Hello there! Won’t you come join the quote train? It’s day two. Choo Choo!!!
You can read yesterday’s quote here. It’s a good one, quoting the brilliant Dr. Seuss.
If you would like to join us, here’s what you do. Over the next three weeks, add three quotes spread out over three days and be sure to have fun doing it. That’s what we’re all about here. If I call out your name below, it’s because I think you’ll enjoy sharing your own favorite quotes. NO pressure. In fact, you can forget I even mentioned it. It’s fun though and you never know who you’ll inspire with a clever, witty, creative, or mind-bending quote.
I’m jumping on the coattails of Pauline of the Contented Crafter. You can read Pauline’s clever quotes here, here and here.
You can quote me on this…
Today’s quote is from one of the “greatest practitioners of nonviolence,” Mohandas Gandhi.
Tag, you’re it (but only if you want to):
Petals at Boomdeeadda
Sheryl at Flowery Prose
Cathy at Words and Herbs (she’s on a wee break right now…Cathy, perhaps when you come back?) xox
Awwww, wonderful!
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Thank you, Cindy! I can’t imagine a world without animals. They make my heart sing.
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That is one of my favorite quotes. It affects me in the most profound ways you can’t begin to image. I read a lot of quotes everyday but this one always stops me in my tracks. Thank you for sharing it again.
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I’m not the least bit surprised, Marlene. You have a caring heart and you’re always looking out for the underdog…or cat.
I have the wonderful honor of sharing the same birth date with Gandhi: October 2nd. He was born in 1869 and I was born in 1959. It would have been wonderful to meet him.
I’m so glad you enjoyed this quote.
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My son shares his birthday with both of you. 🙂
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Another shared birthday! Love that.
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We lived in India when he was little and he got so much fuss on his birthday because of the connection to Gandhi.
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Oh my gosh, what fun for him. That must have been special indeed.
My dad was a British horticulturist who also lived in India for some time. He loved it there. He served as a translator during the second world war before returning to England, then moving to Canada where he met our mom.
You’ve lived a rich life!
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Oh how exciting. Have you ever tried to trace your father’s life in India with the thought of making a visit. Depending on where he worked in India there could still be people who remember him.
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What an amazing thought, but no, it never occurred to me. He left us with a few wonderful scrapbooks/photo albums of this time there. I have more questions then answers. He died very young (only 54) and would be 97 today if he lived. I’ll have to put together another blog post on his time there. He lived in Darjeeling on a tea plantation. Wouldn’t that be something?
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Very definitely worth investigating if you feel up to it. 🙂
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You’ve had me thinking about this today. I found an address in one of my dad’s books (a gardening book of course) and I’ve been meaning to look it up. Food for thought. 🙂
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Excellent. 🙂
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Amen to that! xo Johanna
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Love to you and Charley. xox
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Somehow I am not surprised to see you share your birthday with Gandhi, even though 90 years apart one can see similar traits and prediclictions – the wonderful intention to bring balance into the world through gentleness and kindness and love. That is a sterling quote and needs to be pinned to the doorway of all homes. xoxo
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(((Pauline))) What a lovely and loving thing to say. Thank you. I do like the idea of a kind and gentle world and refuse to give up hope that we can get there.
Do you remember seeing the brief footage of Gandhi at the loom at the Textile Museum in DC? It held my attention for several minutes, even though the clip itself is only 14 seconds long.
I review so many memories from that trip, hoping to keep them as fresh and alive as possible. So many joyful, funny, inspired moments. xox
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My cats would all agree with Gandhi!
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Smart cats!
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Such a wonderful quote. X x x
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🙂 I’m glad it resonated with you.
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That’s awesome Alys. Well done!!
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Thank you!
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