“Everything we do for children is worthwhile.  They do notice us and watch us like hawks when we may not be looking, absorbing at many levels the things we do, how we relate to others, what we think & say  – they may be  shy about saying thanks for that which they believe is just life but everything we do for them is significant at one level or another “~Francesca Becker~

 

 

“It is very dangerous to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself prevented from becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from God. One must follow it.” Soren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855

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It is very exciting to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself activated into becoming realities. A possibility is a hint from the Cosmic. One is drawn to follow it.” Fran Becker – Artist 1942 –

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you you  are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map  out a  course of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same courage which a soldier needs.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

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“Whatever you do, you need hopeful optimism. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to encourage you in the correct way of your decision. There are always doorways that open which invite   you to believe that your supporters are right about you. To create a plan of action and follow it to the end, requires some of the same positive spirit that mothering exemplifies.” – Fran Becker

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you help them to become what they are capable of being.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe –

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Relate to people as their “essence”, and you assist in freeing them up to be who they truly are with genuine confidence and tactful honesty. ~Francesca Cougargang von Low~

“I’m not happy, I’m cheerful. There’s a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them.” – Beverly Sills –

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“I’m happy, I may not always be particularly cheerful. There’s a difference. A happy woman has cares and knows that dealing with them in the NOW is part of that happiness. A cheerful woman may be living in denial and presents a ‘front’ for the benefit of self &others. – Fran Becker

To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have. ~Ken Keyes Jr.~ (1921-1995, American Author)

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To be grateful for what you do have opens a doorway for that which is yet to come! – Fran Becker, Sr (1942 – 20–. Canadian Artist)

Just because everything’s different doesn’t mean anything’s changed. ~Irene Porter~

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When you remove the veil, things are different even though outwardly everything remains the same. – Bob Becker,(1935 – __Spiritual Engineer)

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.- Francis Bacon (1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Rosicrucian, Statesman)

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They are great discoverers who know that there is land even when all that  is visible is the sea.- Frances Becker  (1942- _, Canadian Philosophy student, Rosicrucian, mother)

I once had a garden of flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do. – Author Unknown

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I presently have a beautiful garden of good thoughts that grow on their own because I have decided to let them be their own outcome! – Author somewhat known to some and possibly unknown to others!

Many people have the wrong idea about what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ~Helen Keller~ (1880-1968, American Blind/Deaf Author, Lecturer)

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To have peaceful thoughts about happiness is just to ‘decide’ that happiness exists within one’s being and thereafter these thoughts and feelings will motivate one in the  correct path of love, life and service commensurate with one’s soul purpose. Fran Becker  (1942 – 20**, Canadian  Artist and spiritual agitator)

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability. ~Marcus T. Cicero~(c. 106-43 BC, Great Roman Orator, Politician)

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Everyone can make use of their power and when they do, they revel in their unlimited ability and limitless love. – Fran Becker (c.1942 -2001 A.D., Great Canadian requoter, a-political armchair revolutionary)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle (BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher)

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We become that which we believe we can be. Excellence, then is not an act but a perspective. – Fran the Total (Now, Alberta Philosophress)

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790, American Scientist, Publisher, Diplomat)

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Womankind is a class unto itself. It is made up of many types of beings including those who choose to stand firm while responding to life’s requests, those who flow with their own nature and the nature of life, and those who are moved by those things in life that touch the heart at its deepest level.  Fran Becker (1942 – 20**, Canadian Artist,Publisher of Prayers, Aristomat)

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; One cannot fly into flying. ~Friedrich Nietzsche~   (1844-1900, German Philosopher)

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She who flies does so as a result of having perfected the preceding requirements of standing, walking, running, climbing, dancing (while accommodating the occasional graceful fall with good humor) Fran Becker (1942 – 20**, Canadian Artist)

We cannot be happy if we expect to live all the time at the highest peak of intensity. Happiness is not a matter of intensity, but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. ~Thomas Merton~ (1915-1968, American Religious Writer, Poet)

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We can be truly happy if we accept that as well as those times in life of peak intensity and beauty   there are also those times of quiet balance, rhythm, order and harmony. – Fran Becker (1942 – 20 **, British born Canadian Artist, poet)

 

“Ability is nothing without opportunity.” – Napoleon Bonaparte –

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Ability creates its own opportunity – Francesca Becker-

 

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. ~Francis Bacon~(1561-1626, British Philosopher, Rosicrucian, Statesman)

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They are great discoverers who know that there is land even though they can see nothing but the sea. Frances Becker  (1942 – 20**, British Mystic, Artist, Rosicrucian, Mother)

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (Too many lies!)

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What lives behind us and what lives before us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. –Francesca Becker

A man who cannot tolerate small ills can never accomplish great things. ANON.

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A woman who can tolerate small ills can accomplish great things. ~Fran Becker~ Artist, 1942 – ___(to be determined)

 

The best mirror is an old friend. ~George Herbert~(1593-1632, British Metaphysical Poet

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The best friend is an old me  ~Steph O’Connor!(1952 – __, Metaphysical Traveler)

A life without cause is a life without effect. – Barbarella

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A life with a cause could be a life with many effects. – Fran Becker

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” -Jean Rostand

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“After you think you know it all,  it’s what  you  accept, understand and integrate  as valid for your life that counts”– Fran Becker–

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.” ~Mahatma Gandhi~

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“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with clean feet or dirty feet!” – Mahatma Frandhi