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...