a book called "P.S I love you"
My gf send this book to me as a gift. But I never really read it before. I typed the whole book word by word to lighten my suitcase. Surprisingly, it's a quite enjoyable process. Don't try to finish it at one time unless you've got nothing to do.
Introduction
Over the years Mom has written my sister and me hundreds of letters. What we cherished most were the little P.S. notes she would write at the end of each one. There , in just a few words, she would encourage and inspire us with keen observations, gentle humor , and loving advice.
We saved the letters, and this little book is a collection of her P.S. messages we love the most. Although some were written more than forty years ago, they still ring with truth and insight.
I hope you will enjoy reading them . Perhaps you will be reminded of similar words of wisdom written to you by your mother or father.
As I write this, I am happy to report that Mom is in excellent health and still writing . I cannot wait for her next letter.
By H. Jackon Brown
P.S.
What you are becoming is more important than what you are accomplishing.
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
I know this letter has been filled with advice – all unsolicited. Take what you want and throw the rest away. As George Bernard Shaw said, “Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and it’s a pleasant thing to do.”
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
I love this story about giving credit where credit is due:
A preacher comes up to a farmer in his field and remarks, “Mighty fine farm you and the Lord have made. “ Yep,” replies the farmer, “but you should have seen it when He had it all to Himself.”
P.S.
If there were no one to watch them drive by, how many people would buy a Mercedes?
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
Dearest Daughter, you don’t have to prove yourself to me, your father, or to anyone. If you have done your best, that’s all that matters. Are you content and satisfield with your efforts? That’s the only questions to ask.
I love you.
Jlin
P.S.
Regarding your D in biology, let me only say that sometimes a good scare is worth more than good advice.
I love you
P.S.
One of your father’s clients sent him a lovely paperweight with this inscription:
People can be divided into three groups:
Those who make things happen
Those who watch things happen
Those who wonder what happened
Congratulations on being the captain of the first group.
You have a very special father.
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
An older gentleman in front of me at the check-out at Kroger’s was wearing a hat with this inscription:
If we had known grandkids were so much fun, we’d have had them first.
I bet he’s a great granddad!
I love you
Jlin
P.S.
As they say in Texas, “If you’ve done it, it ain’t braggin.”
P.S.
Life is teaching you some painful lessons. But it is from adversity that strength is born. You may have lost the inning, but I know you’ll win the game.
P.S.
Your father defines an honest man as someone you could play checkers with over the telephone.
P.S.
Luck may bring you riches, but it will never bring you wisdom.
P.S.
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers, why not plant your own garden?
P.S.
Is my darling granddaughter still not eating? Erma bombeck says her children refused to eat anything that hadn’t danced on TV.
P.S.
You don’t have to look far to see a miracle. What could be more supernatural than a caterpillar turning into a butterfly, an egg yolk into a chicken, an acorn into a mighty oak?
P.S.
Last week I met a young salesman in a shoe store wearing this button:
If you don’t have a smile, I’ll give one of mine.
P.S.
The greatest accomplishments in science and the arts have been made by individuals acting alone. No park has a statue dedicated to a committee.
P.S.
You’ll never build a reputation, a business or a relationship on what you intend to do. Your intentions may be honorable and sincere, but unless you put them into action, nothing is changed.
P.S.
No failure is ever final –nor is any success.
P.S.
When you invite trouble, it’s usually quick to accept.
P.S.
Awareness is a major key to success. Keep your radar finely turned. You never know where a good idea will come from or how far it will take you.
P.S.
Not that you asked, but here’s my advice on financial matters:
Live slightly beneath your means. As Shakespeare’s King Lear advised, “Have more than thou showest”
P.S.
Promise only what you can deliver Then deliver more than you promise.
P.S.
Carrying a grudge is like a run in a silk stocking – it can only get worse. Forgiveness is the answer.
P.S.
Dale Carnegie wrote this almost fifty years ago. It’s as true today as it was then:
“you can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by tring to get other people interested in you.”
P.S.
Your father says success in business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall over.
Keep it moving.
P.S.
The only thing that ever st its way to success was a hen.
P.S.
A survey asked, “Who are the happiest people?” The four wining answers were:
A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done.
