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"Inside of your mind there exists a multitude of dreams and possibilities. It only takes one dream to change the world."
- Deborah Mason - 2001
Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
"Failure is the path of least resistence."
"Self is the only prison that can bind the soul."
~ Henry Van Dyke, American Clergyman(1852-1933)
Wisdom/Reflection:
You feed your body, why starve your soul?..
...Read; good books. Notice, Visualize, absorb; the beauty around you. Seek knowledge.
Labeling a person is one of the world's greatest injustices.
"Wishes come a dime a dozen, make your wishes count. Wishes do come true and you might
just get what you wish for." ~ Deborah Mason 2001
I believe in miracles.
Life exacts a price as each moment passes by. What you get in return is up to you.
"Come the Millennium month 12, In the home of the greatest power, The village idiot
will come forth to be acclaimed leader." ~ Nostrodamus 1555
"Without recognizing the ordinances of heaven, it is impossible
to be a superior man." ~ Confucius
"People who are always looking over their shoulder, will most likely run into something."
~ Charles Huffine
"What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others." ~ Confucius
Mankind
differs from the animals only by a little, and most throw that away." ~ confucius
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
~ Confucius
" An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; A wild beast
may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind." ~ Buddha
Never complain about what you permit.
'Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel
that you, too, can become great." ~ Mark Twain ~
"The rich suffer not physically, but suffer in the mind with thought. The poor suffer physically, yet are rich in the
mind. The latter is the lesser of the suffering." ~ Deborah Mason 2001
" You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in
the face. You must do the thing you cannot do." ~ Elenor Roosevelt
This is the "doorway" to my pages.
Enter the goodhearted, kind and curious.
My name is Deborah
and this is my own little inner sanctum. I just wanted to share some of the things in life with others that have made me happy,
so, hence the web site. Here, you will find info on me, various quotes of wisdom & philosophy(mine or someone elses),
poems, God's page, horoscopes, weather, My recipes, calendar events and dates, photos, pet peeves,necessary evils, poems,
Tidbits for you to know and a few more odds and ends.
D's Place will be ever changing and I will add more philosophy, wisdom, photos,and new recipes ever so often.
It is
not my intention to offend anyone by my words or content. If I can brighten someone's day, give good advice,
make someone
smile, or help someone in any way by what
I have on my site, then I have been a success. I hope you enjoy what you
see and read here. Everyone is welcome here.
"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life: define
yourself." ~ Harvey Fierstein
"Prudent people are very happy,'tis an exceeding fine thing, thats certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain
to my day of death the humor of saying what I think". ~ Mary Wartley Montaque
Thought:
There are two sides of the coin pertaining to loneliness. People react to loneliness in one of two ways:(1) something that
makes them suffer and causes pain or (2) to appreciate it and enjoy it. There are two paths you may follow (1) live your life
in loneliness, frustrated and empty or (2) live it in happiness and optimism.
Our times of solitude can be opportunities
to discover our individuality, we learn more about ourselves and to begin to accept ourselves. Our times of silent reflection
can teach us so much if only we would let it. We can find contentment when we find know reason for our lives and understand
who we really are.
My Little Talk space
Welcome 2004
3/21/043
Don't you just hate it when your co-workers come in
with a foul look on their face. I see one every day. Must be a terrible thing to get up, feel and act like one hates
the world every day. Not nice to be rude. God don't like ugly.
I just love to watch people, it provides me with so much understanding and insight. I think watching people is my
favorite hobby. They just don't know how much they give away.
Look around you. There is so much to give to others and take for yourself. Plenty for all. No need to be selfish. ~ Deborah
Mason 2003
Those who hold grudges may find their minds distracted and angry. Let go of the past, live for today and look forward
to the future. Life is too short for anger, grudges, pettiness. ~ Deborah Mason 2003
"The key to happiness lies within you. No material thing or any person can make you happy. Only you. You must love yourself
before being able to love anything else or anyone else." ~ Deborah Mason 2003
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." ~ Proverbs 23:7
"Those who refuse to examine their thoughts, opinions, and actions are damned to live within the prison of their own
ignorance." ~ Rich Petteruti
It is now 2004 a brand new year. Let us make realistic, attainable resolutions and strive to keep them. May this year
be better than the last for you. I know I have made some resolutions and if I remind myself often I can keep them. I will
strive to be a better person in this world of uncertainty. I will let go of the past and look forward to what the future brings
me and try to make the best of everything that comes my way. I know with God by my side I can and will have a happy
life and my needs will be tended to. What resolutions do you have for yourself?
The power of prayer is an awesome thing. If you don't believe it, pray for something and wait for the answer. It might
not come immediately and not in the way you expect but, the answer will come, you just have to be aware and see it. God
works in mysterious ways. Believe!
