#ra

As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#everyday-life #grateful #sunshine #food

I am a rank individualist. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#i #i am #individualist #rank

I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people. ↗

— Toby Keith

#close #drawn #i #military #people

My mom taught us the Serenity Prayer at a young age. ↗

— Toby Keith

#age #prayer #serenity #taught #us

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness. ↗

— Helen Keller

#awkwardness #barrier #book #discourses #disenfranchised

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. ↗

— Helen Keller

#carpet #grass #lush #luxurious #me

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. ↗

— Helen Keller

#lived #miles #potent #smell #thousands

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding. ↗

— Ric Keller

#american people #believe #comes #education #entitled

Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it. ↗

— Ric Keller

#bad #border #congress #decided #firsthand

I have no formal culinary training, right. ↗

— Thomas Keller

#formal #i #right #training