A child building sand castles.
A mother bathing her baby.
A doctor who has finished a difficult operation and saved a life.
Money, power, and possessions were not mentioned.
P.S
A person who is always telling you how honest he is probably has his own suspicions.
P.S.
I know things are tough for you right now. Life sometimes gives us the test before we’ve had a chance to study the lesson. But I have every confidence you’ll succeed. Keep on keeping on.
P.S.
Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes.
P.S Your father just finished Paul “Bear” Bryant’s book. Here ‘s what he writes about motivating others:
“If anything goes bad, I did it.
If anything goes semi-good, we did it.
If anything goes real good, then you did it.
That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you.”
This works wonders in the game of life, too.
P.S.
I have to admit that after helping your father rake the leaves Saturday, I’m beginning to feel my age. But you won’t hear me complain about getting older. Just think of the people who are denied the privilege.
P.S.
I saw a sign with the word FIDO in the back window of a Winebago at a filling station. I asked the driver if it was the name of his dog. “Oh, no”, he replied, “It’s just a reminder that when someone is discourteous to me on the road I should just Forget It and Drive On.”
P.S
Praise is satisfying to receive , but it never teaches you anything new.
P.S.
Do for others with no desire of returned favors. We all should plant some trees we’ll never sit under.
P.S.
If you know people who try to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.
P.S.
Someone asked me last week what I did. I thought for a moment and answered, “Explored.” I was pleased with my reply.
P.S.
Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.
P.S.
Here’s my favorite bumper sticker that we saw on our trip to St.louis
If you’re headed in the wrong direction god allows U-Turns.
P.S.
Now that you and your sister are graduated, happily married, and working at jobs that are challenging and financially rewarding, your father and I feel it’s finally our time. Someone said, “life doesn’t begin at conception, nor at birth, but when the kids leave home and the dog dies.” We eagerly await the next chapter in our lives, Wagons ho!
P.S.
Aunt Bessie says one of the best things about getting older is that all those things you wanted and couldn’t afford when you were younger , you no longer want.
P.S.
The great man shows his greatness by the way he treats the little man.
P.S.
Luck is like a chameleon. Give it a little time and it will surely change.
P.S.
People often admit to a bad memory – but never to bad judgment.
P.S.
When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it’s a good indication of what you’re made of
P.S.
I’ve just finished reading the book The 100 Most Influential Persons in History. I am struck by the one thing I have in common with all of them – time. These men and women who changed the world did not have any more hours a day than you and I. I ‘m convinced judicious use of time is one of the major contributors to success.
P.S.
Your Aunt Louise has stopped smoking – noifs, ands, or butts about it.
P.S.
True wealth is what you are , not what you have.
P.S.
We seldom enjoy leisure we haven’t earned.
P.S.
If at the end of a day you feel dog-tired, maybe it’s because you growled all day.
P.S
You can consider yourself a good manager when you get superior work from average people.
P.S.
You master your ennemies not by force but by forgiveness.
P.S.
I know how upset you are with Robert. But when you remember how hard it is to chage yourself, you begin to understand what little chance we have of changing others.
P.S
Margaret and I have gone on the “see-food” diet. We see food and we eat it.
P.S.
Sitting still and wishing Makes no person great.
The good Lord provides the fishes, but you must dig the bait.
P.S
When it comes to enthusiasm, be like a pilot light . Never go out.
P.S
Old Chinese proverb:
He who goes out of his house in search of happiness runs after a shadow.
P.S
Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.
P.S.
If you keep waiting for just the right time, you may never begin. Begin now! Begin where you are with what you are.
P.S
Do you always want to be right or do you want to be happy?
P.S
Sorry to hear about your first confrontation with a customer. Here’s a reponse that’s always worked for me . The next time you face a customer who has every right to be upset say something like this:
“ I don’t blame you for feeling as you do. If I were you , I’d feel exactly the same way. What would you like for me to do?”
These are magical, healing words and you’ll be surprised at how reasonable people become when they feel you are on their side.
P.S.
Regarding the contract with your publisher, read it carefully. Remember, the big print giveth and the small print taketh away.
P.S.
I have observed that too many of us are spending money we don’t have to buy things we don’t need to impress people we don’t like.
