Quotes about Reminder

Avoid fancy words....If you admire fancy words, if every sky is beauteous, every blonde curvaceous, every intelligent child prodigious, if you are tickled by discombobulate, you will have bad time Reminder 14. Votes: 3

Allah was when there was nothing else than Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Reminder (al-dhikr) all things, and He created the heavens and the earth. Votes: 3

It took teams of LEP warlocks to slow down time for a few hours; the magic required to open a door to the tunnel was stupendous. It would be easier to shoot down the moon. Opal tapped this into her notepad. Reminder. Shoot down the moon? Viable? Votes: 3

Having rain on your tuxedo is a pretty good reminder that you're not James Bond. Votes: 1

Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable. Votes: 1

Auschwitz stands as a tragic reminder of the terrible potential man has for violence and inhumanity. Votes: 1

The financial crisis is a stark reminder that transparency and disclosure are essential in today's marketplace. Votes: 1

'Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world. Votes: 1

I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment. Votes: 1

This inevitability of conflict motivates us today and echoes the reminder that freedom is not given away and our national security is not achieved without sacrifice. Votes: 1

Philly gave me my ambition and drive to get more. It's a reminder to stay on top of my game. That's not a place I want to go back to. Votes: 1

Some artists are bound to an image: Bob Marley has dreadlocks, Matisyahu has a beard. But that's a reminder that the whole thing is not about style. It's about music. Votes: 1

Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead. Votes: 1

Growing Stronger' emerged from a need to relate my life experiences as well as my constant struggle to prevail each day, and as a reminder to myself of the importance of never giving up. Votes: 1

I was given baby doll toys myself, and they proved a stark reminder that my life was expected to revolve around childbearing - just as my mom's had before me, and her mom's had before her. Votes: 1

Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops. Votes: 1

Callista Gingrich has, I suspect, given Newt's advisers a giant headache. She's a constant presence at her husband's side - and a constant reminder of his acknowledged infidelity. Newt cheated on his second wife with Callista, a woman 23 years his junior. Votes: 1

You may be leading, then you might be at the back of the pack trying to work your way up. It's just a constant reminder not to give up, and to know that God, in my mind, is really in control. Votes: 1

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation. Votes: 1

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China. Votes: 1

The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short. Votes: 1

When one of my characters becomes aware of a magical element, it might be because the world is wider than we assume it to be, but it might also be a reminder to pay attention to what is here already, hidden only because it's been forgotten. Votes: 1

Before we took down the tree each year, Dad would always say a prayer that we would be together the next Christmas. I cling to that prayer, which serves as a reminder that it's important to be grateful in the present for the people you love because, well, you never know. Votes: 1

In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers. Life at work can be cool - and work that's cool isn't confined to Tiger Woods, Yo-Yo Ma, or Tom Hanks. It's available to all of us and any of us. Votes: 1

Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it. Votes: 1

Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River - broke through the poisonous smog of economic depression and Wall Street skullduggery with a reminder that pure individual heroism is a daily occurrence if we know where to look for it. Votes: 1

When you're going through something, whether it's a wonderful thing like having a child or a sad thing like losing somebody, you often feel like 'Oh my God, I'm so overwhelmed; I'm dealing with this huge thing on my own.' In fact, poetry's a nice reminder that, no, everybody goes through it. These are universal experiences. Votes: 1

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need. Votes: 1

Back To Love' is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it's a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people. Votes: 1

Light, the visible reminder of Invisible Light. Votes: 0

Synchronicity is the soul's reminder of authorship. Votes: 0

Light Light The visible reminder of Invisible Light. Votes: 0

The story of Sodom is God's reminder to the modern world. Votes: 0

Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength. Votes: 0

Every day is a reminder to accept myself as I am. Votes: 0

A broken heart is a reminder of our only source of power. Votes: 0

Emotional pain of any kind is a reminder to stop and look inside. Votes: 0

Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death. Votes: 0

Troubles are not always terrible, but they are a gentle reminder to grow. Votes: 0

Every mortal birth is a heaven-given reminder to prepare for the second birth. Votes: 0

Feeling irritated, restless, afraid, and hopeless is a reminder to listen more carefully. Votes: 0

Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business. Votes: 0

A reminder (Japan's earthquake and tsunami) how flimsy our sophisticated modern world really is Votes: 0

Competing in gymnastics is the greatest reminder of being alive as a human being. Votes: 0

The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal. Votes: 0

The State of the Union address is always a reminder of how unique America is. Votes: 0

Raindrops are my only reminder that clouds have a heartbeat. That I have one, too. Votes: 0

Temples stand as a constant physical reminder of the grace and goodness of the Father. Votes: 0

Holy Saturday. The best reminder that the silence of God doesn't equal the absence of God. Votes: 0

Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all. Votes: 0

A birth-date is a reminder to celebrate the life as well as to update the life. Votes: 0

Let it be a reminder that nothing in this world can last.Even pain, I reply. Votes: 0

the reminder that there are people who have worse troubles than you is not an effective pain-killer ... Votes: 0

The question of dying becomes a wise reminder. It cures us of our innocence of the future. Votes: 0

A little reminder to those who don't back Obama and gay marriage. It's probably cause you're gay. Votes: 0

Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension. Votes: 0

Cinema serves as a constant reminder to us of who we are and what we are made of. Votes: 0

NVC is a reminder; to focus our attention where we are most likely to get our needs met. Votes: 0

Sometimes a shock to the system is a good thing, you know? Like a reminder that you're alive. Votes: 0

History is a grim reminder of what happens to those who think they have no law but themselves. Votes: 0

I always found myself in the company of Australians, who were like a reminder that I'd touched bottom. Votes: 0

Whatever you are struggling with, is a reminder for you to find your true purpose in this lifetime. Votes: 0

Taking delight in random encounters that come our way is a wonderful reminder that God is in control. Votes: 0

Priceless things matter not for their value, but because they offer us an enduring reminder of stability and permanence. Votes: 0

Occasionally, we are given a reminder of how precious a gift it is to understand the plan of salvation. Votes: 0

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality. Votes: 0

Every day is a reminder of what I need to do to be the best person; the best me. Votes: 0

Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support. Votes: 0

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom. Votes: 0

He took the last seat, as usual, a subtle reminder of what he was and what he had become. Votes: 0

It's always good to get a wake-up call and a reminder that you can't just go there and collect medals. Votes: 0

From now on, I want you to practice reframing other people's negativity as a reminder of how not to be. Votes: 0

To experience a little hunger now and then can be a beautiful reminder of the deeper hunger of our souls. Votes: 0

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove. Votes: 0

Slavery is, as an example of what white America has done, a constant reminder of what white America might do. Votes: 0

The Olympians were a reminder that there was always someone better than you, so you shouldn't get a big head. Votes: 0

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top. Votes: 0

Alcohol-inspired fights ... are a reminder of the price we pay for our daily submission at the altars of prudence and order. Votes: 0

A quick and brutal fuck from behind usually served as an effective reminder of where you stood in the pack hierarchy. Votes: 0

I feel positive when I feel vulnerable, because it's another reminder that it's not all about me and about my ego. Votes: 0

First, I charge a retainer; then I charge a reminder; next I charge a refresher; and then I charge a finisher. Votes: 0

Let every sunrise be a reminder of your ability to ascend from the darkness by rising up and shining your light. Votes: 0

Film is a time capsule. If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it's permanently there as a negative reminder. Votes: 0

Alienation is perhaps the most effective tool of control in America, and every reminder of our real connectedness weakens that tool. Votes: 0

And, as you know, the present moment is where ALL your power is. A reminder I need regularly. Maybe you too. Votes: 0

Peter Tertzakian's analysis of world oil is a fascinating reminder that history often foretells the major turning points of the future. Votes: 0

Setting goals is the first important step in achieving success in an activity. It's a reminder of what you are working towards. Votes: 0

Over the years, I've found myself wishing sometimes my angel would show up. I could use a little uplift, a little reminder. Votes: 0

Important reminder: It's not fair of you to demand more proof of Christians for their beliefs than you demand for your own. Votes: 0

Coming back to 'New Girl' was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show. Votes: 0

Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race. Votes: 0

Coming back to New Girl was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show. Votes: 0

Leaving the people and places you love, is a reminder of the impermanence of this life. And the permanence of the next. Votes: 0

Some little part of themselves for someone in the future to discover. Maybe a thought. We were here. We built this. A reminder. Votes: 0

With every adversity comes a blessing because a shock acts as a reminder to oneself that we must not get stale in routine. Votes: 0

Historical fiction is not only a respectable literary form; it is a standing reminder of the fact that history is about human beings. Votes: 0

Thanks for the reminder that i have to hit the gym today. I have'nt worked out in days. Unless one counted mattress gymnastics!!! Votes: 0

The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. Votes: 0

The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful reminder of eternity, its joyful nostalgia. Votes: 0

Let everyone who makes garden plans frequently insert the letters C.P. in them as a reminder, the same standing for climate permitting. Votes: 0

An hour-glass is a reminder not only of time's quick flight, but also of the dust to which we must at last return Votes: 0

Something Good' is a feel-good song. A reminder that you're dope and have something wonderful to offer life and yourself and the world. Votes: 0

Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and blessed. Votes: 0

Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives. Votes: 0

Because photos are testimony that someone did live. A reminder of past we may have loved or hated. A piece of our lives." Votes: 0

Corporate worship is a regular gracious reminder that it's not about you. You've been born into a life that is a celebration of another. Votes: 0

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. Votes: 0

Srebrenica's not simply another reminder of man's inhumanity to man, but how intelligent people can always come up with intelligent reasons to do nothing. Votes: 0

Priests are very interested in theater in New York! It's this lovely reminder that priests are just people, too, who need to be entertained. Votes: 0

Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything. Votes: 0

I welcome all butterflies into my heart because that feeling is a constant reminder of how alive and full of love I truly am. Votes: 0

To my mother, I was everything. To my father, nothing at all. To my grandmother, I was a daily reminder of loves long lost. Votes: 0

I resent the creation of a world in which beauty is a reminder of what we're losing rather than a celebration of what we have. Votes: 0

Just a reminder, if you tell anyone about what happened with Jonah last night, I'll destroy all of my writing and never play music again. Votes: 0

The bleached ceilings, walls, and floors gleam in perfection. Drained of color, wiped of contamination, forever untainted they exist; a cold reminder of my purity. Votes: 0

Realizing you're not anything special to the kids is always a great sort of reminder that you're just a regular person. A regular, embarrassing old mom. Votes: 0

It is a painful reminder that even the most well-intentioned among us sometimes act in ways that put children in danger of being abused or neglected. Votes: 0

The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins. Votes: 0

Autumn is the greatest reminder: It reminds us how dreamlike beauties our earth has and it reminds us how all these beautiful dreams can easily vanish! Votes: 0

I battle to fall asleep at night. My mind races every other night. I have always been like this, for as long as I can reminder. Votes: 0

Worst thing about Al Smith dinner : it was another reminder of how far we are from the amity between opposing sides that is needed for effective governance. Votes: 0

The anguish in London is a vivid reminder of why we cannot relent in taking the steps necessary to defend our homeland from the present terrorist threat. Votes: 0

The terrorist attacks upon our country changed the way that we live forever and provided us with a cruel reminder that freedom and liberty have a price. Votes: 0

Feeling good and feeling bad are not necessarily opposites. Both at least involve feelings. Any feeling is a reminder of life. The worst 'feeling' evidently is non-feeling. Votes: 0

What if the beauty around us is meant as a reminder for the many gifts we have been given and our need to give thanks to them? Votes: 0

World Refugee Day is a reminder that there is no 'us' and 'them.' There is only us, one human family, connected in ways we sometimes forget. Votes: 0

Although we, as Christians, are living in Sodom, we are not to become citizens of Sodom. . The story of Sodom is God's reminder to the modern world Votes: 0

We do the best we can in life, we take things one day at a time and sometimes we all just need a simple reminder of that. Votes: 0

it's a reminder of one of the greatest lessons of all: live as if you'll live forever, but live each day as if it were your last. Votes: 0

True School' is one great big reminder. It's a reminder to everybody in that middle school bracket that was in school when playing hard to get was out. Votes: 0

