Find Ecstasy

"Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough."

~ Emily Dickinson

The Mystery Is There

"Each time dawn appears, 

the mystery is there in its entirety."

~ René Daumal

This morning I had company watching the sunrise. A trio of deer right off the back deck. They froze as I snapped and I think they were actually more interested in me than the sun.

Stirred By the Wind

"What lay still in the calm is stirred by the wind."

~ Henry P. Judd

No Benefit In Worrying Whatsoever

"If a problem is not fixable, 

then there is no help in worrying. 

There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever."

The Dalai Lama 

Have Patience With Yourself

"Have patience with all things,
but chiefly have patience with yourself.
Do not lose courage in considering
your own imperfections
but instantly set about remedying them -
every day begin the task anew."

~ St. Francis de Sales

Which One to Surf

"Feelings are much like waves, 

we can't stop them from coming 

but we can choose which one to surf."

~ Jonatan Mårtensson 

To Change Others' Minds

"The way to change others’ minds
is with affection, and not anger."

~ The Dalai Lama

Loving Someone Deeply

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, 

while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

 ~ Lao Tzu 

We don't always understand life, but we do understand love.

From Pain to Change

"Passion is the bridge 

that takes you from pain to change."

~ Frida Kahlo

Tolerance and Compassion

Happy Birthday, Christy!

"If you have tolerance and compassion, 

you can go to the battle, 

in the metaphoric sense of course, 

fighting for your dreams without harming anyone."

~ Paulo Coelho

Happy Is The Son

Happy Birthday, Richard

"Happy is the son whose faith in his mother 

remains unchallenged."

~ Louisa May Alcott

Grain By Grain

"Grain by grain, a loaf... stone by stone, a palace."

~ George Bernard Shaw

The Years Teach Much

"The years teach much which the days never knew."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aloha Sunrise with Rick

Growth Is Intentional

"Change is inevitable, growth is intentional."

~ Glenda Cloud

Great, Fresh, Unblighted, Unredeemed Wilderness

"In God's wilderness is the hope of the world-- 

the great, fresh, unblighted, unredeemed wilderness."

~ John Muir

Up here, I am immersed in lush greenery. That's what happens in the summer when the rain and sun dance daily.

Clarity of Mind, Body and Spirit

"Clarity of mind, body and spirit 

is the key to creativity, 

to finding and producing the art 

in our work and our lives...

I associate clarity with 'spirit.'"

~ Dan Wakefield

Dream Grow Holy

"Dreams grow holy put in action."

~ Adelaide Procter

The Bridge Is Love

"There is a land of the living and a land of the dead
and the bridge is love,
the only survival, the only meaning."

~ Thornton Wilder

Give What You Have

"Give what you have. 

To someone, it may be better than you dare to think."

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Love Grows

"Love grows by giving."

~ Elbert Hubbard