Sane, Simple, Sacred: My Trusty Date Book

My Trusty Date Book

Besides the usual shopping lists, appointments, birthdays, phone numbers and notes that are recorded in the small date book I carry in my purse, I frequently record quotations that seem important to me as I read magazines or books at Borders or in waiting rooms. Here are a few of them:

"Collections reflect a life well lived." (Todd Richesin)
"Spend wisely, give wildly." (Chinos.com)
"Giving presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well." (Patricia Glenconner)
"The soul is really like the earth itself. It has to lie fallow for a while...." (Sue Monk Kidd)
"Thank God for what you have. Trust Him for what you need."
"A home is a place to do things not store things. It's not meant to house your possessions but your life.
"Land of the free; because of the brave."

(I also record money spent, ideas, books I want to read, movies I want to see, things I want to do, things I NEED to do, recipes and blogs I want to check out...)

14 comments:

EileenNovember 22, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Oh, so that's your EVERYTHING book!
I like your quotes very much too!

I actually have lots of books where I write lists, and bits and pieces from prayers and quotes, and reminders for birthdays, and even some addresses.
And this is how scattered my mind is, the notebooks have lined paper, but I don't use the lines, I write all over the place!
I buy all these notebooks with the conviction that I am going to be organized and use one book for lists, another for addresses, another for quotes, etc.
But after two days I'm back to my old wayward ways and I grab whatever notebook is handy!
Maybe I'll make a New Years's resolution and stick to it!

Love to you,
Eileen
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BernieNovember 22, 2009 at 11:25 PM
What a great idea, I carry a small book which holds numbers but I wouldn't mind one especially to record quotes....love this idea my freind.....:-) Hugs
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JackieNovember 22, 2009 at 11:26 PM
You sound sooo organized, my friend. I wish I was more like that. Your date book is something to treasure...holding much more than appointments.
I love the last quotation: "Land of the free because of the brave."
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BrendaNovember 23, 2009 at 12:44 AM
I love to keep a little notebook, also. I do have difficulty in that I lose it too often. Do you have all of your notebooks from many years?
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DeniseNovember 23, 2009 at 4:37 AM
Very nice.
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RebeccaNovember 23, 2009 at 5:46 AM
Eileen, I write all over these pages, too - sometimes ignoring the date, etc. I'll even cross reference things - like "see August 13 for book titles I want to read". After years of trial and error and many little notebooks, I've settled on this for the past few years as the best way to keep my highly distracted self SOMEwhat organized.
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RebeccaNovember 23, 2009 at 5:47 AM
Bernie, I just squeeze quotes in wherever I can. Some of the best ones, I might recopy in my larger journal in a section I've labeled "quotes". This journal sits by my recliner along with my Bible and laptop....
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RebeccaNovember 23, 2009 at 5:48 AM
Brenda, So far, I keep it like the checkbook - in my purse and haven't lost it. And yes, I do keep old ones. I've referred to them occasionally and am thankful that I didn't discard them. Most of the time, though, I wonder, "WHY am I keeping all these?"
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Kathleen November 23, 2009 at 6:37 AM
I'm a quote collector myself. I love the way others weave words.

Your record-keeping discipline is one I need to employ. I carry a small journal when I travel, but I ought to have one for daily musings as well.

Thanking God for you, and for your living your life for Him.

Kathleen
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DianaNovember 23, 2009 at 7:10 AM
Well I'm afraid that I am just like Eileen. I to write everything down but have so many different notebooks that I have to go searching the house for which one which thing and what have you! I think that if I could just find the "Perfect" one that I would do alright!
Love Di
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Wanda.....November 23, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Although I keep quotes in a separate book I do similar things Rebecca, even jotting down cute things the grandkids have said over the years. With me it all started in 1884, when a sister gave me a hard back "book calendar" that had quotations on each page. I love reviewing past years, it's like mini journaling! So enjoy your blog Rebecca. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Luv and smiles,
Wanda
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RebeccaNovember 23, 2009 at 8:09 AM
Diana, When you've lived as long as I have, you'll have given up on finding "perfect"!
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RebeccaNovember 23, 2009 at 8:10 AM
Wanda, Wow! 1884! (Just kidding.) You're right--it is mini-journaling done without taking extra time to do it.
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Wanda.....November 23, 2009 at 9:06 AM
That makes me ancient relic I guess!
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"We simplify, not just to be less busy, even though we may be right to pursue that. Rather, we simplify to remove distractions from our pursuit of Christ. We prune activities from our lives, not only to get organized, but also that our devotion to Christ and service for His kingdom will be more fruitful. We simplify, not merely to save time, but to eliminate hindrances to the time we devote to knowing Christ. All the reasons we simplify should eventually lead us to Jesus Christ!" (Donald S. Whitney)

Dedicated to my sister-in-law, Beth--a TRUE home manager....

"I work for a King. He has put me in charge of his home. When He comes to see how I have managed His possessions and His children, I do not want to be found wanting. I want to do my best. Everything I have is on loan from Him. I have room and board and a job to do, but it is all for Him. Therefore I want to dress my best and do my best in all my work. I also want to be creative, for this is a sincere attempt to glorify Him and His beautiful creation. How I manage my home is a form of worship to Him." --Lydia Sherman

"A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Contentment makes poor men rich.

-Benjamin Franklin

"What I am gradually discovering is that in the writing I come in touch with the Spirit of God." ~ Nouwen

~~"Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting."~~Edmund Burke

C.S. Lewis: "To trust Him means, of course, trying to do all that He says. There would be no sense in trusting a person if you wouldn't take his advice. Thus if you have really handed yourself over to Him, it must follow that you are trying to obey Him."

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Apostle Paul: "But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

"It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand. It stops us from taking anything for granted. It has also taught me alot about living in the immediate moment. I am somehow managing to live one day, one hour at a time." Madeleine L'Engle

FIVE CERTAINTIES
WITH WHICH TO
START YOUR DAY

God holds you. Each day he carries us in his arms. Psalm 68:19 NLT
God sustains you. THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. Psalm 23:1 AMP
God covers you. He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust. Psalm 91:4 AMP
God pours His love upon you. Through each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. Psalm 42:8 NLT
God will not fail you. The unfailing love of the Lord never ends! Lamentations 3:22 NLT

THE BLOGGER'S PRAYER Lord, help me to learn to spell without spellcheck, manage to visit all that visit me, and post regularly - all in 5 minutes a day, so that I can clean house and take care of my family. Help me to not look at every occurrence in my life as a blog post, and to quit taking pictures of weird things to share as well. Please Lord, help me to stop talking about my blog friends as though they are next door neighbors or someone I have known all of my life. And help me, dear Lord, to think of something witty and wise to post tomorrow.
Love, The Dust Bunny Hostage

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Mercy

My Trusty Date Book

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