“What we do today, right now, will have an accumulated effect on all our tomorrows.”             ~ Alexandra Stoddard   “You cannot show up today and expect yesterday’s results.”             ~ Unknown   “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if…

“Our value lies in what we are and what we have been, not in our ability to recite the recent past.”             ~ Homer   “To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be their world.”             ~ Josephine Billings   “I like it when people remember that…

“Grow old with me! The best is yet to be.”             ~ Robert Browning   “The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles!”             ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson   “Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity.”             ~ Kilroy J. Oldster   “When my grandmother…

“One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming.”             ~ Morgan Harper Nichols   “Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been.”             ~ Jimmy Buffet   “Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.”             ~ Betty Friedan   “The secret of…

“To Blog – To Share, To Connect, To Create, To Inspire.”             ~ The Gingerbread Gem   “The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust.”             ~ Jason Calacanis   “There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren’t contributing to it.”             ~ Germany Kent   “A…

“New year is another opportunity of seeing life with a little more caring, compassion, maturity and beauty.”             ~ Amit Ray   “Enter this new year with a gratitude for this new chance to create your dreams”             ~ Avina Celeste   “The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.”            …

Happy Holidays from everyone at BMG! The Blog will return next Wednesday.

“There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy.”             ~ Ralph H. Blum   “Within you, that is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”             ~ Hermann Hesse   “When everything around you is crazy, it is ingenious to stay calm.”…

Today’s blog is from the BMG Archives, Dec 6th, 2017     “Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”             ~ Hamilton Wright Mabie   “Kindness is a gift everyone can afford to give.”             ~ Unknown   “We tend to forget that…

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”             ~ Semisonic (lyrics)   “Goodbyes make you think. They make you realize what you’ve had, what you’ve lost, and what you’ve taken for granted.”             ~ Ritu Ghatourey   “The magic of life is about looking forward, neither looking around…