JUST SIMPLE SOMETHINGS: Weekly words to live by

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~ Mosaic Monday ~

~ It takes years to build up trust,

and only seconds to destroy it. ~

When I came across this quote, it spoke volumes to me...but quickly I remembered another...
" Everything happens for a reason ".
One of my favorites.
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~ Weekly words to live by ~

Remember the tea kettle -
it is always up to its neck in hot water,
yet it still sings!

~Author Unknown~

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~ Weekly words to live by ~

Gotta have my lipstick. I don't ever leave home without wearing it. I have to say though...I apply it better than this little guy!
Not my quote and {not my dog, thank goodness }!!

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~ Weekly words to live by ~

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Mark Twain

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is the host every Sunday for

"Weekly words to live by".

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Comfort Food...

Food, like a loving touch or a glimpse of divine power, has that ability to comfort.

Norman Kolpas

I must say, I very rarely get sick. In fact, for the last fifteen or so years, I 've only been to the doctor's office once a year for a general check-up. I was very surprised last week when the doctor told me that I have a hyper - active thyroid. Now I know why those hot flashes that were a thing of the past have returned!
Then this morning I woke up with a stuffy head and sore throat. I think my luck is running out.

Time for some old-fashioned comfort food...

Homemade Chicken Soup

1 pound skinless chicken breast, cut in 1 inch chunks

¼ cup chopped onion
2 tsp. oil

2 cans (14-½ oz. each ) chicken broth

3 cups water

2 cups carrot slices

1 envelope Good Seasons Italian dressing mix { I found this ingredient very interesting }

2 Tbs. chopped parsley

COOK and stir chicken and onion in oil a large skillet on med.- high heat until chicken is cooked through.

ADD broth, water, carrots, and dressing mix. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover.

Simmer until carrots are tender.

I had no intentions of going out for the ingredients that I didn't have, so here's my version with what I had:
4 frozen boneless chicken thighs, added to 3 cups of boiling water and add the onions.
Cook thoroughly, remove and shred chicken.
Put the oil into a large skillet, add shredded chicken and brown.
Add chicken broth and carrot slices to onion water. Add the browned chicken. I didn't have Italian dressing mix, but I did have ranch mix, {really, it's only spices} so I added half the envelope. Also I like noodles in my soup, so I tossed in a cup of fedelini noodles I had on hand.

And it turned out wonderful with lots of flavor from the dressing mix!

This week I'm joining in at Tracey's blog for "Weekly words to live by"...stop over!

~ Weekly words to live by ~

We often feel grateful for the things that someone has done, but we don’t always express it. And if we don’t express our gratitude, what is the point of feeling it?

Because true gratitude is when you say it, or better still, when you show it. By a token of appreciation, a small pat, and an embrace or a small gift goes a long way in showing that you are really thankful.

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Weekly words to live by...

"Unless each day

can be looked back upon by an individual

as one in which he has had some fun,

some joy, some real satisfaction,

that day is a loss."

photos by Suzy

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Weekly words to live by...

I believe in love and hope,

in jamming out by yourself

in the car.

I believe in having someone tell you that you're beautiful...

dancing in the rain and miracles...

I believe in smiling until

your cheeks hurt

and laughing until you cry.

author unknown

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~ Weekly words to live by ~

Smile at each other, smile at your wife,
smile at your husband,smile at your children,
smile at each other { it doesn't matter who it is } and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other.

-Mother Teresa

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“It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.”

Donald Miller

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And have a good week!

Suzy

~ Weekly words to live by ~

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“You can gain more friends by being yourself than you can by putting up a front. You can gain more friends by building people up than you can by tearing them down. And you can gain more friends by taking a few minutes from each day to do something kind for someone, whether it be a friend or a complete stranger. What a difference one person can make!”

—Sasha Azevedo
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“ Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky his is to have you.... The one who turns to his friends and says, " that's her."
Author Unknown

I found mine 35 years ago!

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Weekly words to live by....

"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose."
MARILYN LOTT

"If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?"
Robert Laberge

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Weekly words to live by.....

*Life is too short to be anything but happy. There comes a time in life when you walk away from all the pointless drama and the people who create it, and just surround yourself with people who make you laugh so hard that you forget the bad and focus on the good. *

* Life is too short to wake up with regrets so love the people who treat you right and forget the ones who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would easy, they just promised it would be worth it *

Enjoy this July 4th and join us over at

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~ Weekly words to live by ~

“Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.”
—Storm Jameson
(1891-1986); author

" Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~

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~ Weekly words to live by

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ”
—Sophia Loren(1934-); actress

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
—Helen Keller(1880-1968); author, lecturer, activist

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Weekly words to live by...

" I suppose real old age begins when one looks backward instead of forward."

Writer May Sarton

" The majority of people feel that they must be doing something all the time. Many who sit all day in an office or clean house or work in a factory think if they sit down at a sidewalk cafe, fold their arms and watch the people go by, they are merely wasting time. They are wrong. In watching people and enjoying life, they may only then be truly alive."

Musician Arthur Rubinstein