The Daffodil Principle

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come
to see the daffodils before they are over." ?I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead "I will come next Tuesday", I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.

Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there. When I finally walked into Carolyn's house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children. I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.

"Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The road is i nvisible in these clouds and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these children that I want to see badly enough to drive another inch!"

My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this all the time, Mother." ?"Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears, and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.

"But first we're going to see the daffodils. It's just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used to this." ?

"Carolyn," I said sternly, "please turn around." "It's all right, Mother, I promise. You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church, I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read, "Daffodil Garden." ?We got out of the car, each took a child's hand, and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most glorious sight.



It looked as though someone had taken a g reat vat of gold and poured it over the mountain peak and its surrounding slopes. The flowers were planted in majestic, swirling patterns, great ribbons and swaths of deep orange, creamy white, lemon yellow, salmon pink, and saffron and butter yellow. Each different-colored variety was planted in large groups so that it swirled and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue. There were five acres of flowers.

"Who did this?" I asked Carolyn. ?"Just one woman," Carolyn answered. "She lives on the property. That's her home." Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house, small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory. We walked up to the house.

On the patio, we saw a poster. "Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking", was the headline. The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read. The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain." The third answer was, "Began in 1958."

For me, that moment was a life-changing experience. I thought of this woman whom I had never met, who, more than forty years before, had begun, one bulb at a time, to bring her vision of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop. Planting one bulb at a time, year after year, this unknown woman had forever changed the world in which she lived. One day at a time, she had created something of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration. The principle her daffodil garden taught is one of the
greatest principles of celebration.



That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time--often just one baby-step at time--and learning to lo ve the doing, learning to use the accumulation of time. When we multiply tiny pieces of time with small increments of daily effort, we too will find we can accomplish magnificent things. We can change the world ...

"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn. "What might I have accomplished if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five or forty years ago and had worked away at it 'one bulb at a time' through all those years? Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

My daughter summed up the message of the day in her usual direct way. "Start tomorrow," she said.

She was right. It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays. The way to make learning a lesson of celebration instead of a cause for regret is to only ask, "How can I put this to use today?"

Use the Daffodil Principle. Stop waiting.....

Until your car or home is paid off
Until you get a new car or home
Until your kids leave the house
Until you go back to school
Until you finish school
Until you clean the house
Until you organize the garage
Until you clean off your desk
Until you lose 10 lbs.
Until you gain 10 lbs.
Until you get married
Until you get a divorce
Until you have kids
Until the kids go to school
Until you retire
Until summer
Until spring
Until winter
Until fall
Until you die...

There is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So work like you don't need money.
Love like you've never been hurt, and, Dance like no one's watching.

Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

Just c if u r in love?

Find a guy, who calls you beautiful instead of hot.

Who calls you back when you hang up on him.

Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep.

Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead.

Who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats.

Who holds your hand in front of his friends.

Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he
cares about you and how lucky he is to have you.

Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says, "...that's
her."

c what i mean?

PEACE!

Top reasons why ladies today are still single??

1. The nice men are ugly.

2. The handsome men are not nice.

3. The handsome and nice men are gay.

4. The handsome, nice and heterosexual men are married.

5. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men, have No money.

6. The men who are not so handsome, but are nice men with money think we
are only after their money.

7. The handsome men without money are after our money.

8. The handsome men, who are not so nice and somewhat heterosexual, don't
think we are beautiful enough.

9. The men who think we are beautiful, that are heterosexual, somewhat nice
and have money, are cowards.

10. The men who are somewhat handsome, somewhat nice and have some money
and thank God are heterosexual, are shy and NEVER MAKE THE FIRST MOVE!!!!

11. The men who never make the first move automatically lose interest in us
when we take the initiative.




NOW, WHO THE HELL UNDERSTANDS MEN?


"Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job
to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something
you'd like to have dinner with."

walk Away

i guess i gotta live my life from day to day
hoping maybe you'll come back
and though i tell myself not to be afraid
to move on but it seems i cant
no other man has given me attention
it aint the same as your affection
though i know i should be content
in the back of my mind i cant help but question

will he kiss me on the forehead (before we play)
show on my doorstep (with a bouquet)
will he call me in the middle of the day (just to say)
baby i love you (like you used too)

i cant explain this feeling
i think about it everyday
and even though we've moved on
it gets so hard to walk away
(I'm gonna remember you, you gonna remember me)
walk away, walk away
(I'm gonna remember you, you gonna remember me)
walk away
(i cant forget it how we use to be)

so hard to express this feeling
cause nobody compares to you (to you)
and you know she'll never love you like i do

PEACE

How To Make A Woman Happy :)

It's not difficult to make a woman
happy. A man only needs to be:

1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
14. a sexologist
15. a gynaecologist
16. a psychologist
17. a pest exterminator
18. a psychiatrist
19. a healer
20. a good listener
21. an organizer
22. a good father
23. very clean
24. sympathetic
25. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
44. compassionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
45. give her compliments regularly
46. love shopping
47. be honest
48. be very rich
49. not stress her out
50. not look at other girls
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
51. give her lots of attention, but
expect little yourself
52. give her lots of time, especially
time for herself
53. give her lots of space, never
worrying about where she goes
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
54. Never to forget:
* birthdays
* anniversaries
* arrangements she makes



HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY
1. Show up naked
2. Bring food

poem from my heart... (Letting Go...)

Though I love you so much,
I want you to know
though you mean everything to me,
I'm learning to let go.

My feelings for you will never change,
they just won't always seem as strong.
But things stopped working out long ago,
that's when everything went wrong.

How could I let this happen,
knowing what we shared couldn't last?
Please don't let me become part
of your unremembered past.

I remembered how happy we were,
when we were boyfriend n girlfriend,
but it was so long ago
when those days came to an end.

I can't even remember how it felt,
being so far apart.
This seperates us even more,
the distance tormenting my broken heart.

I've decided that i'll try,
try to find another.
But the feelings I had for you,
I'll never feel for any other.

There will always be a place in my heart,
holding on to memories of this-
the sweetest day I'll know,
the ones I'll always miss.

These broken-hearted feelings,
are something I wished never to know,
but I'm feeling them now,
'cause I love you and I'm letting you go....

soMethiN tO beLieve in..

Juz sOmethin i'd Like to ShAre..

So much lurff


1. No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.


2. Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.


3. A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart. (I'm thankful to have such beautiful friends!)


4. The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them
knowing you can't have them.


5. Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.


6. To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.


7. Don't waste your time on a man/woman, who isn't willing to waste their time on you.


8. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the person, we will know how to be grateful.


9. Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened.


10. There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.


11. Make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you.


12. Don't try so hard, the best things come when you least expect them to.


REMEMBER: WHATEVER HAPPENS, HAPPENS FOR A REASON!!

*tO aLL my LoveD onEs & FrNz..u Got Me!anD thaNx foR aLwaYs beiNg by My siDe...*

PEACE