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A few weeks ago, I won a contest on my friend Charity's blog.  The theme was friendship.  I received the neatest package in the mail from her the other day - a prim stitchery that says "Good Friends are always close at heart", a $10 gift card to Friendly's, and a cute little "girlfriends" book. 

I thought that, since I haven't done a Monday Motivation in awhile, that I would share a fun quote from this book today......

While it's impossible to know the precise
moment an acquaintance becomes a friend,
there's no doubt it would be a wonderful
memory if it could be captured - and
there's great probability it would involve
two forks and one dessert.

Thanks, Charity!  I love my gifts!

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My dear friend Missy gifted me with a great book called Lists to Live By.  This book is filled with lists "for everything that really matters".  I thought it might be fun to share some of the lists as part of my Monday Motivations. 

The following is a list put together by Gloria Gaither, Sue Buchanan, Peggy Benson, and Joy Mackenzie~ it's from "Friends Through Thick & Thin".

TO BE A GOOD FRIEND

1 ~ Smile often; laugh alound now and then; giggle, even.

2 ~ Become aware of several things that you especially enjoy.
Watch for others who enjoy those same things.

3 ~ Identify an acquaintance who has a need you can supply.
Offer yourself.
(Hint: Start with the obvious--your sister, spouse, neighbor...)

4 ~ Learn to enjoy being alone with yourself.
Identify what elements of living enrich your life.
Incorporate them in your daily routines.
If you are happy being with you,
it's likely others will enjoy your compnay too!

5 ~ Forget what you give, and remember what you receive.

6 ~ Be the one who is there doing when others are saying,
"Is there anything I can do?"

7 ~ Listen--even in the silence.

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This quote popped out at me from a book I was reading last night at bedtime.  I thought "how true is that?" and knew it was the quote I was to share this morning. 

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I try to share a Monday Motivation every week anyway, so I thought I'd combine this week's quote into an entry in the above contest also. 

"Anger is an acid that can

do more harm to the vessel

in which it is stored

than to anything on which

it is poured."

~Mark Twain

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haracter is what emerges from all

the little things you were too busy to do yesterday,

but did anyway.

~Mignon McLaughlin

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