Predictions

"Never make predictions,
especially about the Future."
~ Casey Stengel

Every Believer

Good Friday

"Every believer is
God’s miracle."
~ Philip James Bailey

I Can

I think I can...I think I can."
~ Watty Piper

Something To Do

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

"The secret of happiness
is something to do."
~ John Burroughs

Completely Unpredictable

Saturday, March 31, 2007

"At its best, life is
completely unpredictable."
~ Christopher Walken

Kisses the Joy

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

"He who kisses the joy as it flies.
Lives in Eternity’s sunrise."

~William Blake

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

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

Show Joy

Sunday, March 18, 2007

"Joy:show joy & enjoy:
then others will be joyful."
~ Sylvia Plath

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

Mark of Wisdom

Saturday, March 10, 2007

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

Secret of Success

Monday, March 5, 2007

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

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

Home

Friday, March 2, 2007

"Home is where one starts from."
~ T.S. Eliot

Take Care

Kailua Beach, Oahu
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Malama Kekahi i kekahi.
"Take care of each other."
~ Hawaiian Kupuna Wisdom

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

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

Talk Goodness

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

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

Young and Insane

Monday, February 5, 2006

"It's great being young
and insane."
~ Michael Keaton

Details

Sunday, February 4, 2007

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

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

Sunlight Will

Friday, February 2, 2007

"Sunlight will renew your pride."
~ Joni Mitchell

Spokes on the Wheel

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

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.

Provided By Nature

Happy Birthday, Rick

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

Forgive, Divine

Friday, January 26, 2007

"To err is human,
to forgive, divine,"
~ Alexander Pope

Luminous Halo

Thursday, January 25, 2007

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

Truce

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

"Truce is better than friction."
~ Charles Herguth

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

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...

Truly Fearless

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

Gift From Heaven

Sunday, January 14, 2007

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

Vast Perhaps

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

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

Somewhere Yonder

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

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...

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

Person's Light

"Look at a person’s light,
not their lampshade."
~ Gerald G. Jampolsky

Returning to the Source

"Returning to the source is serenity."
~ Lao Tzu

Healing Therapy

Happy Birthday, Susi

"The greatest healing therapy
is friendship and love."
~ Hubert Humphrey

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...

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!

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.

Comes a Yes!

Key West, Florida

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

So Many Objections

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

~ Samuel Johnson

Sustaining Infinite

"To those leaning
on the sustaining infinite,
today is big with blessings."
~ Mary Baker Eddy

Take Grief

"Between grief and nothing
I will take grief."

~ William Faulkner

Learning and Purification

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

Birth Is Violent

"Birth is violent,
whether it be
the birth of a child,
or the birth of an idea."
~ Marianne Williamson

No Hold on Time

"He who has no vision
of eternity has
no hold on time."
~ Thomas Carlyle

Taking a Chance

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