Master's Musings

Some gems from the Master:

Dad, do you think there is an anti-matter parallel universe?

(referring to a cartoon) They really have inaccurate theories; bullets don't blow up.

Mom, can you fix me something to devour?

Master Munchkin, age 8

Men of Reason

Personally, I am a morning person. I love to get up before the rest of the household and have some uninterrupted time to myself. Right now I am sipping coffee and listening to the crickets, not the birds, chirp.

My husband, on the other hand, is not a morning person. I thought I'd honor him with a few choice quotes:

I'd like mornings better if they started later. ~Author Unknown

I have a "carpe diem" mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet. ~Joanne Sherman

Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ~Ambrose Bierce

Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious. ~William Feather

The best thing about morning is that it's over by noon.

Morning amnesia: nature's way to keep you from waking up screaming.

How about you? Are you a morning person? Or do these quotes ring true for you too? :)

2 Quotes and a Joke

Here are two quotes I wanted to remember and a joke I couldn't forget.

"Do not marry the person you think you can live with. Marry the person you can not live without."

"We are saved by faith alone, but faith that saves is not alone."

And now, on a totally different note:
What has 4 legs and 1 arm?

A happy pitbull.

I know, I know, it's bad. Sorry!

Overheard

Master Munchkin's cello teacher: Have you ever heard the expression, 'Less is more'?

Master Munchkin: No. But I doubt it's true.



Me: Do you want to make Baked Oatmeal? It contains oats, brown sugar, eggs, milk, cinnamon, and baking powder.

Miss Munchkin: You had me at 'sugar'.

Gently

Gently, originally uploaded by MrsMama.

“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” Rainer Maria Rilke

Blooming Color

Blooming Color, originally uploaded by MrsMama.

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

Anyone else ready for Spring?!

Quote

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
-- Somerset Maugham

Instinctive Fears

"All of us are born with a set of instinctive fears--of falling, of the dark, of lobsters, of falling on lobsters in the dark, or speaking before a Rotary Club, and of the words "Some Assembly Required."
---- Dave Barry

I don't have a lot of phobias, but the one I do have wasn't on this extensive list: A list of Phobias

I was happy to discover that there are a lot of things that I am not afraid of! Like otters. And beards.

Do you have a phobia? Not just a general dislike of something, but is there something that really frightens you?

Tricksy

I saw a quote recently that tickled me.

"I have to exercise first thing in the morning - before my brain can figure out what I'm up to."

Were It Not for Hope

"Were it not for hope, the heart would break". - Scottish Proverb

Pessimist

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Helen Keller

Still Determined

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington
US wife of George Washington 1759 (1732 - 1802)

This is something with which I often struggle. Especially, I think, as a woman, it's easy to get caught up in feelings and emotions and to ignore what we know to be true. I also think that certain circumstances are just miserable, no matter what your disposition. Like pain. If you need some hope, check out Suffering.net. The stories and insights there are uplifting and inspiring.

Count Up Past Mercies

Gratitude is born in hearts that take time to count up past mercies.
Charles Jefferson

Something of the Marvelous

Something of the Marvelous, originally uploaded by MrsMama.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Aristotle

To a Worthy Purpose

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Hellen Keller

Three Things Come Not Back

Remember three things come not back:
The arrow sent upon its track
It will not swerve, it will not stay
Its speed: it flies to wound or slay.

The spoken word, so soon forgot
By thee; but it has perished not;
In other hearts ‘tis living still
And doing work for good or ill.

And the lost opportunity
That cometh back no more to thee
In vain thou weep’st, in vain dost yearn
These three shall never more return.

If Your Lips

This is a wonderful poem to teach your children. (I need to memorize it as well! See Open Mouth, Insert Foot)

If your lips would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:

Of whom you speak, to whom you speak
And how, and when, and where.

Only Joy

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Helen Keller

Perhaps

If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world.

C. S. Lewis Mere Christianity

Greatest of All Mistakes

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.

- Sydney Smith, writer and clergyman (1771-1845)