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. ~ from AEsop's Fables
"He who hears only what he chooses to hear deserves to hear what he hears." ~ Deborah Mason
"It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattle snake bite the
other fellow." ~ Josh Billings
Who are you, what are you, where are you? Be who you want to be. Don't let anyone else try to make you into anything
that they want. Are you who you want to be? Find yourself and live your life your way. After all, It is your life, isn't
it? ` Deborah Mason
"Limitations come from within. It's up to you whether you want to move
forward or stay where you are." ~ Deborah Mason 2001
Procrastination
is the game in which we bury our dreams.
The worst thing is a deceitful friend. Choose yourfriends carefully.
Reputation is what you are in the light, Character
is what you are in the dark. ~ American Proverb
"Be quiet, you can hear more that way." ~ Deborah Mason
"To have deeply loved
someone at least once is something everyone should be lucky enouh to experience." ~ D.Mason
If - A two letter word
for futility.
Do harm to no one, it will come back to you three-fold.
Always put out what you want to come back
to you. We and everthing are all connected in some way in this universe.
Great hopes make great men.
"I am a master of all situations and a slave to no one. Once I decide where to go, I never look back."
~
Deborah Mason 2001
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friend
"The Lord gave us two ends-one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which end we use the most."
~ Ann Landers
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"He who lives without dicipline is exposed to grievous ruin."
"Children, listen to your parents, they were your age long ago and they know of what they speak. Do as they say and not
as they did." ~ Deborah Mason
Community Challenge
Encouragement for children and teens section:
"To discipline and reprimand a child produces
wisdom, but a mother is disgraced by an un-
disciplined child."
~ Proverbs 29:15
A child is a gift from God to be loved, cherished, cared for, nourished and encouraged.
Encouragement given to our
young now, could mean the beginning of their future.-Deborah Mason 2001
Be a mentor for a child who only has one parent and that parent has to work late.
Be a mentor for latchkey kids
in need.
check with your local schools.
Ideas for spending time with a child:
Take
a child to:
The movies, ball games, bowling, out to dinner,museums,
parks, fishing, swimming, camping,
hiking, share your talents with them(cooking, baking, drawing, computer, foreign language, collecting, sewing,math, history,
gardening, etc.), zoos, library.
Think about it.
Take a young person to a job fair.
Invite a child or teen to your place of work.
Show and tell them what is out there for them, offer encouragement
for their future. Help them. Helping your child should be a never ending thing, even after they grow up and leave home to
be on their own. Know the difference between helping, offering, and giving advice, knowledge, wisdom and trying to run their
lives. There is a huge difference there.
Ideas for parents (if you have latch key kids)
During the time kids are alone:
1. Keep a list of emergency numbers by the phone.
2. Emphasize locking the doors.
3. Do homework during this time(you can check it later).
4. List a few chores
to be done inside at this time.
5. Have a list of projects or fun things to do on the fridge.
6. Make a habit of calling
to check on them during their time alone.
7. Emphasize often "Do not open the door for anyone".
8. Emphasize "not
talking on the phone" to anyone they don't know. Tell them not to let anyone know they are home alone. You only can tell a
trusted family member or trusted neighbor to keep watch on the house.
9. Get an answering machine so they can moniter callers and won't have to answer the
phone unless they know who it is.
10. Leave ready made sandwiches and snacks for them, so they won't try to cook anything.
11. If there is a computer in the house(on-line) and they know how to use it, put blocks on inappropriate channels(chat
rooms,etc.) at least until you get home.
12. Install a peephole in the front and back doors if they are solid doors.
13. Hang curtains on doors that have glass panes in them so strangers can't see inside.
14. Have a list of all emergency, family , and neighbors numbers
by each phone.
Remember when the sun goes down, where are your children? Where did they tell you they would be? Where do you think they are?
It does not hurt to check to give one peace of mind. Our children are the most valuable thing we have.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent
"Find and be at peace with yourself. Anxiety wrecks the mind and soul." ~ Deborah Mason
Community Fund raising:
Ideas to raise money for schools, churches, charities, clubs, etc.
1. Bake sale - Have everyone possible of your group, friends or committee to bake
most popular items and donate them to the cause.
Popular items: Cakes, pies, brownies, muffins, tarts, fruit filled thumb-print
cookies, raisin bread, cupcakes.
2. Car wash - Get a business in the community to let you use a little corner of their
lot or(if you can) use the church or school parking lot. Everybody likes a clean car and most would rather someone else do
it.
3. When you have your spring or Fall festival get an area beautician or barber to donate some of their time to
give trims and shape-ups at the events.
4. Handmade items such as colorful pot holders, embroidered dish or hand towels
are good selling items.
5. Have a homemade stew sale, cook it at the site of the fund-raising need.
6. Have
hand made items such as a quilt or crocheted afghan or wooden hand made items to auction or raffle off.
