Friday, April 6, 2007

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Completely Unpredictable

Saturday, March 31, 2007
"At its best, life is
completely unpredictable."
~ Christopher Walken

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Kisses the Joy

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
"He who kisses the joy as it flies.
Lives in Eternity’s sunrise."
~William Blake

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Lifetime of Experience

Sunday, March 25, 2007
"Each of us brings to our job,
whatever it is,
our lifetime of
experience
and our
values."
~ Sandra Day O'Connor

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Endless Universe

Spartanburg, South Carolina
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

"You are everything that is,
your thoughts, your life,
your dreams come true.
You are everything you choose to be.
You are as unlimited as
the endless universe."
~ Shad Helmstetter

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Show Joy

Sunday, March 18, 2007
"Joy:show joy & enjoy:
then others will be joyful."
~
Sylvia Plath

Monday, March 12, 2007

Try Something

Monday, March 12, 2007

"Take a method and try it.
If it
fails, admit it frankly,
and try another.
But by all means,
try something."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Mark of Wisdom

Saturday, March 10, 2007

"The invariable mark of wisdom
is to see the miraculous
in the common."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson


Monday, March 5, 2007

Secret of Success

Monday, March 5, 2007

"To know how to wait is
the
great secret of success."
~ Joseph Marie De Maistre

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Every Good & Excellent Thing

Saturday, March 3, 2007

"Every good and excellent thing
stands moment by moment
on the razor's edge of danger
and must be fought for."
~ Thornton Wilder

Friday, March 2, 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Take Care

Kailua Beach, Oahu
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Malama Kekahi i kekahi.
"Take care of each other."
~ Hawaiian Kupuna Wisdom

Friday, February 16, 2007

Be Strong

Lanikai Beach, Oahu
Friday, February 16, 2007
"Be strong, believe in who you are;
be strong, believe in what you
feel."
~
Melissa Etheridge

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Whole Heart and Soul

Wedensday, February 7, 2007
"When it becomes necessary
to do a thing,
the whole
heart and soul
should go into the measure,
or not attempt it."
~ Thomas Paine

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Talk Goodness

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

"To talk goodness is not good.
Only to do it is."
~ Chinese Proverb

Monday, February 5, 2007

Sunday, February 4, 2007

Details

Sunday, February 4, 2007

"The excellence is in the details."
~ Gregory L. Sullivan


Saturday, February 3, 2007

Wonder of Life

Saturday, February 3, 2007
"I'm a big child at heart.
I
think it's important
to stay that way and
not
lose the wonder of life."
~
Pam Grier

Friday, February 2, 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Spokes on the Wheel

"There are so many
spokes on the wheel
life.
First, we're here
to explore new possibilites."
~
Ray Charles

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Purpose of Life

"The purpose of life
is to
discover your gift.
The
meaning life
is giving your gift away."
~ David Viscott

Woke up this morning with a big smile. The sky reciprocates.


Sunday, January 28, 2007

Provided By Nature

Happy Birthday, Rick

""A brother is a friend
provided by nature."
~ Legouve Pere

Friday, January 26, 2007

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Luminous Halo

Thursday, January 25, 2007
"Life is a luminous halo,
a semi-transparent envelope
surrounding us from the
beginning."
~ Virginia Woolf

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Truce

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

"Truce is better than friction."
~ Charles Herguth

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Focus

"Focus on remedies,
not
faults."
~ Jack Nicklaus

Ben called and said he is living in a halfway house that was "really great." Everyone there is a recovering addict. He said he has a job interview with a plastics company.

Cold, cold, cold in Asheville... Unless you've just bought a brand new Harley...

Today's Daily Celebration: Bill Maher ♫ Song: A Song For You

Friday, January 19, 2007

Assurance of Grace

"All men who live
with any degree of serenity
live by some assurance of
grace."
~ Reinhold Niebuhr

Two days ago Steven picked up his Roadglide from the Harley dealership in Spartanburg. Of course, it was the coldest day of the year...

Monday, January 15, 2007

Truly Fearless

"The truly fearless
think of themselves as normal."
~ Margaret Atwood

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Gift From Heaven

Sunday, January 14, 2007

"To be able to work
doing things that I really
care aboutit's a
gift
a gift from
heaven."
~ John Carpenter

Friday, January 12, 2007

Vast Perhaps

"I go to seek a vast perhaps."
~ Francois Rabelais


Sometimes it is good to admit to yourself that you hurt.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Somewhere Yonder

"In this unbelievable universe
in which we
live,
there are no absolutes.
Even parallel lines,
r
eaching into infinity,
meet somewhere yonder."
~
Pearl S. Buck

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Dare Think

"There is more inside you
than you dare think."
~ David Brower
Flurries of snow today. Yes, I really do love it when it snows. It looks and feels so wonderful...

Monday, January 8, 2007

Castles in the Clouds

"The whole thing began
in fancy and in dreaming;
and there are no rules
of architecture
for a castle in the clouds.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Steven begins teaching his first of two html classes at AB Tech tonight...I am so proud of him...Filled with anticipation & hope... And a prayer for success.
With the sun, all things are possible.

Today's Daily Celebration: Elvis Presley Song: Jailhouse Rock

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Thursday, January 4, 2007

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Spectacular Error


"If all else fails,
immortality can always be assured
by spectacular
error."
~
John Kenneth Galbraith

Steven has the Harley bug. He is going to buy a motorcycle. It is just a matter of time. Our moped escapades in Key West opened his heart to the magic of speed, freedom, and me riding with him in the wind...

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Greatest Power

"Enthusiasm is the greatest power.
For one endowed with enthusiasm
nothing in this
world is impossible."
~ Ramayana


Back from our vacation in Indiatlantic, Florida. We have made so many memories. We want 2007 to be the best year ever!

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Out of Difficulties

Key West, Florida

"Out of difficulties grow miracles."
~ Jean De La Bruyere


Yes, this has been a difficult month for us, full of heartbreak and challenges to accept what is. 

I am reminded that from pain new life grows and that our lives are balanced by new experiences, change, and joy. 

And always, the miracles... and surprises... of life are as true as the morning sunrise.

Friday, December 29, 2006

Comes a Yes!


Key West, Florida

"After the final no there comes a yes,
And on that yes
the future world depends."
~ Wallace Stevens

Friday, December 15, 2006

So Many Objections



"So many objections
may be made to everything,
that nothing can overcome them
but the necessity of doing something."
~ Samuel Johnson

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Thursday, December 7, 2006

Learning and Purification



"The spiritual journey is
one of continuous learning
and purification
.When you know this,
you become humble."
~ Sogyal Rinpoche

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Taking a Chance


"Nothing important was
ever
achieved without
someone important
taking a chance.
"~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.