If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.-Marcus Tullius Cicero     The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.-Alfred Austin     You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.-Pablo Neruda     Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.-Luther Burbank     A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because…

“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.” ― Willie Nelson   “There are more old drunks than there are old doctors.” ― Willie Nelson     “Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don’t want to be. You’ll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there’s a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don’t let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you’re really gonna get pissed, don’t waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers,…

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.-Walter Winchell     Friends are the siblings God never gave us.-Mencius     The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.-Hubert H. Humphrey     The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.-Ulysses S. Grant     One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.-Euripides     Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best…