Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Magnitude of Our Courage

"It's not the magnitude of the task that matters,
it's the magnitude of our
courage."
~ Matthieu Ricard

Monday, November 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Friday, August 22, 2008

At Least Entertaining

Outside Washington D.C.
Most of what you come to Washington to see is inspirational or at least entertaining.” ~~Jim Yenckel

Monday, August 18, 2008

Special Work of Art

"Each one of us is God's special work of art. Through us, He teaches and inspires, delights and encourages, informs and uplifts all those who view our lives."
~ Joni Eareckson Tada

Friday, August 8, 2008

Turns of the Earth

"Celebrate each season, for you, too, are transformed with the turns of the earth." ~ Arthur Dobrin

Friday, August 1, 2008

Heroes or Cowards

"Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men."
~ Bishop Westcott

Monday, July 21, 2008

Damned Fool

St. Louis, Missouri

"If you send a damned fool
to St. Louis,
and you don't tell them
he's a damned fool,
they'll never find out."
~ Mark Twain

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Do Things Well



"If you do things well,
do them better.
Be daring, be first,
be different, be just."
~ Anita Roddick

Monday, June 30, 2008

Everyday and Extraordinary Things



"Tell us the details...Pay tribute to all the everyday
and extraordinary things."
~ Natalie Goldberg

Thursday, June 26, 2008

With Fervent Lips

Long Wharf, Boston

"Give thanks to God with fervent lips,
Give thanks to God to-day..."
~ Hezekiah Butterworth

Thursday, June 5, 2008

What You Should Do

"I've often thought
when something is hard for you,
whether it's going
law school
or anything else that challenges you,
that's probably what you should do."
~
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Making Something

"Creativity is simply
the
energy of making something
where there was nothing before.
We do this
every day,
in so many unmarked ways."
~ Fran Sorin

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Perfect Clearness

"The man who insists upon seeing
with perfect clearness
before he decides
never decides."
~
Henri-Frédéric Amiel

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Capacity to Care

"I feel the capacity to care
is the thing which gives
life
its deepest significance. "
~
Pablo Casals

Friday, May 16, 2008

All Love

"All love that has not friendship for its base,
Is like a mansion built upon the sand."
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Friday, March 28, 2008

Must Be the Truth

"When you have eliminated
the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the
truth."
~ Arthur Conan Doyle

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

That Rapture

Hilton Head, SC
"Beauty is an expression
of that rapture of being alive."
~ Bill Moyers

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Trivial Accidents

Hilton Head, SC
"It is amazing
the number of trivial
accidents
which have made a
difference."
~ B.F. Skinner

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

From a Snake!

"It seems necessary to completely shed
the old skin before the new, brighter,
stronger, more beautiful one can
emerge...
I never
thought I’d be getting
a life
lesson from a snake!"
~ Julie Ridge

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Watching a Sunrise

"Watching a sunrise,
we open ourselves up to the
beauty
that Nature creates,
knowing it will never repeat itself
just like this again."
~ Jake Rajs

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Monday, February 18, 2008

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Oreo Cookies

"Taking pictures is like
tiptoeing into the kitchen
late at night
and stealing Oreo cookie
s."
~
Diane Arbus

Friday, January 18, 2008

Love Winter

"Let us love winter,
for it is the spring of genius."
~ Pietro Aretino

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Fairy Tales

"Fairy tales are more than true -
not because they tell us
dragons exist,
but because they tell us
dragons can be beaten."
~
G. K. Chesterton

Sunday, January 6, 2008