7. Ask your
local fire dept. would they bring the fire truck to your bizzare, fall festival, charity raising etc, and take childrens pictures
sitting in the fire truck or standing by it with the fire helmet on for a price(perhaps $.50 to $1.00).
8. Have people
you know or put a poster up prior to the event to have their unwanted or used books donated to the fund raiser and put a modest
price on them. People who like to read will buy them.
9. A fund raising dance.
10. Assign a room or booth
for people to have a face make-over or to have their nails filed, buffed and polished.
11. If the weather is hot,
make sure you have plenty of lemon-ade for sale. People love lemon-ade.
12. Have local artist bring their creations
in to set up in a room to be viewed. Good publicity for them and you could charge a small fee for entrance. The local artists
might sell a few pieces there too.
13. Have a hotdog or pie eating contest. $ to enter.
14. Have a judging
contest. Each person entering their craft, food or art pay a $ or two entry fee. Have your ribbons ready.
15. Have
a fortune telling spot set up and charge a small fee for this entertainment.
16. Have a "Helium Balloon" booth set up. Have paper and pencils available for people
to put messages in balloons, then blow them up with the helium and turn them loose to see how far they will travel.
17. Sell fragrant candles. Almost everyone likes candles for the home.
More to come later.
Fish Tank Ideas:
1. When deep cleaning a tank, cleaning and removing the little
gravel or little rocks can be a lot of work. Remove all little gravel and replace with River stones, clear colored marbles
or white rocks. Looks prettier.
2. Having trouble keeping your live or artificial plants grounded? Tie a heavy fishing sinker
to the bottom of the plant with fishing line, then put your rocks, stones or marbles around the bottom and it will stay put.
3. Having trouble with algae? Snails will do the trick. I have 7 snails in my tank.
Also, keep your tank out of direct light. If you have it in front
of a window. Move it.
4. Do not over feed your fish. Do not put any more food in the tank than your fish can consume in 5 minutes.
Extra food or over feeding will make your tank water dark and murky. Doesn't do the fish much good either.
Please don't litter our beautiful land. Carry your trash home. It's not as far or heavy to carry considering some "other
loads" that you have.-Deborah Mason 2001
Favorite sayings, anecdotes, quotes:
1. Coward,n: One who in a perilous emergency thinks
with his legs.-The Devils Dictionary-
2. I will
permit no man to narrow and degrade my
soul by making me hate him".
-Booker T. Washington-
3. The very powerful and the very stupid have one
thing in common.Instead of altering their
views to fit the facts,they alter the facts to
fit their views..which can be very uncomfort-
able
if you are one of the facts that need
altering. -Doctor Who "Face of Evil"
4. Wise men
learn more from fools than fools from
the wise..-Cato the Elder-
5. Beauty in things exists in the
mind Which con-
template them.
6. Tis not the strongest of species that survive,
nor the
most intelligent, but the one most re-
sponsive to change.-Charles Darwin-
"Do not accept who you are unless that is who you want to be." ~ Uknown
To constantly dwell upon the past is a waste of time. The past is gone and cannot be changed. To dwell upon the future is
not good either, for the future has not arrived yet. Dwell upon today(the present), do all you can do, do right, be kind,
be patient, be mindful and the future will be taken care of. However "Hope" gives us something for the future to
bring.
~ Deborah Mason 2001 ~
Pet Peeves:
1. Terrorists(Foreign or domestic)!!!!
2. Child Abuse
3. Spousal Abuse
4. People who lie.
5. People who try to be controlling.
6. Companies that
lose your monthly payment and send you a late notice.
7. Making an appt. at a certain time at the doctor's office,but
they never call you in at that time.
8. People who call my house when they know I am asleep.
9. Telemarketers.
10.
Nosey People.
11. Predjudice, Judgemental Folks.
12. Bossy Folks
13. Those obsessed with outer beauty.
14.
"Truth in Advertizing", yeah, right!
15. Litter Bugs.
16. Self-serving people(whatever the case may be).
17. Whiners.
Don't like something? Try to change it.
18. Hypocrits.
19. Sneaky, gutless folks(those who think they have a problem
with you and talk about it behind your back and create hurt feelings then want to smile in your face.)
20. Labels - I
do not like labels put upon people. I don't like them put upon me( who really, really knows me well enough to put a label
on me?) I try my best not to put a label on anyone else. By the way, there is a difference in labels and facts.
21. Perfectionism
- No one is perfect, why nit-pick? All we can do is our best at whatever.
22. People who cheat other people(especially
with money).
23. Gossipy Folks
24. People who choose not to care.
THOUGHT:
One of the secrets of life seems to involve resistance.
The more we accept life as it is..the happier
we will be.
Conversely, the more we resist "what is", the more burdened we become. There is evidence of this
everywhere we look. If we demand that life be different, some how better, we are in for a long journey. Yet, when we go "with
the flow", accept life as it is, the ride is an awesome adventure.
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