Genesis' Blog

“Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.”

~Robin Hobb

I believe this quote means that the people you enjoy being with are like a home to you, they make you feel safe, and comfortable. It isn’t the house itself that is a home it is the people who make you feel comfortable to share anything with them, and safe because they protect you from as many harmful things as they can. So keep your friends close because they are your home.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ”

~Albert Einstein

I think this quote means that we should never tell somebody that they cannot achieve something they have dreamed of pursuing becuase they will never think they can achieve a dream that they have wanted to pursue. Telling them they can’t achieve the impossible is like stopping the river from flowing.

“Around here we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

~Walt Disney

I think this quote means that we should never lose the sense of curiosity because it may bring us where we there are new possibilities and suprises. Never look back at what you left behind because there may be something to make up for that one thing you lost. Have fun with the adventure that is along with your curiosity.

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

~Oprah Winfrey

Focusing on what you don’t have will ruin what you do have, that can happen when you don’t have what you want. But focus on what you do have! You never know when you will get the things you once wished for. Keep your focus on what you do have and you will have the best time with what you got.

“A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

~Roald Dahl

It think this quote means that even if we are ugly on the outside, but we have good thoughts of helping others, and thoughts of kindness, we are never too ugly. The face on the outside is a mask that hides who we really are on the outside. Everybody will be suprised when you take of your mask. Will you have beautiful thoughts that will astonish them or can you have the same look of that mask you wear?

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

~Audrey Hepburn

I think this quote means that we should never consider both of our hands as something for ourselves. Always help others so that you may help yourself. Kindness fits everybody, you just need to try it on.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, and sometimes your smile is the source of your joy.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

I think this quote means sometimes they are people who will bring us down and no matter what other people do make us feel better, we just don’t feel uplifted. When we smile because of the memories we had, or because of the friends we remember, that is something that is so powerful that it can bring you joy. Making such great memories can help us when we are going through hard times. So make memories that will make you smile, or bring you joy!

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

~Alexander Graham Bell

I believe this quote means that if you look at something as how it is and don’t see soemthing else that can help you up, then start being positive. Don’t look at the door you longed to pass through, look around you for other possibilities that can take you even to the same place you wanted to go to, or even better.

“You’re only responsible for being honest, not for someone else’s reaction to your honesty.”

~Kelli Jae Baeli

Honesty can be hard to do sometimes. We are sometimes afraid to tell the truth because of how others react. Keeping the truth hidden from something that needs to be said can be as bad as the reaction you get from that person. If you ever tell the truth even though you were afraid of what that persons reaction would be, you did the right thing! Even though they do not see it now, you helped them think again about some things that might have not have been right.

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”

~Theodor Seuss Geisel

All of us have had troubles in the past that we can’t face and we try to hide. Some of us even have troubles about our future, but there is no need to fear, because whatever happened to you back then is in the past. If you have troubles about your future, there is no need to worry, because you are not there yet, you will face them when you get there. But meanwhile, ask for help or go buy big bats because you are not facing those troubles alone.