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stagefree
stagefree Member Posts: 360
edited April 2017 in Stage IV/Metastatic Breast Cancer ONLY

Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles...it takes away today's peace..

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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  • Rakovina
    Rakovina Member Posts: 51
    edited January 2014

    My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style.

    Maya Angelou

  • moderators
    moderators Posts: 8,633
    edited January 2014

    Great thread! Keep it going!

  • chris1959
    chris1959 Member Posts: 60
    edited January 2014

    those are wonderful .I like this thread thank you ebru

  • Nel
    Nel Member Posts: 597
    edited January 2014

    Yes

  • Romansma
    Romansma Member Posts: 650
    edited January 2014

    I like it, Ebru.  Thank you for starting this.  I was just on Facebook and there is a 2013 in review thingy that brings up your 20 biggest moments.  Thought I'd share a quote from one of mine about 7 months before I was diagnosed Stage IV, "Clear PET! And that doesn't mean my dog is blemish free!" Shocked

  • chele
    chele Member Posts: 132
    edited January 2014

    Great quote!

  • pajim
    pajim Member Posts: 930
    edited January 2014

    “But we can't go back. We can only go forward.” -- Libba Bray

     

  • tina2
    tina2 Member Posts: 758
    edited January 2014

    "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints."  Billy Joel

  • benjnate
    benjnate Member Posts: 105
    edited January 2014

    As simplistic as this one is, it seems to go through my head at least once a day:

    "It is what it is.  But how you choose to handle it is up to you".

  • jocanuck1951
    jocanuck1951 Member Posts: 214
    edited January 2014

    One step backwards only means you're doing the cha cha...

    This is great Ebru!

    Jo

  • Moiralf
    Moiralf Member Posts: 119
    edited January 2014

    Love your quote Ebru.  It's one I  use in my head all the time. Helps remind me to not go looking for trouble.

    Moira

  • Karen2012
    Karen2012 Member Posts: 75
    edited January 2014

    Thanks Ebru, I've had a rough month, really needed that quote today. Going to put it on my bathroom mirror to remind myself each day. 

    P.S. I like your new picture!

    Hugs, Karen

  • Australia
    Australia Member Posts: 128
    edited January 2014

    My husband is the conductor and I'm the whole damn orchestra!- Gail

  • redwolf8812
    redwolf8812 Member Posts: 580
    edited January 2014

    Instead of asking, "why me?", ask, "why NOT me?"

    I forget who said it. 

    - Penny

  • AmyQ
    AmyQ Member Posts: 821
    edited January 2014

    People will forget what you said, forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.  Another pearl from Maya Angelou.

    Thank you Ebru for this wonderful thread.

  • justjudie
    justjudie Member Posts: 196
    edited January 2014

    l love your quote, Ebru,  and it is very true,    Also love Tina's quote from Billy Joel.  I am definitely there with that one!    

    Karen, you sure have had the worst  month ever!  You should have a worst month EVER costume,

    I would definitely vote for you.   

  • MarshaMay
    MarshaMay Member Posts: 14
    edited January 2014

    thanks for this wonderful thread.  It's my favorite 

    May we dwell in the heart.

    May we be free from suffering.

    May we be healed wherever healing is called for.

    May we be at peace. 

  • dmacw
    dmacw Member Posts: 64
    edited January 2014

    OMG wonderful topic.  It came at a perfect time for me. 

    "

    "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt

  • pajim
    pajim Member Posts: 930
    edited January 2014

    dmcaw -- YES!!  I'm going to [try to] remember to take that one to heart.

  • PattyPeppermint
    PattyPeppermint Member Posts: 8,950
    edited January 2014

    I love this thread. I am making a big poster board with ALOT of these quotes to hang next to my bathroom mirror.  Thanks all. 

  • lilylady
    lilylady Member Posts: 478
    edited January 2014

    I saw this on my new calendar and the more I thought about it the more it meant

    "You can't lead a cavalry charge if you are afraid of looking stupid on a horse"

  • Kandy
    Kandy Member Posts: 424
    edited January 2014

    Here is my favorite, I have this on a wall and read it everyday. It helps me to try to make something special happen  everyday that others will remember. 

    " We don't remember the days, we remember the moments"

  • Bonitaj
    Bonitaj Member Posts: 20
    edited January 2014

    I Love, Love , Love this..!! Thank you, stagefree. Bj

    Here is a Fav of mine..

    Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

     It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

    Therefore, trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility.

    Khalil Gibran

  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 360
    edited January 2014

    Wow.. These are all so awesome!!! I am so happy to read them over & over again.

    Karen, I hope the rough month is already over.. Thinking of you. Btw the pic's great because of my happiness being with a BCO sis when it was taken 😍, Sueopp!!

    Tina, I felt the rock n roll spirit behind that cute avatar of yours! Billy Joel rocks!

    Gail, orchestra??? 😳

    Ha ha, indeed!!

    Dmacw, I'll keep this one handy these days for sure.. Battling the parent squad of DS' school 👍

    Rakovina, Lillylady, MarshaMay, Bon_, Bonitaj & Benjnate, definitely! So much inspiration from each BCO sister & mods in trying to do so..

    Romansma, ooops.. 😁 I rejected Facebook's offer of that, thinking of Pajim's quote..  Maybe just one step back as Jo suggests 💃..

    Penny, I love that one as well, helped lots at dx. 

    Kandy & AmyQ, it is perfect to know by heart I am here at BCO at the right moment with my sisters who make me feel .. Well you know 😂

    Hugs & love

    Ebru

  • Brendatrue
    Brendatrue Member Posts: 487
    edited January 2014

    "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...." Jimmy Buffett Winking

  • Rosevalley
    Rosevalley Member Posts: 1,664
    edited January 2014

    We have a little piece of calligraphy framed in our hallway... one of my favorites:

    "Yesterday is gone... Tomorrow is a Mystery... Today is a gift... That's why it's called the Present "


    My other piece of calligraphy hanging near my chair and near to my heart is:

    CHANGE Is just the way things are

  • Loveforlife
    Loveforlife Member Posts: 67
    edited January 2014

    Love all the quotes! Thanks for starting this thread, Ebru!

    Here's one of my favorites from Rumi:

    “Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”  

  • stagefree
    stagefree Member Posts: 360
    edited January 2014

    Cindi (Rosevalley) wow best word trick İ've seen so far! Thank you. 

    Loveforlife, every word of shelves of books by Rumi is precious for me. Thanks. 

    Hugs

    Ebru

  • dmacw
    dmacw Member Posts: 64
    edited January 2014

    Brenda another Jimmy Buffett

    "

    I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead"

  • divinemrsm
    divinemrsm Member Posts: 6,614
    edited January 2014

    "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was, within me, an invincible summer."

    Photo: "In the depths of winter, I finally learned that there was, within me, an invincible summer."

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