You know what music is? God's little reminder that there's something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living beings, every where, even the stars. Votes: 0

The circle is a reminder that each moment is not just the present, but is inclusive of our gratitude to the past and our responsibility to the future. Votes: 0

Khem was an ancient name for the land of Egypt; and both the words alchemy and chemistry are a perpetual reminder of the priority of Egypt's scientific knowledge. Votes: 0

For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain. Votes: 0

The fact that monasticism preceded the identification of greed as a primal sin is an important reminder that our very ability to name sin is a theological achievement. Votes: 0

They served to remind Cabal - should a reminder ever be necessary - why his social skills were so poor: people were loathsome and not worth the practise. Votes: 0

What are you thinking about? What you focus on right now will tend to come into your life a little later. Here's your reminder to change your mind. Votes: 0

'True School' is one great big reminder. It's a reminder to everybody in that middle school bracket that was in school when playing hard to get was out. Votes: 0

A real miracle's a reminder and a warning that the line that separates the possible from the impossible isn't as firm as we like to think it is. Votes: 0

Manila is a city of extremes. The poor are very poor and the rich very rich. A constant reminder to the rich that there is another side to life. Votes: 0

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change. Votes: 0

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change. Votes: 0

Find out your most limiting tasks and deal with them as early as possible. Use a diary, and jot little points of reminder about specific tasks for reference later. Votes: 0

Rules are not proof of our spirituality. If anything, they are proof of our sinfulness, a reminder that we have a tendency toward wrongdoing and that we need help. Votes: 0

It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder. Votes: 0

The Rusty Ruins were the remains of an old city, a hulking reminder of back when there'd been way too many people, and everyone was incredibly stupid. And ugly. Votes: 0

In the particular presence of memorable language we can find a reminder of our ability to know and retain knowledge itself: the brightness wherein all things come to see. Votes: 0

At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people. Votes: 0

I love surfing and bodysurfing. I love getting slammed by the waves - that makes me feel alive. The waves are a good reminder that I'm small and fragile. Votes: 0

The life, when we're aware of beauty, is kind of a bittersweet thing, it's a transient reminder of eternal beauty, which someday we will be face to face with. Votes: 0

I love museums, and I think they're fantastic, but they don't touch the people who I frequently think need to be touched with at least some reminder of legacy. Votes: 0

Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection; an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus. Votes: 0

We're just fragile machines programmed with a false sense of our own importance. And every now and then the universe sends a reminder that we don't really matter to it... Votes: 0

Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone. Votes: 0

This body, this body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in this body, this body holding me. Feeling eternal. All this pain is an illusion. Votes: 0

Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark reminder that the path to energy independence is a long and arduous one. Votes: 0

The healthy should be reminded that we are all dying because it is through our own reminder of mortality that we accelerate our good intentions, into actions people can see. Votes: 0

It's sort of like a reminder [click my teeth together] to remember it, but I don't think it works. I have terrible memory and really bad teeth as a result. Votes: 0

Instead of attacking people, we need to love people. It lights a fire under me because it's a reminder of why we need the Gospel. Our hearts are so corrupt. Votes: 0

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him from the mean fussing of perfectionism. Votes: 0

I still look to music to heal and bind; I still think the musician can be a trusted object offering his fellow-man solace but also a reminder of human excellence. Votes: 0

In the same vein as these events, National Minority Health Month also serves as a reminder of how much work needs to be done to eliminate health and healthcare inequities. Votes: 0

I have a beautiful platter of various fruits as my computer screen saver. It's a constant reminder to eat healthy! It helps me to make healthier food choices throughout my day. Votes: 0

I believe that the flag of the Confederate States of America is a painful symbol and reminder of racial injustice and slavery which (Abraham) Lincoln denounced from here over 150 years ago Votes: 0

I think jewelry is beautiful on all women and I think it's sentimental - and Disney is sentimental. It's subtle and it's low-key and it's just a sweet reminder of sweetness. Votes: 0

Footage of people camped out at Best Buy or elsewhere is not remotely a celebration. Rather, it's a reminder of just how economically distressed a large percentage of our populace is. Votes: 0

