Give A Penny, Get A Penny
Give A Penny, Get A Penny
Most gas stations in the South have little change dishes by the register. If you’re paying for a transaction and need an extra penny or two, you simply take one from the dish. People then reciprocate this good turn by dropping a few coins in the dish from time to time, thereby creating a community bank of sorts, based on goodwill.
So in that spirit, this is Southern Plate’s “Give A Penny, Get A Penny” page.” I dearly love positive quotes and am always scouring the web for more so I thought this would be a great place to compile all of those. I’ll post mine, you post yours, and we can all “Give A Penny” when we have one and come back to “Get A Penny” when we need one.
I’ll also draw from these quotes to include at the bottom of my posts and emails that I send out to Southern Plate readers and be sure to credit the person who provided it, so include a link to your blog if you have one.
I would consider it a personal favor if you’d take the time to share a quote of motivation or positivity in the comments section below. Quote yourself, your Mama, someone famous, or our best friend “Anonymous”, it doesn’t matter, long as you drop your penny and then come back on one of those days when you feel like you might need one yourself.
Gratefully,
Christy
A smile is the prettiest thing you can wear. -Anonymous
Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn. -Anonymous
Love this one Tricia, so true!
When I was 5 years old my mother told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They said I didn’t understand the assignment. I told them they didn’t understand life. -John Lennon
From Wayne Dyer: “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
One of my sons had a tooth falllen out. I told him not to fool with it but put it in a safe place so he could put in under his pillow that night. Well, you guessed it–he misplaced it and couldn’t find it at bedtime. Rather than have him run around like a chicken with it’s head cut off, I told him to write a note to the tooth fairy explaining the situation. He proceeded to write this long note and placed it under his pillow. The next morning he came into the kitchen with this sad angry face. The fairy had written a short note back to him. ‘TOO BAD”.
Think well about the seeds you are planting as you influence the people around you every day. You can plant seeds of impatience, fear, and frustration, or of love, contentment, and faith. It’s up to you!
I have a whole list on Facebook as well as a board on Pinterest…I love motivational quotes!
But my favorite is probably
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” Theodore Roosevelt