Thinkable from my Mom

What do you call these things of which abound in a mother's life - the sayings and bromides, such as the Serenity Prayer, that are set on thick paper and mounted on the wall or wherever. "Deep thoughts" or "bromides"? I'm sure there's a name, but the one that just came to my mind is "thinkables". Here's one I just found while going through her cluttered room that I like:

Watch your thoughts-

they become words;

Watch your words-

they become actions;

Watch your actions-

they become habits;

Watch your habits-

they become character;

Watch your character-

for it becomes your destiny.

141st character

I herewith am settyng up a blog and I hath chost ye old scribe templayte.

I don't know why I am making a blog spot because I have already established 1) that I hardly ever read anyone else's blog, 2) that I keep my most compelling personal thoughts off of the internet, and 3) I acknowledge that the long-form belly-button contemplating has now been replaced by the more fashionable short-form navel study on Twitter and Facebook.

So that must be it. This is an alternative and possibly even a defiance of the move toward "140 characters or less and then shut up." But why defy? I actually agree with that. Answer: to have that 141st character.