tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42083408969198275602023-11-15T23:19:43.374-08:00Bits of BlissShort Bite Sized Bits of Inspiration and Motivation to be Calm and Joyful in an otherwise Chaotic WorldBits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-6042427340356435052010-11-13T12:10:00.000-08:002010-11-13T12:10:32.826-08:00Encoded Within You<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp28jpO1begwFf4_mddChldfxtQCP3tgn_CtUSd2rDTca0Wz7L44_yH8zvpea9RFh6-SOYn2yPMcodHQ7fb7VS-oxxktN2HnNgaciIt0AwXW92IUxXIQoOTvYZ18D74bk4WfzT6kKl/s1600/Popova_Architectonics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp28jpO1begwFf4_mddChldfxtQCP3tgn_CtUSd2rDTca0Wz7L44_yH8zvpea9RFh6-SOYn2yPMcodHQ7fb7VS-oxxktN2HnNgaciIt0AwXW92IUxXIQoOTvYZ18D74bk4WfzT6kKl/s640/Popova_Architectonics.jpg" width="515" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7kO0DnbgrP27gzOn9Tjw25oefjGlgJ_jqxZi-cpWclPCcKtdtXti7BKvKDyknkHKt3M2LW58g-hjpCFVtn3gukfTc8eE9eF0OmaedZULdzCl7A23qXar-Qb_oFTqWzl5Jn9k0M5K/s1600/Cel+Overberghe+2+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp7kO0DnbgrP27gzOn9Tjw25oefjGlgJ_jqxZi-cpWclPCcKtdtXti7BKvKDyknkHKt3M2LW58g-hjpCFVtn3gukfTc8eE9eF0OmaedZULdzCl7A23qXar-Qb_oFTqWzl5Jn9k0M5K/s640/Cel+Overberghe+2+detail.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">“<a class="sqq" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/we_all_have_the_extraordinary_coded_within_us/182755.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">We all have the <b>extraordinary</b> coded within us, waiting to be released</span></a>”</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Image One: </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/greatexperiment.html">Lyubov Popova, Painterly Architectonics with Yellow Board</a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Image Two: <a href="http://hrviandwoutr.blogspot.com/2010/10/cel-overberghe-painting-1969.html">Cel Overberghe</a></span></span></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-42028585198189963312010-11-04T22:07:00.000-07:002010-11-04T22:14:34.190-07:00Beyond Fear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq_YaCK6RDdoAF4vvSYbf6DMwbcb0smXBVQ7NxOmD1uJX78Kbg46WFdAtCNDPB-x74qzcO7HJbTB4bAhA6aHLQpXqNmwegTliGhNyIQzZkXxLNCeMbH83M733OVdcL1GdUoGpSGVz/s1600/Richard+Serra+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOq_YaCK6RDdoAF4vvSYbf6DMwbcb0smXBVQ7NxOmD1uJX78Kbg46WFdAtCNDPB-x74qzcO7HJbTB4bAhA6aHLQpXqNmwegTliGhNyIQzZkXxLNCeMbH83M733OVdcL1GdUoGpSGVz/s320/Richard+Serra+4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmBwyQm2Lg6Lqpo_HWBuWS71XOXVO-lZagv5sPrfbZdwMoCgvA57lAFl8X0FqkUWzN6t2hG_4eQnYUnx9eyeC1Rt5Hr8khDa5TVxzM0N4XBAtgsEKjI2dQ8nR_lI_USyBO0y2s7zd/s1600/violet-wheel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmBwyQm2Lg6Lqpo_HWBuWS71XOXVO-lZagv5sPrfbZdwMoCgvA57lAFl8X0FqkUWzN6t2hG_4eQnYUnx9eyeC1Rt5Hr8khDa5TVxzM0N4XBAtgsEKjI2dQ8nR_lI_USyBO0y2s7zd/s400/violet-wheel.jpg" width="347" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed - Michael Pritchard</span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Never let the fear of striking out get in your way - Babe Ruth</span></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4c1130;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">“</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="sqq" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/an_idea_that_is_developed_and_put_into_action_is/200794.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">An idea that is developed and put into action is more important </span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a class="sqq" href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/an_idea_that_is_developed_and_put_into_action_is/200794.html" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">than an idea that exists only as an idea.