Sometimes the hardest part of my job is the incessant reminder of the fact we're all trying so assiduously to ignore: we are here temporarily ... life is only ours on loan. Votes: 0

That a modern battleship of 48,000 tons would have to defend itself against wood and fabric biplanes with its main armament was a salutary reminder of the changing face of sea warfare. Votes: 0

In case you didn't know, dead people don't bleed. If you can bleed-see it, feel it-then you know you're alive. It's irrefutable, undeniable proof. Sometimes I just need a little reminder. Votes: 0

My scars tell a story. They are a reminder of times when life tried to break me, but failed. They are markings of where the structure of my character was welded. Votes: 0

When you're a woman, you have to work harder to get a laugh... I follow so many hilarious women on Twitter. It's a daily reminder that women get to be funny. Votes: 0

There are few tribes more loathsome than the American Right, and their vicious use of the shortcomings in the NHS to attack Barack Obama's attempts at health reform are a useful reminder. Votes: 0

Once you develop the practice of smiling, you may not need a reminder. You will smile as soon as you hear a bird singing or see the sunlight streaming through the window. Votes: 0

When a person disappears, everything becomes impregnated with that person's presence. Every single object as well as every space becomes a reminder of absence, as if absence were more important than presence. Votes: 0

Pride dries the tears of anger and vexation; humility, those of grief. The one is indignant that we should suffer; the other calms us by the reminder that we deserve nothing else. Votes: 0

The tightrope of love swings back and forth, forever tied between the tree of anxiety and the tree of fear. Like life, it holds a constant reminder that death must be overcome ... Votes: 0

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it. Votes: 0

I go on the Internet and look at old pictures of myself, because it is the best reminder of how far I have come and where I do not want to be. Votes: 0

In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us. Votes: 0

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting. Votes: 0

Everywhere throughout New England you find old, tumbledown field walls, often in the middle of the deepest, most settled- looking woods- a reminder of just how swiftly nature reclaims the land in America. Votes: 0

Yet while on my trip to the Middle East, the London bombings occurred. This was yet another stark reminder that if we don't fight terrorists abroad, they just get closer to our home. Votes: 0

Revisiting the Revolutionary War is a bracing reminder that the fate of a continent, and the shape of the modern world, turned on the free choices of remarkably few Americans defying an empire. Votes: 0

Sackcloth and kelp soup are not required, but the Buddhist reminder of the need to live lightly on the earth is a helpful guide to the daily habits and needs of us all. Votes: 0

I'm at the age where I don't need an acid trip to feel naked... to feel that I don't exist. Now a self-portrait is almost a reminder to me that I do exist. Votes: 0

The way the moon dashes through clouds that blow Loosely as cannon-smoke... Is a reminder of the strength and pain Of being young; that it can't come again, But is for others undiminished somewhere. Votes: 0

I have a suit in my closet with the pocket cut out. It's a reminder to me that I won't be taking anything with me. The last suit I wear won't need any pockets. Votes: 0

Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered. Votes: 0

Everything is exactly as it is for a reason.The crumb on your table isno mystical reminder of this morning's cookie,it is there because you have chosen not to remove it.No exceptions. Votes: 0

It was no longer her absence that wounded me, but my growing indifference to it. Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear. Votes: 0

I can't do this because I can't...I can't be the man I want to be with you. And that means that this - this just becomes...another reminder of what I am not. Votes: 0

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake. Votes: 0

Pet names are a persistant remnant of childhood, a reminder that life is not always so serious, so formal, so complicated. They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. Votes: 0

Autumn is a reminder that while the leaves die and fall, there will always be Spring, a chance to replenish and be reborn again. We all have the opportunity to replenish ourselves, to be reborn. Votes: 0

"There is love." Someone wrote that for me on a piece of paper in an airport when I probably looked like I really needed to hear it. I did. We all need the reminder sometimes. Votes: 0

CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Votes: 0

I'd become one of those mistakes you sometimes find in an office, a not unpleasant but mostly unproductive presence bobbing along on the energy tides of others, a walking reminder of somebody's error in judgement. Votes: 0

For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter. Votes: 0