Newspaper clipping: “But is she happy? ‘Happiness is a big word. You can’t expect to be happy all the time. You have to accept the fact that life has its ups and downs. The moment you accept that it’s much easier. I try to make my happiness with a lot of little joys—and there are a lot of little joys in the world… And it’s very important to find happiness in the happiness of others—your friends, your family…’”
There Is Only One
Handwritten poem: “There is only one mouth, there is only one pair of eyes to see thru, there is one nose lifted slightly to sniff the aromas of life lived by one body, one soul, connected as individuals and yet not separate, there is only one!”
Happiness
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Abraham Lincoln
When You're Down and Out
Two pages, and only the top one was visible when hanging on the bulletin board: “When you’re down and out, lift up your voice and shout…Ah, shit!”
But Still I Am One
Handwritten quote from Edward Everett Hale: “I am only one, but still I am one. I can not do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Nobody Made a Greater Mistake
Valentine from Sue to Doug and Pat, 1986, with lilies and a quote from Edmund Burke: “Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”
To Affect the Quality of the Day
Handwritten quote from Henry David Thoreau: “To affect the quality of the day… that is the greatest of arts!”
Everything Has Its Beauty
Part of the Solution
Button: “If You Are Not Part of the Solution, You Are Part of the Problem” —Eldridge Cleaver