We take everything as ‘casual’
A worried mom,
A strict dad,
An annoying brother,
A rude sister,
A naughty son,
An undisciplined daughter,
A selfish friend,
A demanding wife,
A complaining husband,
etc… but…
When we lose any of them,
then we really miss them
As,
My caring mom,
My concerned dad,
My best brother,
My loving sister,
My obedient son,
My innocent daughter,
My real friend,
My wife – My life,
My husband – My world,
So don’t take them as ‘casual’,
Because life never gives a second chance.

~sms2Friends

It doesn’t matter who hurt you, or broke you down. What matters is…
who made you smile again. ~Santabanta sms

Having lips and not using them to smile… is like having a million dollars
in the bank and forgetting the account number. ~Santabanta sms

Your journey to a healthier weight is not a journey that you start and then give up.
It is a journey that you are living every day for the rest of your life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

Didga the skateboarding cat from Australia shows off her skills at a local skate park.

As wisdom matures and we begin to understand in accordance with the truth, we will no longer be dragged up and down. Usually, if we have a pleasant mood, we behave one way; and if we have an unpleasant mood, we are another way. We like something and we are up; we dislike something and we are down. In this way we are still in conflict with enemies. When these things no longer oppose us, they become stabilized and balance out. There are no longer ups and downs or highs and lows. We understand these things of the world and know that that’s just the way it is. It’s just “worldly dhamma”. ~Ajahn Chah

Dogs are well known for tales of lifesaving heroism, but most people think cats seem generally too self-involved for valor. In practice, this is hardly the case. In 2012, a cat that had only been rescued from the Humane Society hours before managed to save its new owner’s life when she had a diabetic seizure. The cat leaped onto her chest as she lost consciousness, nudging and biting at her face until she awoke. The cat then darted into the woman’s son’s room and pestered him until he woke up to call for help. An even more unbelievable story emerged from Argentina in 2008, when a one-year-old boy was found by police in the city of Misiones, being kept alive by a band of feral cats. The boy, who’d been separated from his homeless father, would likely have died without the intervention of the cats. They snuggled up to him at night to keep him warm and brought him scraps of food. When police approached, the baby’s guardians hissed and spat ferociously at them. Source: ListVerse

No matter how badly someone might have treated you, give them love, kindness and forgiveness in return. The gentle footprints of kindess that you leave behind makes a lifetime of soft imprints in the hearts of others that will never wash away. ~Unknown

Most turtle species have five toes on each limb with a few exceptions including the American Box Turtle of the carolina species that only has four toes and in some cases only three. The earliest turtles had teeth and could not retract their heads, but other than this, modern turtles are very similar to their original ancestors. Several species of turtles can live to be over a hundred years of age including the American Box Turtle. Source: Pet Education