Winning Words 3/24/09
“Happiness is a decision.” (Michael J. Fox) On Sunday someone handed me this quote from the Ladies Home Journal. Michael has been living with Parkinson’s disease and has dedicated himself to helping find a cure. He could have gone into seclusion and felt sorry for himself, but he made a decision to do something positive. Opportunities to make a difference are presented to each of us every day. Every day is decision day. ;-) Jack

FROM L.K. IN OHIO: AMEN FROM JACK: I like the song, AMEN; in fact, I'm humming it right now!

FROM GOOD DEBT JON IN OHIO: Alex P. Keaton is a brave man. This excellent quote likely a child of Martha Washington's words: "Happiness depends on your disposition, not your circumstances."

FROM FOXY ROXY: How true. I love it!

FROM JACK: (More on the subject of deciding)...."The first step to getting the things you want is to decide what you want." (Ben Stein)

FROM CJL IN OHIO: Just like LOVE and just about every response we give to stimulii...

FROM JDR IN CA: Peace starts with a smile FROM JACK: Yes, to smile is a decision.

FROM MOLINER C.F.: Decisions are like diapers. They need changing once in a while. MORE FROM C.F.: Is that your final decision? AND MORE FROM C.F.: Indecision is the thief of time

FROM MOLINER G.S.: AMEN. Another way of saying happiness is a choice.

FROM PR J.S. IN MI: Was happiness a decision for the people in Nagasaki when the atomic bombs were dropped? FROM JACK: Harry Truman had to decide between two evils. He did not shirk. "The buck stops here." War is hell.

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: "If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours." Thoreau. I believe the same.

FROM JACK: Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open."
--John Barrymore,

FROM J.O. IN MI: Michael sounds like an optimist...

FROM A.W. IN ILLINOIS: the origin of this quote, I believe, is from a health institute in Kansas. Nevertheless...the truth is eternal. Seems I heard that Abraham LIncoln also said something similar.(maybe that is Illinois propaganda).