Spoonful of Positive -- Pets are the Gift that Keep on Giving!  “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” –Anatole France “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.” –George Eliot   “An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” –Martin Buber “I call my horses ‘divine mirrors’—they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindnes...

Wednesday Thoughts: Quotes from the HeartPut your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success. – Swami Sivananda You change your life by changing your heart. – Max Lucado “People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”— John C. Maxwell “A person’s world is only as big as their heart.”— Tanya A. Moore “Only do what your heart tells you.”— Princess Diana “As we let our own light shine,...

Spoonful of Positiver: Hero with a Heart -- A Manchester Fire Fighter is a Hero with a Heart. A young mom told her story on Face Book and shared the heart warming story in a video.Amy McCall Face Book Post January 31, 2019  Our apartment building was evacuated tonight when all of the fire alarms went off. Everything ended up fine, but we had to wait outside while the firefighters checked all 3 floors. They were so nice to all of the kids, giving ...

Spoonful of Positive: Emapthy Sometimes all a person wants is an empathetic ear; all he or she needs is to talk it out. Just offering a listening ear and an understanding heart for his or her suffering can be a big comfort.” ― Roy T. Bennett “I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.” ― Roger Ebert   “The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy, we can all sense a mysterious connection to each other....

Spoonful of Positive: Humor (It's Monday)"God gave us Mondays to punish us for the things we did on the weekend."  "What's the best part of Monday? The end."   "Shortest Horror Story: Monday,"  "Monday is like a math problem. Add the irritation, subtract the sleep, multiply the problems, divide the happiness.” Monday Morning."    “Mondays are a lot like getting fat. They make you feel sad, sometimes angry and there is not much scope for liking ei...

 Spoonful of Positive: "Do you know what my favorite part of the game is? The Competition opportunity to play." --  Mike Singletary "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." --  Heywood Broun  "It's not whether you get knocked DOWN, it's whether you get UP."--Vince Lombardi "Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” –George S. Halas   “The most valuable player is the one who makes the most players valuable.” –Peyton Manning “football is...

  Spoonful of Positive: Reflection Spoonful of Positive  “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” -- Charles Bukowski "Music is my life, it is a reflection of what I go through." -- Lenny Kravitz "A personal library is a reflection of who you are and who you want to be, of what you value and what you desire, of how much you know and how much more you'd like to know." -- Michael Dirda "Follow effective action w...

  Spoonful of Positive: Let Your Voice Be Heard"Don't let fear keep you quiet. You have a voice so use it. Speak up. Raise your hands. Shout your answers. Make yourself heard. Whatever it takes, just find your voice, and when you do, fill the damn silence." - Meredith Grey "Be a voice.Not an echo." - Unknown   "I use my voice to make people feel like they belong." - Gina Rodriguez "I raise up my voice - not so that I can shout, but so that thsoe ...

Brother Wolf Asheville -- Happy Sweet 16 Birthday, Skeeter! This handsome boy turned 16 and got a new set of wheels! You may remember Skeeter from when we helped rehome him to a sanctuary when his human mom couldn't care for him any more (https://bit.ly/2RuqIzu). He's loving his new life at Primarily Primates and we're so happy for him! SKEETER IS LEARNING HOW TO BE A MONKEYYou may be most familiar with the work we do rescuing dogs and cats in ou...

Spoonful of Positive: Peace"Peace is its own reward." - Mahatma Gandhi "Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace." - Buddha "Peace begins with a smile." - Mother Teresa "We live in a diverse society - in fact, a diverse world - and we must learn to live in peace and with respect for each other."  ---- -Stan Lee   "Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all ...

  "Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors." - Mignon McLaughlin "Good neighbors always spy on you to make sure you are doing well." - Pawan Mishra  "We should learn to live and love our neighbors as ourselves for the sake of peace and progress." - David McCallum "When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities." Jennifer Pahlka  "Neighbors don't have to be friends. Be neighborly, always ready to lend a helping hand wh...

 Spoonful of Positive January 29, 2019 “A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself-and especially to feel, or not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at any moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.”  ― Jim Morrison “Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That's one of my favorite things to say. So what...

Spoonful of Positive Sunday January 27, 2019"No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it."  "When you have talked yourself into what you want, right there is the place to stop talking and begin saying it with deeds." Napoleon Hill “Beliefs are choices. First you choose your beliefs. Then your beliefs affect your choices.” ― Roy T. Bennett “It's what you choose to believe that makes you the person you are.” ― Karen Marie Moning...

Spoonful of Positive -- Motivation  "Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent." —Eleanor Roosevelt "To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart." —Eleanor Roosevelt "I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." —Jimmy Dean "Believe you can and you’re halfway there." —Theodore Roosevelt “The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money...

 Spoonful of Positive: Mental Health "Don't make a permanent decision on a temporary emotion." -- unknown "“Take your time healing, as long as you want. Nobody else knows what you've been through. How could they know how long it will take to heal you.” -- Abertoli   ”Recovery is not one and done. It is a lifelong journey that takes place one day, one step at a time.” -- unknown "And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could fin...

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Spoonful of Positive: RespectYou can’t force someone to respect you, but you can refuse to be disrespected. -unknown What women want is what men want. They want respect. Marilyn vos Savan   If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you. Fyodor Dostoyevsk Respect is a two-way street, if you want to get it, you've got to give it. R.G. Risch   N...

 Spoonful of Positive: Empathy  I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. -- Maya Angelou Empathy is about finding echoes of another person in yourself. -- Mohsin Hamid   Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place. -- Daniel H. Pink Whenever you are about to ...

Spoonful of Positive: Caring   A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. -- Denis Waitley Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. -- Anthony J. D'Angelo My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring. -- Prince William Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. --  Martha Beck ...

Spoonful of Positive: Gratitude "Nature's beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude." -- Louie Schwartzberg                 photos: Marjorie Farrington "Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.  --Albert Einstein                     "Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses." — French novelist Alphonse Karr “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find r...