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
You cannot let go of anything if you cannot notice that you are holding it.
My great grandmother repeatedly reminded her grandchildren and great grandchildren: “Pretty is as pretty does”. I didn’t understand fully as a child, but I soon learned. In turn, I am reminding my grandchildren in the same way.
“Sometimes delightful gifts are wrapped in very plain packages…..like swaddling clothes…..” Ron Davis
Here are some of my favorites:
If you love something set it free–if it returns it is yours–if it doesn’t, it never was.
Turn your stumbling blocks into stepping stones
Pain and suffering is inevitable–misery is optional.
You can’t choose how you will die, but you can choose how to live.
We often live our lives in chains never realizing the key is within our reach.
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
Deciding to have a child is momentous. It is deciding forever to have you heart go walking around outside your body.
Life is like potato salad – when shared with others – it becomes a picnic.
Christy, I live by this quote and so does your grandmama
It’s not what you gather, But what you scatter that tells what kind
of life you have lived.
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Phillipians 4:13