Top 10 Thursday: Favorite Quotes

To my loyal readers (yes you awesome people): I would like to apologize for no entry for yesterday's Whatever Wednesday. I .had a very busy morning and last night I slept over a friend's house in preparation for today. Today we attended a Statewide Conference for NJ's Youth Groups and Family Support Organizations. We had a ton of fun and learned a lot but are extremely exhausted as we needed to be up by 6AM (when we normally get up closer to 8 or so). To find a Partnership for (Elementary School Age) Children, Youth Partnership Group (approximately ages 13-21 or older), or FSO near you check a phone book or do a google search by the county you live in. I live in Camden County and the website for YP, Parents Anonymous, and other FSO's is http://www.camdencountyfso.org. There is also the Camden County Partnership for Children @ http://www.camdencmo.org. I will post some more information about our YP Group at a later date. Looking forward to tomorrow's meeting from 530pm- approximately 830pm. I will make sure to Post the Freebie Friday blogs before then! Now onto today's entry! :)

Top 10 Thursday: Favorite Quotes

1) "Every success of every child and family being served is important and can be built upon to afford other children and families the greatest opportunity to reach their fullest potential and to be self-empowered."

2) “The family is the corner stone of our society. More than any other force it shapes the attitude, the hopes, the ambitions, and the values of the child. And when the family collapses it is the children that are usually damaged. When it happens on a massive scale the community itself is crippled. So, unless we work to strengthen the family, to create conditions under which most parents will stay together, all the rest — schools, playgrounds, and public assistance, and private concern — will never be enough.” -Lyndon Baines Johnson

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4) "Friends are family you choose for yourself." -Author Unknown

5) I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.” -Maya Angelou

6) "Kids can remind us to always nurture, love, and spend quality time with the greatest gift God could have ever given to us-kids." -Author Unknown

7) "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." -Marcel Proust

8) "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom." -Marcel Proust

9) "This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life; we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves." -Chief Seattle

10) “Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.” - Virginia Satir

Motivation Monday: MountainWings Prepare To Fly

MountainWings is the daily inspirational email that helps you conquer The Mountains of Life. You can go to MountainWings.com,click Past Issues, and read many past issues of MountainWings. Each issue of MountainWings is very different, you can't judge MountainWings from one or two days. Watch the difference it makes in your life in 7 days.

At times MountainWings will be silly, hilarious and fit for a comedy show. There are times when we just need to laugh. At other times MountainWings will be serious and thought provoking. There are times when we need new perspectives on old things. No matter what the flavor of the day is, MountainWings helps you.

When you are blessed, please refer others to MountainWings.com.
Life has tough mountains to climb, it helps if you have Wings.

Prepare to fly,
MountainWings.com

I stumbled upon MountainWings.com in I believe 2003. MountainWings has inspired me, motivated me, made me laugh and made me cry. Often times on Motivation Monday I will post a story from MW. My hopes are that you too will experience a MountainWings Moment.

Today is Motivation Monday. Every Monday there will be some sort of post intended to motivate and inspire.
Please note that blog theme days may change without advanced notice.

Super Sunday: Random Acts of Kindness

SUPER SUNDAY!!!!

New blog entry format starting today!

Super Sunday: super posts..need I say more?
Motivation Monday: posts to help motivate and inspire
Tip/Tutorial Tuesday: assorted tips (anything I can use to teach you stuff)
Whatever Wednesday: whatever I wanna post
Top 10 Thursday: top 10 lists (sometimes more than 10 items listed)
Freebie Friday: free stuff (from music available to free samples/items and much more)
Saving Saturday: tips on how to make/ save $$$

Got ideas for posts? Great! I'd love to hear them. Post them anytime in any entry or on my fan page or just email them to me here. Wanna be a guest blogger or contributor? Awesome! I'd love the help! Email me here and we can talk about it and go over ideas. *FORMAT SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT ADVANCED NOTICE*

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS
http://www.givesmehope.com

My eight-year-old sister overheard my mother yelling at me because I'm not Christian.

Before bed, I watched her kneel and pray. She told Jesus that she was sorry, but she couldn't believe in him any more. When I asked why, she said "When I die, I want to go where you go, not Heaven."

I cried the hardest I ever have. Kids give me hope.

Just an Introduction :)

Before I make a full on guest post I thought I would introduce myself.

My name is Sami and I was asked to be a contributor :) I am 20 years old and I am a student at Eureka College where I am majoring in Psychology. I have my own blog (reasonablerants), it is just as the title suggests, random. I make post about my life in general and issues I come across, some serious political issues, others just issues with people being loud down the hall.

I write very informally, and I am a horrible speller, so hopefully you will be able to figure out what I am talking about! |I do have spell check on Firefox...thank goodness|. I also like to end with a question, I LOVE feedback :)

Which is somewhat what I was asked to bring here to Randomness Rocks. I will do a little bit of it right now!

I am a major believer in LGBT rights. My mother is a lesbian, my boyfriends brother is gay and so are many of my friends. As some of you may or may not know the 20th of this month |maybe next I could have it wrong, but I am not in facebook to look at what month it is| people will be wearing purple in remembrance of 7 young gay men who took their own lives because recently because they saw no other choice.

Why do you ask? Because each of these young men where being harassed and bullied everyday for being gay. From what I understand |based on the news| one boy was only 11 years old and had never made any indication to his parents he was gay, other boys in school just taunted him saying that he was.

I joined the event and saw that so many people where posting hateful things on the site. One person said "who cares they where all fucking faggots, seven less I have to put up with"

I just find this all horrible. I find it disgusting enough that there are people out there that think and act the way that these bullies do. It is even worse that 11 year old boys are thinking this way, because you know they are being taught the behavior.

I personally believe that all of the bullies involved should have some legal punishment. They need to be held accountable for their actions. I of course believe it should be much less for the 11 year olds |they are not yet able to understand the concept of the impact of their actions and the serious repercussions of them til they are about 13| but none-the-less they need some punishment.

What do you think? How severe should the punishment be? The young men all made the choice to take their lives, but the bullies played a huge part. So I guess the question is how do you punish somebody for somebody else action?

The Girl Without a Face

This comes from the October 6th, 2010 episode of The Rachael Ray Show.


After a devastating accident left a young woman literally without a face, Chrissy (seen below) beat the odds with a medical breakthrough and went on to make her biggest dreams come true! Then, seven years after John Ritter’s death, his wife Amy Yasbeck is opening up about how her family copes with the change. It’s a powerful episode that will leave you inspired!


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