These are memoirs of Sharon Richter. Quotes and and items found that she loved. Memories from family and friends.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Even if a mother has already made one of the most definitive decisions of her life--"I have had my last child" -- and is happy with her resolve, she senses that a momentous period in her life is about to close: "My time will be freer as the children grow older, and though the prospect is exciting, I wonder if I'll find something important enough to replace them?"

Success

"To laugh often and love much: to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived -- this is to have succeeded."
As Sandor McNab, the Scottish philosopher said:  "Delight in being, yourself, and when you come to die, you won't be ashamed of having been too timid to live."

On Reading

Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence.  If you gain 15 minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.  -- Horace Mann

On Reading

When I read a good book I wish that life were three thousand years long. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

On Fishing

What is the philosophy behind fishing?  It can be only one thing - the enjoyment of getting outdoors, of drinking in as much of nature as possible, and of realizing that because we are able to do these things and enjoy them to the utmost, we are among the most favored of all peoples and that no one, nowhere and nohow, has any more of this old world to enjoy than we do.  Lou Klewer is outdoors editor of The Blade.

On Fishing

Yes, to me fishing is more than catching a big fish.  It's time spent with a good friend in pleasant conversation.  It's time spent with God and being thankful to Him for letting me be a small part of His creation.  having been witness to many colorful sunrises, I look forward to each new day - in the hope that I can go fishing.  Jack Ackerman - The Blade.