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Please make yourself at home! I have a great many interests and enjoy writing about them from time to time. I also write some short fiction and appreciate criticism as well as praise.

The title of this blog comes from my own heritage: I am half Scottish (thistle), a quarter English (rose) with a dash of Irish (shamrock) and German thrown in for good measure. Also, it sounds very much like the name of some obscure pub one often encounters when traveling through the British Isles, so pour youself a pint and enjoy!

Friday, August 19, 2011

Not my original thoughts, but I wholeheartedly agree.

"You'll know that you miss someone very much when every time you think of that person, your heart beats faster. And just a quick warm "Hello" from that person calms you down... 
Bottom-line: you might have fallen for that person, just that you have not realized it, or refuse to admit it.

Don't be too good, I will miss you. Don't be too caring, I might like you. Don't be too sweet, I might fall for you. It's hard for me to love you when you won't love me after all...
Bottom-line: A person who makes me love them is actually a person how loves me more than I love them.

If someone comes into your life and becomes a part of you, but for some reason they couldn't stay, don't cry too much...just be glad that your paths crossed and somehow they made you happy, even for a while. 
Bottom-line: Time will tell, if they're yours, they will come back.

Don't turn your back on love when it's already in front of you, don't drive it away from you because if you did, someday you'll think again why you let love fly away when it was once next to you. 
Bottom-line: Treasure the one who loves you, it's not easy to find a person who loves you. It's always more valuable to have a sincere heart.

The greatest regrets in our lives are the risks we did not take. If you think something will make you happy, go for it! Remember that we pass this way only once. 
Bottom-line: Time doesn't wait. If you think you might have found the right one, treasure them. Don't let them go away. Don't let fear hold you back! Give it a try, else you might regret later...no one other than yourself knows what can truly make you happy.

Two teardrops were floating down the river. One teardrop said the the other, "I'm the teardrop of a girl who loved a man and lost him. Who are you?"..."I'm the teardrop of the man who regrets letting a girl go..." 
Bottom-line: Nobody will sympathize with a person who constantly lets chances pass by without making any efforts to salvage. We normally don't realize how important our loved and close ones are, until they leave us. We'll start reminiscing, which results only in misery.

There are so many stars in the sky, but only some are radiant enough to catch our attention. Among those that you choose to ignore is that one star which is willing to continue shining for you, even if your glance remains elsewhere.
Bottom-line: Phrase one: The person with whom you are presently with for the time being, may not be the one you truly love. Phrase two: Should a person who knows that he/she can't be with you for the time being and yet still continues to love you wholeheartedly for what you are is touching. Think about it.

It's funny how we set qualifications for the right person to love, while at the back of our minds we know that the person we truly love will always be an exception. Bottomline: We are critical, especially to the one we love, because we want them to be the best, constantly seeking for perfection, which should be worked out by both parties in a relationship and not one party alone to shoulder the burden.

Love can make you happy although often times it hurts. But our love is only special if you give it to whom it's worth. 
Bottom-line: If you found someone who truly appreciates you, he/she deserves more of your love.

To love is like playing the piano. First, you play by the rules. Then you must forget the rules and play from the heart. 
Bottom-line: Trust is important. To trust a person you love, you must first let the person you love trust you. Have confidence in yourself and the person who loves you. Never leave them doubts and don't doubt what they have to give.

What if someone tells you this: I don't believe in courtship. It's just a waste of time. If I love the person, I'll tell her right away. But for you, I will make an exception...just love me now, and I'll court you forever... 
Bottom-line: Love needs time to realize, there might be love at first sight, but it takes time to let one gradually discover their affection towards another. Miss them when they are not around, hope to hear from them when they haven't written or called."

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

My Favorite Shakespeare Sonnet #30

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death's dateless night,
And weep afresh love's long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
   But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
   All losses are restor'd and sorrows end.