietude, quietness, a state of peace and quiet.

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Words that currently INSPIRE me

Stay away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but really great people make you feel that you, too, can be great! - Mark Twain
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.
All men dream, but not equally. Those that dream by night in the dust recesses of their minds awake to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. - T.E. Lawrence
First they laugh at you, then they fight you, and then you win.
You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically- to say no to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger yes burning inside! - Stephen Covey
Having a vision of what you want is not enough! Vision without execution is hallucination! - Thomas Edison
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Forgiveness is the fragrance a violet sheds from the heel that has crushed it.

Funny family sayings and short stories........

"Mom, I'm worried about an earthquake hitting our house. If one comes, we should drive the car out in the road and stand on top of it because the sky can't fall." - Emma yesterday after hearing there was an earthquake in Utah.
ESP...this is what Emma thought PE was called until a couple months ago. I didn't catch on until she told me they play kickball at ESP. Oohhhhhh....you mean PE?
I know why they call it a forehead, Mom. It's because you have four lines on your head. -Emma
"Drool is saliva dripping from your mouth"- Emma educating us on drooling
"I love coffin balls!" - this is what Emma calls cotton balls
"WHAT's in my bum-crack?" -Emma after hearing us talking about her bum crack hanging out of her pants
"Grandma doesn't need anyone to watch her house when she's gone, cuz she has social security!"
"You went running, Mom? But you don't stink!"
"What did you have for dinner last night, Emma?"...."Stramen noodles and broth!"
"Mom- I'm obsessed with Rollie Pollies!"
"Mom, what's a juicy fart?"
"I was sleeping good until YOU came along" -Emma when I moved her from my stomach to her pillow.
"Just 5 more minutes, MOM! I'm trying to sleep here!" - Emma, 5 going on 16
"Aunt Dena told Dad he should dye his hair black. Mom, I think Dad is growning younger and you are growning older cuz your hair is turning white." -Emma last Sunday
"How did they make that old man look like a girl? I think they used oranges, cuz those make boys boobs look bigger" -Emma commenting on John Travolta dressed up as Mrs. Turnblad
"Mom, I only have one rememberie- when we went to that campsite."- Emma
"It's a good thing I dont' have school today, I don't want to give my friends scratch throat. My throat is scratchy. " -Emma
We drove by the park this morning on our way to school and saw people picking up pecans from the grass around the playground. Emma said, "How nice of them to pick up the nuts so squirrells don't bother the children!"
My tummy was pissed last night, Mom. - Emma after throwing up every hour after we went to sleep
"I'm getting airheaded" - what Emma said to the Boo after blowing bubbles. Boo had told Emma a few minutes earlier that she was getting Light-headed
Emma singing a Rascal Flatts song: "Like a painted wild MUSTACHE....."
"You'd laugh your socks off....if you were wearing socks"
Emma singing during General Conference..."Awkward, ever Awkward" ....to the tune of Called to Serve
Emma's new joke: "I love the smell of a fat man burping in the morning!"
"Mom, you're the fairest of them all"
How to make a "Chill Pill"- by Emma: You take a bean and put it in water and put it in the freezer and that's how you make a chill pill!
Emma's new favorite saying: "If you're asking me, you're asking the WRONG person!"
What do Volcanos do? They Interrupt! -Emma
"BeeSee HotDog"- Emma's name for a Churro. Don't ask me how I figured that one out. :)
Emma has taken two words and made her own: TeaCafee--It's because I drink green tea in the morning and she heard DJ ask me if it has caffeine, or maybe she heard him say it was coffee....either way, it's funny. "Mom, is that TeaCafee?"
"Mom, you stink....on your birthday!" -what Emma said to me when I got home from running on my birthday. :)
One of Emma's cousins sent a birthday invite to her that said, "No presents". I asked Emma if we should put that on her birthday invitations. She said, "NO! Mine should say, Yes, Presents!"
Emma was at a birthday party today for one of her friends. When I came to pick her up, the girls' mom told me that Emma had announced to everyone that she was getting a new little sister.......if she just kept praying. :)
"Cookie Crunch cereal IS healthy, Mom! It's made of carrot dip!!" --Emma's reply to me saying Cookie Crunch cereal didn't really look all that healthy.
On a recent trip home for Sunday dinner, Dad made his first attempt at making gravy. During dinner, Bubba said, "There's something different about this gravy." With a straight face, Johnny said, "What is it? Too much love?"
"Finger 5"- me and Jaron's way to high five when he's holding too many toys in his little hands
"Mom, remember 'stop, drop and roll' if you're clothes catch on fire at work" -Emma
"Mom, have you ever ate dinosaur?" -Emma
Emma's name for McDonalds: Chicken Donalds
"ISH" - The Boo