P.S.
For Julie’s fortieth birthday, someone gave her an enormous card with this inscription:
When you’re over the hill, you pick up speed.
Your father and I are really cruisin!
P.S
There’s trouble at your father’s office. An employee is suing. Your father says you enter a lawsuit a pig and come out a sausage. Oink.
P.S
When fate shuts a door, come in through the window.
P.S
When criticizing your employees, you might want to consider this. First, offer a word of praise and appreciation. Remember , the barber always lathers the customer before he applies the razor.
P.S
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. Your father does such a good job of this.
P.S.
Everone you meet knows something you don’t know but need to know.Learn from them.
P.S.
A recent study revealed that people who did volunteer work at least once a week outlived those who did none, two-and-a-half to one. That implies that doing something for other people is a powerful contributor to health and long life.
P.S.
Did you hear the story about the optimist and the pessimist? The optimist goes to the window every morning and says, “Good moring, God.” The pessimist goes to the window and says, “Good God,morning” I’ve always loved your optimism.
P.S.
Your father says inflation hasn’t ruined everything. A dime can still be used as a screwdriver.
P.S.
A friend is a person who knows all about you but likes you anyway.
P.S.
Elizabeth calls life’s diappointments “spped bumps” – things you have to get over in order to enjoy the rest of the journey.
P.S.
Uncle Henry says he knows he’s getting old because last week thieves broke into his car and stole his cassette deck, but left his tapes.
P.S
When examining your marriage, use a telescope – only look through the wrong end. That way you will get a better view of the whole picture.
P.S.
You’ll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.
P.S.
I know you are angry with me. But don’t forget for a second that I love you. No matter what you do, or say, or think, you can always depend on my support and love.
P.S.
I’ve never seen a smiling face that wasn’t beautiful. And yours is especially so.
P.S.
To change everything, simply change your attitude.
P.S.
I love your laughter. And I love how you make me laugh.
P.S.
Great opportunities await those who give more than what is asked. I encourage you to put the uncommon touch on even the most common task. We may never have the opportunity to do great things in a great way, but we all have the chance to do small things in a great way.
P.S.
To be bitter is to waste precious moments of a life that’s too short already.
P.S.
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
P.S.
Do you want credit or results? This quote hangs in the office of the president of Neiman-Marcus:
There’s no limit to what you can achieve if you don’t mind who gets the credit.
P.S.
An advertising executive once told his associates:
“Reach for the stars. You might not get them, but you won’t wind up with a handful of mud either.”
P.S.
This week I’ve been trying to think before I speak – to say something positive and kind or nothing at all. Winston Churchill said :
“by swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has ever harmed his stomach.”
P.S.
To get more out of life, give more of yourself.
P.S.
If you’re headed in the right direction, each step, no matter how small , is getting you closer to your goal.
P.S
Go for it! Take a chance. There are times you must trust that silent voice inside you. The experts don’t always have the right answers. According to the laws of aerodynamics the bumble bee cannot fly. I guess no one bothered to tell the bee.
P.S.
Those who spend most of their time making and hoarding money often find the things they want most cannot be bought.
P.S.
Dreams come true for those who work while they dream. Sweet dreams.
P.S
In an interview, the actor Michael Caine told how his mother encouraged him to be like a duck – calm on the surface but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
P.S
Only god is in a position to look down on anyone.
P.S
Congratulations on your summer job. As a new sales associate, just remember true salesmanship begins when the customer says “no.”
P.S
No matter how hard you hug your money, it never hugs back.
P.S
No one is guaranteed happiness. Life just gives each person time and space. It’s up to us to fill it with joy.
P.S
Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over.
P.S
Job security is being worth more than you’re getting paid.
P.S.
Criticism never built a house, wrote a play, composed a song, painted a picture, or improved a marriage.
P.S.
I’ve had this quote from Louise Leber on the refrigerator all week
“There’s always room for improvement. It’s the biggest room in the house.”
P.S.
Your father and I are learning that middle age is when you have two choices and you choose the one that gets you home earlier.
P.S.
Lyndon Johnson once said that when anyone tells you he’s just a dumb old country boy, put your hand on your wallet.
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