</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">” </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Buddha</span></span></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-66378828042318077482010-07-31T12:01:00.000-07:002010-07-31T12:08:31.005-07:00Start Here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg259QzOFuy0pwMKDejiyHhyphenhyphenRCU3JyUAC2CNxZSWy_owgFKUMukYV92zqH4MWla9yMzuvZl8yOa-Lp9Yq9R-6sJyAiMETnQrEpOFx_rskDxvyStgSIHEAoYSNSQMz4UD-ez5drzaXaD/s1600/mutu003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 455px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg259QzOFuy0pwMKDejiyHhyphenhyphenRCU3JyUAC2CNxZSWy_owgFKUMukYV92zqH4MWla9yMzuvZl8yOa-Lp9Yq9R-6sJyAiMETnQrEpOFx_rskDxvyStgSIHEAoYSNSQMz4UD-ez5drzaXaD/s320/mutu003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500148617184672578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT2BQfKqt2Dm0bns-AGNkgaoHkXC0uvj0VaLcQqXs-dNpMXEfmOwIBVBNBoakp53cOfLIlV3_va1IErBEx_yR24DnBv7JLSWqkg4OIKHevSeOppCodf6LvjayUa-1dZNds5gdziSO/s1600/mutu001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 413px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirT2BQfKqt2Dm0bns-AGNkgaoHkXC0uvj0VaLcQqXs-dNpMXEfmOwIBVBNBoakp53cOfLIlV3_va1IErBEx_yR24DnBv7JLSWqkg4OIKHevSeOppCodf6LvjayUa-1dZNds5gdziSO/s320/mutu001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500148266069839362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Our Visions begin with our Desires.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Name your desires and draw your visions boldly.<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Audre Lorde remix<br /><br />Images: <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/wangechi_mutu.htm">Wangechi Mutu</a><br /></span>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-30437892834947956942010-07-12T07:46:00.000-07:002010-07-12T07:54:05.222-07:00Long Tail Thriving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfU5H_gB13Tl4KgK0-XFfjzhdv90jdBbypxZ1_SBl12G4QAROUecdJMI6urA-IF4zk_w7PBcfR-UYTzyEgKH83UyCq0Fi78-HXijlW6az6ebQiLe6WLxh6KCyw8_3JZbYgPYfAvfA/s1600/abstract+rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfU5H_gB13Tl4KgK0-XFfjzhdv90jdBbypxZ1_SBl12G4QAROUecdJMI6urA-IF4zk_w7PBcfR-UYTzyEgKH83UyCq0Fi78-HXijlW6az6ebQiLe6WLxh6KCyw8_3JZbYgPYfAvfA/s320/abstract+rocks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493031511680407122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeO3Yasp6bpJVXJCQCe_xKR_zZ2kf1hpRJYJdegbg4yGxBArKm8xqzhupx5qjoBwq0PM-7hIXihlvM4zFWFS2zm_TKd-CtG2Dta9mqFOJW_pqqv6DlJnvhGQ4p151HyFY71NEAvas/s1600/seaweed-splash-colorful-abstract-gouache-painting-green-red-orange-brown-blue-wendy-middlemass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOeO3Yasp6bpJVXJCQCe_xKR_zZ2kf1hpRJYJdegbg4yGxBArKm8xqzhupx5qjoBwq0PM-7hIXihlvM4zFWFS2zm_TKd-CtG2Dta9mqFOJW_pqqv6DlJnvhGQ4p151HyFY71NEAvas/s320/seaweed-splash-colorful-abstract-gouache-painting-green-red-orange-brown-blue-wendy-middlemass.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493031384687065298" /></a>"Perseverance is not a long race. It is many short races one after the other." When running multiple short races simultaneously, keep in mind that stamina comes from the effort to endure and the ability to care for one's self along the way: No marathoner has ever won a race without stopping periodically for water and replenishment. <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Walter Elliot remix</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Rocks in Water by <a href="http://jagsf.com/abstraction">Jag</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Seaweed Splash by </span><a href="http://fineartamerica.com/featured/seaweed-splash-colorful-abstract-gouache-painting-green-red-orange-brown-blue-wendy-middlemass.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Wendy Middlemass</span></a></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-61790261699744355122010-07-02T06:52:00.000-07:002010-07-02T07:29:46.979-07:00"Stars of Everything"<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="http://wom.truth.travel/media/images/Thornton_Dial_Hard_truths2.jpg" /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: ;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><img src="http://wom.truth.travel/media/images/TS_Thornton_Dial_Hard_truths3.jpg" alt="TS_Thornton_Dial_Hard_truths3.jpg" /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;color:#003399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" text-decoration: ;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Panjali</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Images: Truths 2 and Stars of Everything by </span><a href="http://wom.truth.travel/2010/03/thornton-dial-exhib-at-indianapolis-museum-of-art.