"There are two way of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."
..... Edith Wharton
How do you choose to spread your light today?
Today I will strive to be the candle as I go about my day, gathering and sharing property information with a buyer client. On Saturday I'll be the mirror as I volunteer at the San Francisco City Chorus' concert.
Hi Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Real Estate Agent, Top 1% of Lyon Agents - this Saturday I'll be an usher for the concert; sometimes I head up snack/cookie tables (another way for the chorus to raise some funds) but that can be a fattening job; sometimes ticket sales
Always with the walking and exercise, Lottie. I imagine being an usher pumps up the daily step meter. Much better than standing behind a cookie table: one for you and one for me.
Hi Barbara Todaro - Edith Wharton's books make for good reading, and this quote of hers that I came across today just spoke to me. Happy Monday to you (and I hope Caleb keeps up with his barbell workouts!)
Barbara Todaro
Franklin, MA
thanks, Lottie.... your posts make for good reading....
Great thought today, Lottie!
I try to be both, depending on the situation.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
Good Morning Lottie Kendall
Sometimes we're the candle and sometimes we're the mirror and other times we get the chance to be both
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
I like the way you think, Doug Dawes
Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
Lottie,
What a nice post, and this is my favorite quote on the same subject,
Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. Buddha
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert
Richmond, TX
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
Good afternoon Lottie - that is a beautiful sentiment. We wave many ways each of us can light the dark.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
A lovely thought, Lottie. Edith Wharton is one of my all-time favorite authors and I've read and kept all of her books.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
What a bautiful quote Lottie, I love candles and the lights that they radiate as to me it is good karma! Thanks for having a great day!
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
What beautiful wisdom. This isn't just a great quote, you implement to the concept in how you live.
Thank you for the inspiration.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
Congratulations! You've been featured in BananaTude!
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
Good morning, Patricia Feager - thanks for the Banatude feature; a nice surprise.
Patricia Feager, MBA, ...
Flower Mound, TX
Hello Nina Hollander - I like Edith Wharton's books too, perhaps better than Jane Austen's.
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert - candlelight is such a soft, gentle light, isn't it?
Grant Schneider - I'm glad you enjoyed this thought, and I agree with you; we have many ways to share the light.
Lottie Kendall ~ hi Lottie.. oh for sure! I've read all of Jane Austen, but there's nothing like a good Edith Wharton book for me...maybe because they take place in NYC and other places I know well.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
I think that's why I relate to Wharton's books, too, Nina Hollander
Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
That is a lovely way to look at life. I will be the candle tomorrow and Saturday. I'll not sure about Friday.
Lottie Kendall
San Francisco, CA
Hi Debbie Reynolds - I'm glad you enjoy that thought - it spoke to me when I read it the other morning.
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