"Eleven Hints for Life"

1. It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return.But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

2. A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and you just have to let go.

3. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

4. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

5. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone-but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

6. Don't go for looks, they can deceive. Don't go for wealth,even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

7. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go,

be what you want to be. Because you have only one life andone chance to do all the things you want to do.

8. Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that ithurts you, it probably hurts the person too.

9. A careless word may kindle strife. A cruel word may wrecka life. A timely word may level stress. But a loving word may heal and bless.

10. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the bestof everything they just make the most of everything that comesalong their way.

11. Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, ends witha tear. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die,you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

Quote for today...

You say you love your children,

And are concerned they learn today?So am I; 
that's why I'm providing A variety of kinds of play.

You're asking me the value

Of blocks and other such play?

Your children are solving problems.

They will use that skill everyday.

You're asking what's the value

Of having your children play?

Your daughter's creating a tower.

She may be a builder someday.

You're saying you don't want your son

To play in that "sissy" way?

He's learning to cuddle a doll.

He may be a father someday.

You're questioning the learning centers;

They just look like useless play?

Your children are making choices;

They'll be on their own someday.

You're worried your children aren't learning,

and later they'll pay?

They're learning a pattern for learning,

For they will be learners always.

---Leila P. Fagg---