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thornton Dial</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For Sonic Stars see </span><a href="http://www.myspace.com/starsofthelid"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Stars of the Lid</span></a></span></div></span></span></span></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-19534030656615515522010-06-10T08:40:00.000-07:002010-06-10T09:08:34.207-07:00Conquering Fear<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dJ8DEgVIm0ikkb2F7JbnX4OoM3mWjL7-HCXo-s2crkPXlbvymzpTZ9EZudQ-Jeg7UCHYzSt8UP4qVVcGRaJiOsqFUK-vwd5GzzOJpKlPPbEXEZ51-Je0b9mbOt8PNgHg0JHWTebN/s1600/mandybudan.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Nelson Mandela</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Old Woman Bay by </span><a href="http://blog.mandybudan.com/index.php/2008/09/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Mandy Budan</span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fighting Cock by </span><a href="http://charleylightcap.artspan.com/large-single-view/gallery/206001--/Drawing/Ink/Abstract.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Charlie Lightcap</span></a></span></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-52100568874324558092010-05-30T18:32:00.001-07:002010-05-31T08:30:27.562-07:00Mindfulness Makes the World<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVHMu91j8TDBNIe4oX1r7ZLrTO2tFVY5W0F491mlk6q8Nkhx04p6nQzobXAu0a9_5oLpXejBbVUUIKXB3_k_-GtRnNLVl6EftgthxXGTE9XdgQNZ790etywY1j6h69JAyXYdw9paD/s320/abstractbrain.jpg" style="float:left; 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font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(102, 51, 0); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Margaret Mead</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Brain by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><a href="http://www.kazuya-akimoto.com/Signs/4newmap.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Kazuya Akimoto</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> * Should be viewed at full scale - the details are stunning.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">"Pelvis" by Georgia O'Keefe</span></span></span></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-17365367591409658102010-05-24T05:25:00.000-07:002010-05-24T05:37:33.477-07:00Wild Sky & Joy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OC9Vdr4bjRNxB9PNUOlImw-QZ-xbsWiypf5OYAU5gwW2IXScnlqW-4JYpYMCeg5hjStjic3cVdFoTxLVDIivHUnFhFgMELR6ioGeNi3g6EmaUR12g4Q3fvD5AN4HIUaUXM3Jd7S0/s1600/14-Through-the-Clouds,-9-x-.jpg"><img style="float:left; 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font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">"Joy delights in joy.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">” Ignite yourself with a smile, a gentle giggle, a deserved laughter and feel it ripple throughout your spirit into the purview of the day. </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">Shakespeare extended</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">Wild Blue Yonder </span></span><a href="http://www.richardluschek.com/gallerystilllife.php"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">Richard Luschek</span></span></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;"><a href="http://www.richardluschek.com/gallerystilllife.php"></a>Square Swirls </span></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/traveller2020/3523041523/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC6600;">David Kozlowski</span></span></a></span></div></div>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-59373903468683345712010-02-17T09:25:00.000-08:002010-02-17T09:40:07.778-08:00Compassion's