Small

Even a small star shines in the darkness.
- Finnish proverb

Tea

I drink tea and forget the world's noises.
- apparently a Chinese saying

Questions

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”
- Dr Seuss

Mindfulness

By your own efforts
waken yourself,
watch yourself,
and live joyfully.
- Buddha

Sailing

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
- Louisa May Alcott

Favourite words list

Playing along with '52 Lists', with Pip and everyone at meetmeatmikes.
This was a fun one!  Could have gone on forever...

Important love

Don't forget to love yourself.
- Soren Kierkegaard

Love

Keep love in your heart.
- Oscar Wilde

Just...feeling...grateful

If the only prayer you ever said in your life was 'thank you', that would be sufficient.
- Meister Eckhart

Mummies are strong

 "It's a Mummy pig, so it's a strong pig."
- Bean (referring to the pig she had just asked me to draw, so she could paint it)

Perfect timing.  I just love, how after a tiring couple of days when I feel like I have no energy or patience & that my parenting has been laziness personified... the Bean comes out with this one.  I'm in love Bean.  You rock!  And now I feel strong.  Hooray!

Rejoicing

Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are.  When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.
- Lao Tzu

Would like to remember this

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. 
- Confucius

Falling over

Whenever you fall, pick something up.
- Oswald Avery

Gratitude

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.  
- Author Unknown

Pretty excited

Life becomes precious and more special to us when we look for the little everyday miracles and get excited about the privileges of simply being human.

- Tim Hansel

Lessons

While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.
- Angela Schwindt

Tonight

Bed + wheat bag + book + early = yay!

No fail

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- Bill Cosby

Wot dat? Wot dat?

A child can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer.  

- Author unknown

Am I? Have I?

“Am I sleeping? Have I slept at all? This is insomnia.”

- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club