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[Cakers3]

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@tansy wrote:

My mistake, @Cakers3.  I didn't mean to attribute the words to her but I wasn't aware of the full quote or its origin.

I used to have an Englebreite plaque by the garage door:  When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping.  That was back in the '80s when I enjoyed going to a big mall 🥹

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@tansy It's ok. I had one of her calendars years ago myself.

[Snowpuppy]

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@Franell wrote:

Making the best of the circumstances you are in is good advice but sometimes you've got to realize when a situation is toxic and find the strength to make a change.

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This is excellent. Working on an escape plan will keep you motivated.

Someone once told me a dream without a plan is only a wish. 

[FiddleDeeDee]

@monicakm  No. I read it somewhere years ago, however, and have used this as a motto for myself and our children whenever we moved. It has helped immensely when moving to an area we deeply disliked but work/education/Life took us there.

[Puppy Lips]

Of course I have heard the phrase. I had a poster when I was in high school and college. It had that phrase on it and a photo of a flower growing out of a crack in the cement. I had good parents, but they never gave me advice on anything. I wish they would have.

[JudyL]

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@monicakm wrote:

Did your mom ever tell you that? 

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My mom didn't tell me that.  Heard it when I was much older.  

[speedy girl]

I saw that saying on a Mary Engelbreight card once and I have never forgot it. It just makes a lot of sense to me!

[JoyFilled Warrior]

Great Topic!

      ..   and so  True

            

So, as with reminders fr you @monicakm  . . . . (Thank you)

. . . .  even from a prickly cactus . . 

    Blooming Can, & Does Happen!

             

[JoyFilled Warrior]

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@monicakm wrote:

@Oznell 

When my daughter was in jr/high school and all the other mom's worked outside the home, I began questioning my husband's and my decision to stay home.  I don't think I really wanted to have a job but I was questioning it.  That's when mom said to "bloom where you are planted".  She didn't work outside the home either.  My daughter went to college on a full 4 yr music scholarship, quit after the semester and switched to education with a double major in education and math.  She's never worked outside the house either.  I don't know why I thought of her words.  Now that she's gone, I recall a lot of her words of wisdom.  She had a lot of them.

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@monicakm   ???

Now that who is gone??

I missed something here ...

[JudyL]

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@JoyFilled Warrior wrote:

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@monicakm wrote:

@Oznell 

When my daughter was in jr/high school and all the other mom's worked outside the home, I began questioning my husband's and my decision to stay home.  I don't think I really wanted to have a job but I was questioning it.  That's when mom said to "bloom where you are planted".  She didn't work outside the home either.  My daughter went to college on a full 4 yr music scholarship, quit after the semester and switched to education with a double major in education and math.  She's never worked outside the house either.  I don't know why I thought of her words.  Now that she's gone, I recall a lot of her words of wisdom.  She had a lot of them.

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@monicakm   ???

Now that who is gone??

I missed something here ...

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@JoyFilled Warrior  - @monicakm is talking about her mother who passed away this past Spring.

[JoyFilled Warrior]

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@sabatini wrote:
That phrase always reminds me of my best friend back when we were young moms and struggling.
One day she was pining for a charming, funky bungalow on the coast, & fretting over the tiny condo they were in.
So I said ‘Oh, just bloom where you’re planted.’, & she replied “But why can’t I be planted with an ocean view?!” 🤣🤣

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    Hi @sabatini   

I hear ya, both.   I pined for that myself...

....  So I brought that cute Beachside home to me: