Expectations And Small Needs

 

"Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations,
and small needs."
~ William Howard Stein

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Universal And Eternal Beauty

"Some thoughts always find us young,
and keep us so. Such a thought is
the love of the universal and eternal beauty."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Loyal to the Story

"Be unswervingly and eternally loyal to the story."
~ Isak Dinesen

♡ You matter. And you are the only one who can tell your story. Your story is your one-of-a-kind fingerprint.

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As Resilient As the Human Spirit

"Man has never made any material
as resilient as the human spirit."
~ Bernard Williams

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Little at a Time

"When you have a great and difficult task,
something perhaps almost impossible,
 if you only work a little at a time,
every day a little,
  suddenly the work will finish itself."
~ Isak Dinesen

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The Purpose of Life

"I think the purpose of life
 is to be useful, responsible, 
honorable and compassionate.
 It is, after all, to matter, count, 
stand for something 
and have made some difference 
that you lived at all."
~ Leo C. Rosten

Opportunity to Heal

"Every situation, properly perceived, 

becomes an opportunity to heal. " 

~ A Course in Miracles

I wish you the daily light to live creatively, joyously, and lovingly.

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Unutterably Beautiful

  "The laws of color are unutterably beautiful,
just because they are not accidental."
 ~ Vincent Van Gogh

No accidents-- just discovery, joy, and gratitude.

More Light You Allow Within

  "The more light you allow within you,
the brighter the world you live in will be."

 ~ Shakti Gawain

So true-- the light inside will follow you and you glow, even in the darkness.

Quiet Conscience

"A peace above all earthly dignities,
a still and quiet conscience."
~ William Shakespeare

We Reach Divinity

 "Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right,
By these we reach divinity. "
~ John Donne

If You Understand

"If you understand, and you show that you understand,
you can love, and the situation will change."
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Spirits Desire

"All that spirits desire, spirits attain."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Sand That Makes the Pearl

"Depression can be the sand that makes the pearl."
~ Joni Mitchell

Happy Birthday, Uncle Joe...

"Love must be as much a light as a flame."

~ Henry David Thoreau

 Happy birthday, Uncle Joe...

All Things Are Possible

"All things are possible until they are proved impossible --
and even the impossible may only be so, as of now."
~ Pearl S. Buck

Indifference

"The opposite of love is not hate,
it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness,
it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy,
it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference."
~ Elie Wiesel

Justice

  "Justice is to be found only in the imagination."
~ Alfred Nobel

Earth's Crammed

"Earth's crammed with heaven."
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Roll Dice

"God does not roll dice."
~ Albert Einstein

It Is Our Light

"It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us."
~ Marianne Williamson

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Setting an Example

 
"Setting an example
is not the main means of influencing another,
it is the only means."
~ Albert Einstein

This moment, this sun-filled thought:

The power inside of me to make a difference

just by being as strong and loving as I can be.

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Pleasure Giving Pleasure

"The essence of all art

 is having pleasure giving pleasure."
~ Mikhail Baryshnikov

I will create what moves my spirit.

I will share that light.

That eternal circle of Giving:
Sharing and giving. 

Keep creating...

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Look Up

"Look up, there are no limits."
~ Japanese Proverb

The possibilities, dear one,
are as endless as the open sky,

as glorious as the feelings 

gifted by this cresting sun.

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Achieve! Achieve!

  "Think of yourself as on the threshold
of unparalleled success.
A whole clear, glorious life lies before you.
Achieve! Achieve!"
 ~ Andrew Carnegie

What excitement!

How the horizon expands with my dreams.

The heavy peace,
the swirling clouds,
the sounds of urgent birds.

And the clarity of this hope-full sky.

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Fill Your Heart

"Fill your heart with as much love as you can,
and don't hold it in."
~ Carl Perkins

The interesting thing about unconditional love, I have learned:

The more you give, the more you have.

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Keep a Lamp Burning

 "If we want a love message to be heard,
 it has got to be sent out.
To keep a lamp burning,
we have to keep putting oil in it."
~ Mother Teresa

♡ Hello, sunshine. Hello!

This Mother Teresa quote reminds me of the song "Dream Baby Dream" by the band Suicide, written by its members Martin Rev and Alan Vega. 

"Come on and open up your heart."

Here is the Bruce Springsteen cover, unforgettable live:

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Your Soul

"Your soul suffers if you live superficially." 

~ Albert Schweitzer

Electricity of Life

"Enthusiasm is the electricity of life.
How do you get it?
 You act enthusiastic until you make it a habit."
~ Gordon Parks

Secret to Life

 "The secret to life is life is enjoying the passage of time."
~ James Taylor

Creativity Is the Joy

"Creativity is the joy of not knowing it all." 

~ Ernie J. Zelinski

Men Think

  "Men think and God laughs."
~ Yiddish Proverb

Understanding That Bringeth Peace

"I do not want the peace which passeth all understanding,
I want the understanding that bringeth peace."
~ Helen Keller

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Sound Beginning

"A life without purpose is a languid,
drifting thing; Every day we ought to review our purpose,
saying to ourselves: This day let me make a sound beginning,
 for what we have hitherto done is naught!"
  ~ Thomas a Kempis

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Sun's Rays

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
~ Alexander Graham Bell

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Natural Flights

Thursday, March 2, 2006

"The natural flights of the human mind
are not from pleasure to pleasure,
but from hope to hope."
~ Samuel Johnson

When I Sing

"God respects me when I work
and loves me when I sing."
~ Rabindranath Tagore

On the Mountain

"On the mountain,
joy and sorrow close companions."
~ Fritz Marz


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Newer Every Day

"We turn, not older with years,
but newer every day."
~ Emily Dickinson


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Grant Me the Courage

"Grant me the courage not to give up
even though I think it is hopeless."
~ Chester W. Nimitz


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Not Alone

"You are not alone."~ Billy Graham


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Lasting Companion

"She was no longer wrestling with the grief,
but could sit down with it
as a lasting companion
and make it a sharer in her thoughts."
~ George Eliot


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Words Possess

"Words possess

primitive mystical
incantatory healing powers…
Their articulation represents
a complete, lived experience.~ Ingrid Bengis


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Two Angels White

 "My delight and thy delight

Walking, like two angels white,
In the gardens of the night. "~ Robert Bridges


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Depth of Need And Despair

"From the depth of need and despair,
people can work together,can organize themselves
to solve their own problemsand fill their own needs
with dignity and strength."~ Cesar Chavez

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