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29 04, 2020

Choosing Hope – Reeve

By judythemorgan|2020-04-18T15:39:17-05:00April 29th, 2020|Wednesday Quote, Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom|0 Comments

About the graphic

I found this Pixabay photo on Pexels. It was a perfect match for the Christopher Reeve quote I love.

About the quote

Christopher Reeve was the star of the 1978 version of the Superman and subsequent sequels. But he wanted to do more substantive work, which he did as well as direct and write. In 1995 he suffered a spinal injury in an equestrian competition and he and his wife became major advocates for spinal cord injury victims.

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, now run by their children, is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information, and advocacy.

Read more about this amazing real life Superman here. Once you know more about him, you’ll see he never gave up choosing instead to hope.

Hope leads to possibilities. We should always choose hope.

22 04, 2020

Finding Hope – Tutu

By judythemorgan|2020-04-23T13:06:20-05:00April 22nd, 2020|Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom, Weekly Quote|0 Comments

About the graphic

The background is a photo by NEOSiAM 2020 I found on Pexels, a great website for free graphics.

The dark rolling clouds depict what I feel most days while sheltering-in-place during this dark COVID19 pandemic.

About the quote

Desmund Tutu is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian. In 1986 he received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in opposition to apartheid. In 2009 he was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. His life has been about peace and hope and truth.

This quote seemed a perfect fit for the photo. The white light represents the hope and peace Tutu taught.

Personally I need to look on that circle of light (hope) and pray it grows wider. How about you?

15 04, 2020

Live Like Spring

By judythemorgan|2020-04-07T08:55:53-05:00April 15th, 2020|Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom, Weekly Quote|2 Comments

About the graphic

This is one of my favorite Edie Melson graphics. The woman is such a gifted author, blogger and speaker. Her photos inspire. My dogwood hasn’t blossomed yet, but her picture of this one reminds what mine will look like.

About the quote

Lilly Pulitzer (1931-2013) was a socialite who worked for a time as an assistant midwife and volunteer at a Veteran’s hospital in The Bronx before moving to Florida where she owned orange groves.

There, she opened a fruit juice stand. Squeezing juice made a mess of her clothes and, to camouflage the juice stains, she designed a sleeveless shift dress of bright, colorful printed cotton. Customers loved her dress, and she started making them to sell at her juice stand.

Eventually, she was selling more dresses than juice and decided to focus on designing and selling the dresses. Jackie Kennedy wore one of Lilly’s designs in a Life magazine spread made from kitchen curtains. Their popularity exploded so much that Lilly closed the fruit juice stand and focused on designing and selling dresses.

In 1984 she sold her Lilly’s clothing line designs and in 2019 Target stores started carrying Lilly Pulitzer revived designs.

Fascinating woman, wasn’t she?

At this moment in our world with such a dismal coronavirus forecast let her quote inspire hope.

8 04, 2020

Spring Is Coming

By judythemorgan|2020-03-31T21:38:58-05:00April 8th, 2020|Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom|1 Comment

Daffodils will soon be popping out. I can’t wait. How about you?

Every time I think of Spring and daffodils this picture from an antique children’s picture book comes to mind.

Do you see the daffodil in her dress?

25 03, 2020

Meaning of Fear – Zig Ziglar

By judythemorgan|2020-03-21T10:24:38-05:00March 25th, 2020|Wednesday Quote, Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom, Weekly Quote|2 Comments

Credits:

Photo by Andree Brennan from Pexels

Quote discovered on NYT and USAToday bestselling author, Joan Reeves blog

18 03, 2020

Books – Oswald Chambers

By judythemorgan|2020-03-17T11:13:25-05:00March 18th, 2020|Wednesday Quote, Wednesday Words, Wednesday Words of Wisdom, Weekly Quote|0 Comments

11 03, 2020

Heaven according to Henry David Thoreau

By judythemorgan|2020-03-03T08:42:31-06:00March 11th, 2020|Wednesday Quote, Wednesday Words, Weekly Quote|1 Comment

About

The photo is from Sentinel Peak in Colorado looking toward South Fork. The climb to the top is a wilderness hike, meaning no clear trail. Once you reach the peak you do feel closer to Heaven.

Thoreau’s quote describes the feeling accurately.

4 03, 2020

Winter quotes – Victor Hugo

By judythemorgan|2020-03-02T11:34:18-06:00March 4th, 2020|Seasons, Wednesday Words, Weekly Quote|1 Comment

About the Graphic

The picture is where we used to live in Colorado. This is how it looked from November until April–snow coming down, snow stacked high. Winter would come and hold on for dear life, which is why this quote has always resonated with me.

About the Quote

Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers.

You might be familiar with his novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1831.

12 02, 2020

Love quotes for February – Aristotle

By judythemorgan|2020-02-02T06:41:11-06:00February 12th, 2020|Holidays, Valentine's Day, Wednesday Words, Weekly Quote|0 Comments

About the Graphic

Roses in a heart shape, what could say love more? Nothing.

But the quote in the center seemed like an incomplete sentence to this old language arts teacher. Yes that dates me because who teaches language arts anymore. No one.

Anyway, I added Aristotle’s quote to make it more of a sentence.

We won’t discuss the missing capital letter at the start the sentence.

About the Quote

The Aristotle quote spoke to my writer’s heart. When you write a love story, you start with two very different souls and by the end they are bonded as one.

That’s just a love story.

5 02, 2020

Love Quotes – Shakespeare

By judythemorgan|2020-01-31T08:22:36-06:00February 5th, 2020|Holidays, Valentine's Day, Wednesday Quote, Wednesday Words, Weekly Quote|0 Comments

About the graphic

In February thoughts turn to love in a special way. Personally, I think love is meant to be shared year-round, but there is just something about this month that causes us to focus our thoughts on LOVE.

Years ago I created a series of graphics for my Wednesday blog quotes in February. This has been the most popular.

About the quote

The full quote reads:

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
Nor hath love’s mind of any judgement taste;
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
And therefore is love said to be a child
Because in choice he is so oft beguiled.

Shakespeare’s words are said to explain Cupid:

winged because lovers are flighty and likely to change their minds
boyish because love is irrational
carrying an arrow and torch “because love wounds and inflames the heart.”
blind or blindfolded because, while the sight of the beloved can spur love, it’s also arbitrary

I never paid much attention to Cupid until I read Shakespeare’s words. Now I see how Cupid symbolizes of love.