Looking for friendship and encouragement from others.  I have been writing letters often and I want to be a positive inspiration to others and make new friends with people that don't expect any financial help or assistance.   I believe that we were put on this earth to be a blessing and a help to others, not out for all the material possessions that we can own.  I value honesty, integrity, kindness, sincerity, and intelligence.  I'm looking for friends that enjoy writing and sharing similar values.
Do you praise others and look for the good qualities in other people?

I like to hear what other people (generally around my age) are interested in and the positive things that they do!  I am learning how to speak foreign languages while helping others learn English.  I enjoy learning about the culture of English speaking countries too. If you are younger than 40, please do not contact me.  If you would like for me to contact you, please check your privacy settings.  Please do not discuss the weather, politics, or financial hardships.  Scammers are not allowed!

Gardening, Photography, Teaching English as a foreign language, Building Business Growth, Researching, Swimming, Reading, Learning, Writing, Exercising.

Moody Blues, Billy Joel, Abba, of my earlier years,  a large variety of music from when I was young.  I enjoy music that you can sing and dance to! Also, songs like, "Take Me to Your Heart."  "Through the Years."  Lately, I have been listening to Leonid and Friends covers of Chicago songs.

The African Queen, Rear Window, North by Northwest, The Far Country, We're No Angels, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Strictly Ballroom.

Only When I Laugh, Mission Impossible (original), Walker, Texas Ranger, Shark Tank,  Gunsmoke, Beverly Hillbillies, Good Neighbors, To the Manor Born, Sanford & Son, Green Acres.

The 5 Second Rule by Mel Robbins, Business Brilliant by Lewis Schiff, The ABCs of Success by Bob Proctor, The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes

Helen Keller was asked if there was anything worse than being blind, she answered, "Yes, being able to see, and having no vision."
Harold Kushner, "The purpose of life is not to win.  The purpose of life is to grow and to share."
Count your blessings daily and give thanks for them.
Create an upbeat, positive greeting that builds enthusiasm for you and others whom you meet.
A. A. Milne, "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
Harry Arnston, "Give them no reason to reject your work."
W.H. Auden, "We are here on Earth to do good to others.  What the others are here for, I don't know."
Og Mandino, "I am here for a purpose, and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand."
A woman posted this on the internet about Marc.  I felt the quote described me, so I am including it. 
"He's the definition of amazing. He defines the word friend, too. He'll always be there for you. He defines hard working, someone who will go the distance for the one he loves even if he has to take baby steps first. Marc is someone who is handsome, but defines beauty not in what he says or does, but in what he is. He is someone who will never give up on something he wants, even if it's so far out of reach. He defines love, someone who will melt your heart and cause you to fall in love every time you see him smile, every time he says your name.. Marc is someone who'll stand by your side, and will be there when the smoke clears. He defines the words thoughtful, sweetheart, caring, &romantic. Someone who'll make you laugh until you cry with all his crazy antics. He is someone you can be yourself around, even when you barely know who you are. Marc will most likely be the reason you're living, the one who pulled you out of the water just before your head goes under. Someone who will sit and hold you because you're afraid of thunder. Marc is the definition of perfect; "Having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be" Even though he won't say he agrees. Everyone knows that it's true."