What? It’s MONDAY again? Already? Time is so messed up – don’t you think?? Well let’s just grab it by the horns and start a great week for ourselves shall we? We’ll start with a SPARK – for ourselves and to share. This was Annie of McGuffy’s Reader’s thought when she started the Monday SPARKS posts before her blog was hacked some time ago. She is working on coming back but until she can we are carrying on the “Monday SPARKS” tradition. It feels good to be a light at the first of the week!
I have a wonderful quote that is from Maya Angelou who has said more incredible things more eloquently in her life than anyone I know. Almost every quote of hers I identify with it. I’ve known this quote for YEARS and every time I read it – I get a tear in my eye – really.
It wouldn’t surprise me if I’d actually used this as my SPARK before but I didn’t find it in my SPARKS file. I truly love it. I hope it speaks to you too. I have known a lot of people who quite obviously don’t give a darn HOW they make other people feel – I try to avoid them like the plague.
Have a special and positive week – we’ll get together again next Monday and put some SPARKS in the air OK?
TWO Spoiled Cats 
that is true!!! words can be wrong, what we do can be wrong, but feelings are created by heart and the heart never fails!!!!
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No it never EVER fails………… ❤
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Well, I hope we can soon avoid the one person who is making most of our country feel really, really bad. A beautiful quote and yes, a tear for that one.
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We are all hoping that things get better SOON! 🙂 Hugs………………
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That’s a good spark to start the week. I hope you have a great week!
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You too Clowie!
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Oh yes, that is very true, and it also is true if a person has made you feel bad. You don’t forget that either.
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You’re right………..both ends of the spectrum !
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That’s a great quote that I’m familiar with, but I never knew that it was attributed to her!
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She was an amazing woman….when reading through her quotes you realize how she really did speak for so many of us! Things we feel but never said……Maya wasn’t afraid to put it into words.
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I have not read this before I don’t think…but it is the absolute truth. I may remember all three but how someone made me feel will be uppermost and first and the longest lasting.
Katie’s Mom
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Just about everyone has said that about this quote…..Maya said this for so many of us!!
Hugs, Pam
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This is one powerful Spark! How people make us feel and how we make others feel can change our life. We need to not allow people to have the power to make us feel small or bad and we need to have an open heart to enjoy the happiness that people bring to us. Sort of comes down to kindness… being kind to others and ourselves. Thanks for this Spark this morning, you were in my head this morning!
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I really think Maya Angelou was an incredible woman – she was so articulate and after reading through so many of her quotes I realized that she had a wonderful way of saying what many of us FEEL but have never expressed out loud. She was remarkable. Words are VERY powerful!
Love, Pam
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Great Spark! I’ve known a few people over the years that don’t care what they say and like you I’ve avoided them.
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That is so true. Rainy day. Started out 62 but; going to be 50’s. Have a great day.
Sue
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Bravo and standing ovation. What a wonderful and true Spark. I’m smiling
Hugs Cecilia
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Made me smile too………….!! 🙂 ❤
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That is a great spark and so true. I have just recently started reading Maya Angelou’s work and I am enjoying it. Have a great day! XO
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Reading through her quotes reminded me of what a very special lady she was…………..
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Mom remembers this quote from when she was a teacher. It’s a super great Spark for all people and for teachers especially. With content testing breathing down their necks, it’s important for teachers to remember that school is more than facts and figures.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Well said!!!
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A lovely quote to start any day. Happy Monday.
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Yes, that is a goodie and it is so very true!
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That’s a truly lovely Spark! Mom never thought to do a separate file for Sparks. That’s so smart because you can check to see if you’ve used it before!!
The Florida Furkids
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There are so many wonderful SPARKS and I suspect that it wouldn’t really matter if we do a repeat – it never hurts to be reminded of something !! 🙂
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I can’t even remember my name but I can remember who done me wrong and who done me right.
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Yep – that’s the important thing to remember! You can always sew name labels inside your undies to remember who you are Kismet…… 🙂
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Absolutely true and wonderful Spark too, Teddy😺Pawkisses for a wonderful Monday🐾😽💞
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Thanks!!!!!!
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That really is true…
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That is more true now than ever!
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That is the perfect Spark to be a good mantra for ALL. Maya Angelou was very wise and she had a wonderful talent for sharing her wisdom.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
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She certainly had a lot of wisdom to impart to those who were looking for inspiration!!
Hugs, Pam
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I have heard that quote before and I think it is so true.
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Wise lady!
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A totally truer quote was never said!
I wish peeps at my work would practice this in the way they treat others, esp fellow staff.
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I think your average person doesn’t even consider that what they have said might just be THE THING someone remembers the rest of their life……………..
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One of my favorite quotes! She was a special woman ☺️
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She was – very wise, intelligent and HONEST.
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