"Leisure/recreation is a state on mind. It is an inner place of peace and a bridge which connects to others in a meaningful way."

From the poem of Kathy O, Kefee
(submitted by Mike Scott, TRS/CTRS)

"If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."

G.K. Chesterton
(submitted by Stephane Marcoux)

"Have fun and be Safe or be Safe and have Fun, Either way you win."

Juan Carlos Lozano, CTRS

"Most people are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

Abraham Lincoln

"Just because the sun goes down, doesn't mean it's not going to come up."

Denise, CTRS

"Therapeutic Recreation - We put FUN into FUNctional."

Jerem Brunk, C.T.R.S.

"You may be on the right track, but you'll still get ran over if you just sit there."

Roy Rogers
(submitted by Tom Asuncion, CTRS in Kansas City, MO.)

"People pay for what they do. And even more for who they become. The pay simply by the lives that they lead."

James Baldwin
(submitted by Brett Vess, CTRS)

"A mistake is an opportunity to learn but, an opportunity to learn doesn't necessarily have to be a mistake."

anonymous
(submitted by deanna Poxton)

"You can learn more about a man in an hour of play than in a lifetime of conversation."

PLATO
(submitted by Melissa Weger, CTRS)

"Attitude: 'The more I live the more I understand that life is not a 50/50 proposition but rather LIFE is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.'"

anonymous

"Intelligence is like a river. The deeper it flows, the less noise it makes"

author unknown
(submitted by Corey Angst)

"I will see problems as opportunities to tap into my stamina, creativity, and courage"

"A crisis is a challenge to mobilize the best in myself and grow"

Harold H. Bloomfield M.D. and Sirah Vettese, Ph.D.

"May the FLOW be with you!"

Jo-Anne Harrison, Recreation Therapist, Surrey, BC, Canada

"Anger is a negative indulgence. I refuse to wallow in anger. I use anger to motivate me into taking the affirmative action of my choice. Anger is but my stepping stone to creativity."

Anita Richelieu, D.R.S.

"We can drive with one headlight."

Wallflowers (TR or RT does it matter?)

"Somewhere over the rainbow lies a fun future for us all."

- Raymond Archer, BS MA CTRS