Quotes
and Lines to Live By
Inspiration to start your day
written and/or collected by
Beulah Peyton Bouzane.
“When all around you things become ‘undone’, seek to quiet your racing heart
and find an inner peace
.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Time is the currency of life
but it cannot be saved.
It cannot be .preserved in a bottle
or vacuumed packed and frozen.
It should be spent wisely…
making every moment count.
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
a little child has smiled at you,
or a dog licked your hand,
or if you have looked for the best
in others and have given others
the best in you.”
“There is always another perspective. Look at life from different angles.“
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
then appear as if from nowhere
to walk by your side when
you need them most.”
from The BoBo Collection
“Home is a place of quiet
refuge. It is a haven that allows
the worries and stresses of every
day to be put aside even if just
for a little while“
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Friendship happens when the time is right and ages with beauty as the years go by.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“Are you sure you can hear me?” she asked.
She often talked to herself and find answers even when she didn’t know somebody was listening.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
from The BoBo Collection
“There comes a time to create our own traditions and not be bound by the past or things no longer part of our reality.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
In the quiet of the morning, before the world awakes, I walk to the river’s edge to skip a stone and watch the ripples disappear. And so, the day begins.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“Hurl yourself into the adventures of living.”
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have laughed often, given something, forgiven even more or made a new friend.”
~ from an old scrapbook
“When the drum beats, it becomes the heartbeat and music of your soul. It will tell your story and the story of those gone before.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Be gentle with yourself and
others, especially when you / they
mess up”
from the BoBo Collection
She asked, “What if there is nothing more?”
The answer came gently and slowly, “Than we must live in the present and make each moment count.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“There were so many special people
in her life, she was afraid she’d run
out of room! But, you know, she never did.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
I can relate to this space.
The walls creek and move with the wind and the rain makes music as it dances on the roof.”
from the BoBo Collection
She said, “You are shaped by each life, by each story, that has touched your soul. There’s something so rich in that.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“He sat in silence but there were voices from within. He had contemplated this next phase of his life for so long and then there was that moment when he knew it was time.!”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
as she reached out in welcome.
know anyone. Here’s my number.
Call me and we’ll go for coffee.”
among a group of strangers,
someone takes the time.”
from the BoBo Collection
“She wasn’t wrong, you know. It was just fueled by her vivid imagination. Nobody really understood that.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“The greatest happiness in life
is found from day to day in the
deep and lasting friendships
we make along the way!”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
(inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson)
from The BoBo Collection
“Worry is pointless for there are no answers for tomorrow. We can only live this moment to its fullest potential and let tomorrow look after itself.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“Words came together to form a solitary sentence and a new story began.“
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
He said, “I am not my troubles or my failures. I am the light that shines through the darkness.”
~ Richard Wagamese
from Embers
“Part wonder, part dreams, part reality
~ and then it is morning and the haze
drifts across the river, mysterious and elegant.“
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“And the thoughts all danced and
echoed in my mind
until I felt mesmerized.
Thankfully they all came tumbling
out as laughter.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
He said, “I am more than this body that holds me. I am my faith. I am the courage that welcomes the sunrise in its promise of a new day.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“And, if there is anger,
let it rise and fall
before the sun sets.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“I thought of you this morning
and I smiled.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
In the wee hours of the morning
~just before the dawn,
is where the magic happens
and a brand new day awaits.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“We lay there and looked up
at the night sky and she told me
about stars called blue squares
and red swirls and I told her I’d
never heard of them.
Of course not, she said, the really
important stuff they never tell you.
You have to imagine it on your own..”
~Brian Andreas
from the BoBo Collection
“I believe every person we meet, every interaction we have, and everything we go through helps shape who we are.”
~ Farzad Ahmed
in the early morn, that my spirit soars.
It is here, where the eagles circle and rest
by the river and the rocks,
from the BoBo Collection
“I want to live another 6,570 days,” she said.
“Not me.” he replied. “I would like to live forever.”
“But that might get tiresome,” she said.
“Then I choose just one more. please.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“When the busyness of your thoughts becomes overwhelming, take a deep breath and smile until you find space for peace and silence.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“What would we do without good friends …
it is the comfort on which our heart depends.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Words have the power to transform
They make you feel
Sit with them and they become a shift changer
Use them and they make magic.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
“I’ve learned that
people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did, but
people will never forget
how you made them feel.”
~Mayo Angelou
and as I looked back to see
the tilt of the earth had gone awry
and nothing was the way it should be”
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Photo credit: Jeff Martin
“To improve the golden moment
of opportunity and catch the good
that is within our reach,
is the great art of life.”
~Samuel Johnson
Walk gently in truth and with purpose
for you are a traveler on life’s Journey
In quiet spaces, you feel your heartbeat
In the stillness you are alive with singing
In the wind your story is being written
~ You are the author
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Love as much as your heart can hold
Enjoy each moment that is yours
Live life to the fullest
~ the possibilities are endless
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
In the wee hours of every morning, I wrap myself in silence so I can hear the essence of my being and then I smile as I listen for the cry of loons and geese on the river.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Every day is filled with noise and commotion. Find spaces of silence in between the chaos so you can feel and hear your heartbeat and experience the real you.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Live life on the edge of all it was meant to be.
Allow yourself to dance without music.
Let each morning be filled with
shining eyes and laughter.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Hope is a matter of choice.
It can be the inner strength
you need to guide you forward
no matter what your circumstance.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
Stretch yourself physically.
