I saw an interesting meme at One Thing, who got it from Ann Kroeker. The task is to paraphrase the following quote to personalize it for yourself. Here’s the original:
“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
And here’s the Owlhaven remake:
“One ought, every day at least, to hug every loved one in reach, sing one praise song at the top of your lungs, eat one square of really good chocolate, and if it is possible, bring a smile to the face of someone who needs it.”
Let me know if you decide to try this too. I thought it was fun!
I'm Mary, wife to John, and mom to 10 kids ages 3-20. Six of them were adopted, from Ethiopia and Korea. I spend my days applying Bandaids, reminding kids to use their inside voices, persuading kids fractions are useful, cooking spicy ethnic food, and snapping gig after gig of pictures. Very late at night, I write about it all.
That’s a really good one, Mary. I love it!
I had to try it too. It was my first meme. Thank you, it was fun.
I like it! Great job making it all your own
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One ought, every day at least, to have moment to relax and drink something sweet and hot, take a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few extremely profound and motivational words…Oh yes, and the chocolate–can’t forget the chocolate!!
I came to visit you at the suggestion of a fellow adoptive parent. We are adopting three from the country of Ukraine to add to our three bio-kiddos. Woohoo!
Just wondering if you had heard whether anyone was doing the “30 Days of Nothing” this year. My family did it last September/October (we got a late start) and are starting agin this Sept. 1st. We got a lot out of the experience and hope to lean even more this year.
Amy
Pardon my typos in my previous comment! It has been a LONG day!
I tried my hand at this one over at my blog. It’s my first meme so there’s definate room for improvement but I had fun doing this!
Did it!
I love these! Gotta hug those loved ones and eat that chocolate and belt out those praise songs!