It's Graduation time and that means commencement ceremonies, inspirational speeches, family celebrations, and-once the festivities are over--questions of the future. At this time, when we acknowledge the best in each of our graduates, Cachet Baskets offers one of our favorite quotes on going forward and living your best life. Originally brought to fame when delivered by Nelson Mandela, it is an excerpt from Marianne Williamson's book "A Return to Love" and gives your graduate permission to embrace their future.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Help your graduate shine; put them firmly upon the path to success. And just to remind them how much you love them, and of your unconditional love and support, send them off on their next adventure with a gift as unique as they are--a graduation gift basket from Cachet Baskets. We'll customize it for your one-of-a-kind graduate.
Congratulations graduates! And happy trails!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
A Mother's Day Story by Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck on A Mother's Love
We all know that being a Mom is the hardest, most rewarding job on the face of this Earth.
"You don't love me!"
How many times have your kids laid that one on you?
And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much?
Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them...
* I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom and what time you would get home.
* I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money, which we could afford, and you couldn't.
* I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand picked friend was a creep.
* I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your bedroom, a job that would have taken me 15 minutes.
* I loved you enough to say, "Yes, you can go to Disney World on Mother's Day."
* I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust, and tears in my eyes.
* I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners.
* I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness.
* I loved you enough to ignore "what every other mother" did or said.
* I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.
* I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your own actions, at 6, 10, or 16.
* I loved you enough to figure you would lie about the party being chaperoned, but forgave you for it...after discovering I was right.
* I loved you enough to shove you off my lap, let go of your hand, be mute to your pleas and insensitive to your demands...so that you had to stand alone.
* I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, and not what I wanted you to be.
* But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.
Erma Bombeck
For all those times your mother "loved you enough," send a fabulous, heart-warming Mother's Day gift basket.
We all know that being a Mom is the hardest, most rewarding job on the face of this Earth.
"You don't love me!"
How many times have your kids laid that one on you?
And how many times have you, as a parent, resisted the urge to tell them how much?
Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them...
* I loved you enough to bug you about where you were going, with whom and what time you would get home.
* I loved you enough to insist you buy a bike with your own money, which we could afford, and you couldn't.
* I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover your hand picked friend was a creep.
* I loved you enough to stand over you for two hours while you cleaned your bedroom, a job that would have taken me 15 minutes.
* I loved you enough to say, "Yes, you can go to Disney World on Mother's Day."
* I loved you enough to let you see anger, disappointment, disgust, and tears in my eyes.
* I loved you enough not to make excuses for your lack of respect or your bad manners.
* I loved you enough to admit that I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness.
* I loved you enough to ignore "what every other mother" did or said.
* I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall, hurt, and fail.
* I loved you enough to let you assume the responsibility for your own actions, at 6, 10, or 16.
* I loved you enough to figure you would lie about the party being chaperoned, but forgave you for it...after discovering I was right.
* I loved you enough to shove you off my lap, let go of your hand, be mute to your pleas and insensitive to your demands...so that you had to stand alone.
* I loved you enough to accept you for what you are, and not what I wanted you to be.
* But most of all, I loved you enough to say no when you hated me for it. That was the hardest part of all.
Erma Bombeck
For all those times your mother "loved you enough," send a fabulous, heart-warming Mother's Day gift basket.
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