Rest when you need to rest but
do NOT waste away your time.
Learn to LIVE every moment!
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
Muddied and weary from the storm, we laugh and cry together and after, we quietly wait for a new day.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
Some days are meant for watching clouds
and imagining where the wind
would take you if you could fly.
Ah yes, some days!
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
It was the magic of memories
when the impossible was fantastic
and believable if only for the
stillness of one autumn night.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from the BoBo Collection
Each step we take is a footprint
making a special mark
telling our story
making it matter that we were here.
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
She said, “The best surprises are the unexpected
ones that come from never-dreamed-of
places.”
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
From Embers by Richard Wagamese …
ME: What do I need to live at my best?
OLD WOMAN: Truth and courage.
ME: Not purpose and strength?
OLD WOMAN: Truth and courage are purpose and strength. They are the roots of everything powerful. Everything spiritual. When you keep your truth in front of you and have the courage to keep moving toward it, through anything that arises, you live at your best.
ME: Even if I stumble?
OLD WOMAN: Especially then.
…
I began to walk more gracefully after that.
Sometimes the way seems long and you feel lost in a sea of endless questions without answers. Then the sky clears and you trust enough to walk gracefully until the answers come.
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
It is in the stillness of the time just before the sun rises that poems are written and inspiration is found.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.”
~ Kahlil Gibran
“We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness.”
~ Mary Oliver
“I’ve learned best from the mistakes I’ve made. Every hill I’ve had to climb, every difficulty I’ve faced – these were the things that made me strong.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“There is a quest that calls me
in night when I’m alone,
the need to ride where the ways divide
the unknown from the known.”
~Cale Young Rice
“Every day … I seek to go where I have never travelled. I wake with the vision of a purposeful day, filled with adventures and teachings. Then I take the first step and try to make it Beyond.”
~Richard Wagamese
from his book “Embers”
Do not dwell in the past or dream only of the future. Live for today and let the eagle soar!
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“Your past will influence and shape part of you, but you prove who you are each day you are in.”
~Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“After she had that last big garage sale, she floated off into the sky. And I heard her say there was nothing to keep her here anymore.
I was much more cautious about the stuff I got rid of after that.”
~ Brian Andreas
from Story People
“From the center of my life, there came a great fountain, deep blue, shadows on azure seawaters.”
~Louise Gluck
The Wild Iris
“Always be gentle. Act softly and kindly to others and to yourself. Be like the grass. It gets stepped on and flattened but regains its shape again once the pressure has passed. It is humble, accepting and soft. That’s what makes it strong.
~Richard Wagamese
from his book “Embers”
“You know it is a good day when you wake in the morning and every thought is in rhyme.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“The sound of the birds, the wind in the trees, the patter of rain on the roof, the smell of coffee brewing and a good book waiting ~ such a wonderful way to start my morning.”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“When troubles come your way, as often times they do, hold firm, plant your feet firmly and brace yourself. Keep your chin up and head high. You will see it through!”
~ Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“True genius is knowing when to say nothing, to allow experience, the moment itself, to carry the message, to say what needs to be said.”
~ Richard Wagamese
Embers, One Ojibway’s Meditations
“I opened my eyes
and looked up at the rain,
and it dripped in my head
and flowed in my brain,
and all that I hear as I lie in my bed
Is the slighity-slosh of the rain in my head.
I step very softly
I walk very slow
I can’t do a handstand ~
I might overflow.”
~ Shel Silverstein
For graduates then and now …
“Climb far, your goal the sky,
your aim the star.”
~ original author unknown
“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
~ Horace Mann
“One day I shall travel to far off lands, explore new places, meet new people and make new friends. Ah yes – one day.
But until then, I shall enjoy this little piece of Paradise and those standing next to me, and I shall laugh and dance to the song of life.”
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
“Life is a journey of many roads,
of dips and turns, of majestic
mountains and peaceful valleys,
of rolling thunder and raging storms,
of beauiful sunrises and still waters
~ every moment to be savored.”
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
The wise person draws from every stage of life, feeling the beauty, the dignity and value.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
The BoBo Collection
Keep your face always toward the sunshine
and shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman
“She said she usually cried at least once each day, not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful and life was so short.”
by Brian Andreas
The most important things that happen in our lifetime happen within ourselves. Whether we see it as misery or joy is our choice.
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
from The BoBo Collection
This comes from a beautiful, well-grounded, young teenager who is one of the most precious loves in my life:
“Live each day to the fullest
because you never know
when it’s going to end.”
M.E. Bouzane
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”
by Hunter S. Thompson
I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts, but they needed constant attention and one day I decided I had better things to do.
by Brian Andreas
“They may forget what you said – but they will never forget how you made them feel.”
Carl W. Buehner
She said, “I have such a drab personality so I wear bright colours to cover it up.”
and then she laughed.
Mabel Brennan
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
Sometimes I hear or read the most wonderful little snippets. Other times they come from nowhere as I sit and write. Those snippets are the things that often strike a chord and get me thinking deeper. I thought you might enjoy them. too.
May today
be filled
with
delightful
unknowns
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
Live life
on the edge
of all it was
meant to be
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
Between
friends
there is a
place for
compassion
and
understanding
Beulah Peyton Bouzane
What in the world was I thinking!
origins unknown
A Powerful Story
a place away from all the distractions
a place where you can
just sit awhile and collect your thoughts where you can let your imagination run wild where you can laugh or cry where you can reminisce or plan a place where you can just be.
A Favourite Place!
