quotes for today

Anyone can enjoy good days; those who find ways to enjoy bad days have something going for them!

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

Be careful of your thoughts, they may become words at any moment.

We have enough youth, how about a fountain of smart?

The word listen contains the same letters as the word silent.

Don't go through life, grow through life.-Eric Butterworth

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. - Corrie TenBoom

Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. - Helen Keller

People who are wrapped up in themselves make very small packages.

Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened.

A man may make many mistakes, but is not a failure until he starts blaming someone else for them.

this week's celebrity antics

more celeb news of substance abuse
from About.com/Alcoholism;


Redmond O'Neal Admits to Using Drugs in Rehab
Redmond O'Neal, the son of Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, may be facing serious jail time after he admitted to a judge that he had taken drugs smuggled into him in his rehab facility. O'Neal could face up to nine years in jail if the judge chooses to revoke his probation.

Disney's Shelby Cobra Arrested for DWI
Former Disney star and lead singer of the defunct band KSM, Shelby Cobra has been arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence. Police said the 18 year old had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.15 when she was arrested.

Wrestler Matt Hardy Arrested for Another DWI
Matt Hardy, former WWE and TNA professional wrestler, has been arrested for driving while impaired less than a month after a previous DWI. Hardy had no alcohol in his system, police said, but when he was stopped he "had slow and slurred speech, sleepy eyes and a very lackadaisical demeanor."

Jockey's DUI Case Deferred One Year
Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel will have one year to complete treatment for alcohol abuse as part of a diversion program for his driving-while-intoxicated arrest. His driver's license was also suspended for 30 days.

Rappers Paul Wall and Baby Bash Arrested
Rappers Paul Wall and Baby Bash have been arrested in El Paso, TX on a possession of marijuana charge. Ronald Ray Bryant (Baby Bash) and Paul Michael Slayton (Paul Wall) were charged with having less than 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone.

Pitcher Curtis Leskanic Four Times Legal Limit
Former Major League pitcher Curtis John Leskanic was charged with DUI and child neglect when he was found passed out in his pickup truck with his sleeping but unrestrained 5-year-old daughter in the truck. Police said Leskanic had a blood-alcohol level of 0.331, more than four times the legal limit.

quotes for today

The future must be seen in terms of what a person can do to contribute something, to make something better, to make it go where he believes with all his being it ought to go.
- Frederick R. Kappel

 Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening... when you'd have preferred to talk.
- D.J. Kaufman

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.
- Nikos Kazantzakis

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
- Clarence Buddinton Kelland

Doubt yourself, and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgement, and you can see forever.
- Nancy Kerrigan

 The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King

Never, if possible, lie down at night without being able to say: I have made one human being, at least, a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day.
- Charles Kingsley

Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed.
- Grenville Kleiser

Often the search proves more profitable than the goal.
- E. L. Konigsburg

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.
- Jack Kornfield