Cure<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZRYRzOPaVs0zWML4vV5LAMNX5rpvpcONzpMabfRbExfO6uitnS-QbyTuudDq4W9Pl2AdziFpydX0soy0QaHuw1_pxfeVA55H6AVcM3x3O600p-ojtcn4oXzal9Dv5EDrN1Z7XoxV/s1600-h/modern-abstract-painting-01_wallpaper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifZRYRzOPaVs0zWML4vV5LAMNX5rpvpcONzpMabfRbExfO6uitnS-QbyTuudDq4W9Pl2AdziFpydX0soy0QaHuw1_pxfeVA55H6AVcM3x3O600p-ojtcn4oXzal9Dv5EDrN1Z7XoxV/s320/modern-abstract-painting-01_wallpaper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439267765238411426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9nTpZLnVrR8-SbZ9tmlz-kbjwoMyHk5ajxu6CNKGzGnRgCI_y2ERxsDOgKY0XDfusLmaHrPYJ8L0vu2DBstVLLBSRo1SVsov-M9fvJcVryvOH44NzqdhXUDqW2jKSnXmFQr79ms/s1600-h/Composition-magenta-red-brown-and-black.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K9nTpZLnVrR8-SbZ9tmlz-kbjwoMyHk5ajxu6CNKGzGnRgCI_y2ERxsDOgKY0XDfusLmaHrPYJ8L0vu2DBstVLLBSRo1SVsov-M9fvJcVryvOH44NzqdhXUDqW2jKSnXmFQr79ms/s320/Composition-magenta-red-brown-and-black.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439267509820374642" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="sqq" style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I came upon a doctor who appeared in quite poor health. I said, 'There's nothing that I can do for you that you can't do for yourself.' He said, 'Oh yes you can. Just hold my hand. I think that that would help.' So I sat with him a while then I asked him how he felt. He said, 'I think I'm cured.'<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="sqq" style="font-size:100%;">Conor Oberst</span><br /></div><span class="sqq" style="font-size:100%;"><br />Take some time this week to literally or figuratively hold someone's hand as they seek to heal or recover from life's challenges. Extend compassion to the life of another knowing that compassion heals not only those we express it towards, but ourselves as well.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Right Image: Composition by <a href="http://www.waynesleeth.com/large.php">Wayne Sleeth </a><br />Left Image: Abstracted Water Color by <a href="http://popartmachine.com/blog/abstract-watercolor-artwork.html#more-1760">PopArt Machine</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-69450299921545129922010-02-01T10:25:00.001-08:002010-02-01T10:35:30.665-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmaCR7o6cimVsCax8e2NTigHM_SDpi6EIlVo9dItYgy9QmhQ7w4jm3th0NNWbyoYCAY9c2tkaFvuh3nhhPWJqo4JW4X8ccKHDPYIYO8MnR4mAI2WCaruLKkEq5ojRiEpQjmjtjHF/s1600-h/balloonshotair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjYmaCR7o6cimVsCax8e2NTigHM_SDpi6EIlVo9dItYgy9QmhQ7w4jm3th0NNWbyoYCAY9c2tkaFvuh3nhhPWJqo4JW4X8ccKHDPYIYO8MnR4mAI2WCaruLKkEq5ojRiEpQjmjtjHF/s320/balloonshotair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433345101943641906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxyHlvHK62dwdsqbV3pspxD882FPycaOgM6drGPw_KgCZmH2XPMg4vaNLWmedgRuBNVQeuKPICpQ53LO2-TXLkjY8uAt3c6dwZ4-dO5QpOh3H0NEQYxK4XQfsEy_c-ZePQs-J_w4e/s1600-h/balloons.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxyHlvHK62dwdsqbV3pspxD882FPycaOgM6drGPw_KgCZmH2XPMg4vaNLWmedgRuBNVQeuKPICpQ53LO2-TXLkjY8uAt3c6dwZ4-dO5QpOh3H0NEQYxK4XQfsEy_c-ZePQs-J_w4e/s320/balloons.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433344392586368114" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.<br /><br />Louisa May Alcott<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Image 1: Painting Sky by bdmaroon<br />Image 2: Painting Quads by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueberrymom/396636654/in/photostream/">Blueberry Mom</a></span>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-46337966264100178072010-01-19T19:00:00.001-08:002010-01-19T19:08:49.743-08:00Speaking in the Butterfly Effect<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilion/2492955791/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2104/2492955791_074839a065.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilion/2492955791/">*</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lilion/">lilion (J.Meszoly Beatrix)</a>.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIzfaGdHISNvcoPTWF_VwR4pYoEnmpAmqxGw6150cSkd7q722pEZiNJmYdDzyFDEKj_UO3HRM6zAxF7BZHOQkYI1dIM-_b8Vba7tgPvX9urm76Aby-ghdVHfi53r8C_bIwxNASjir/s1600-h/purpledroplets.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 503px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyIzfaGdHISNvcoPTWF_VwR4pYoEnmpAmqxGw6150cSkd7q722pEZiNJmYdDzyFDEKj_UO3HRM6zAxF7BZHOQkYI1dIM-_b8Vba7tgPvX9urm76Aby-ghdVHfi53r8C_bIwxNASjir/s320/purpledroplets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428652580536946194" border="0" /></a><span class="quote">'All change, all production and generation are effected through the word'.</span>..and bear affects throughout the world. Be aware then, of the world at large in which you live, and know that you too contribute to the creation of what is seen as well as what is possible.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5666">Leopold Senghor</a> Maroon Mashup</span><br /><br />Image 2: Violet by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harwelltime/876150462/">Harwell</a><br /></div><p></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-29215122116511759752010-01-14T18:18:00.000-08:002010-01-14T18:36:00.053-08:00Trust Your Divinity's Intentions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMoEJnMKK_RSdfMO7sW0BWVPBf4rjpwYJrTHpVTAjtpdFD4QBkWnvox6vtaBvK_o4azDdTNsSIZZs7imEqeuIA9atDXa1-q7WLE8fLAxQMhVqZ17dpliFarsvijVglBUem2wtJ_cc/s1600-h/africa_gambia_gaya_art_haiti2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLMoEJnMKK_RSdfMO7sW0BWVPBf4rjpwYJrTHpVTAjtpdFD4QBkWnvox6vtaBvK_o4azDdTNsSIZZs7imEqeuIA9atDXa1-q7WLE8fLAxQMhVqZ17dpliFarsvijVglBUem2wtJ_cc/s320/africa_gambia_gaya_art_haiti2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426787832841171330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Br20X_T0e_XJpuypE7zlfqzRoEWdFbFgFB3cSlrrbSUU9dZQupoSL9jwDqPa3gsj74qvU8HZQATMtTUiow3IBEy3A5uRW2GMQmIOMfcxZbX9KFvUPQP4jwkfDudtiwsMjZ9YiplF/s1600-h/DSC03622.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 393px; height: 428px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Br20X_T0e_XJpuypE7zlfqzRoEWdFbFgFB3cSlrrbSUU9dZQupoSL9jwDqPa3gsj74qvU8HZQATMtTUiow3IBEy3A5uRW2GMQmIOMfcxZbX9KFvUPQP4jwkfDudtiwsMjZ9YiplF/s320/DSC03622.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426786685015612626" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///Users/beawatson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/beawatson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-1.png" alt="" /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Si se Bondye Ki voye. Li pey fre ou. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">If it is God who sends you, she'll pay your expenses. </span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></div><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />What appears impossible is only waiting for your faith to ignite its realization in being. When it's the divine who has called you to your task <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">T</span>rust that the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">D</span>ivine will help you see that task through. No matter how bleak the everyday of it appears, no matter how unlikely the end goals may seem, <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">T</span>rust the Divine's call and have <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">F</span>aith that what is needed will be given in kind.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Haitian Proverb avec Maroon Remix<br /><br />Image 1: <a href="http://www.haitianmasters.net/raoulmathieu.htm">Raoul Mathieu</a> Untitled<br />Image 2: <a href="http://africa-gambia.blogspot.com/">Haiti Arts Cooperative</a> Spirit Flag</span><br /><br /></span></span>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-10804009277423235592010-01-08T10:56:00.000-08:002010-01-08T14:13:23.448-08:00Bursting Wild Joy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb9coBWb9nfxc_92Pk0CHGqX9ffbj1E4IewnjFaddxTtsvom8jIW0arfHEyzBJ3Sln3HeZreTK_HE6DVc6CtIEzI8IUPxKPRzHlHLgfmgLdt3MXptPvA_q7lOXeXms-0yGq_Oh8cp/s1600-h/monasterydoors.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwb9coBWb9nfxc_92Pk0CHGqX9ffbj1E4IewnjFaddxTtsvom8jIW0arfHEyzBJ3Sln3HeZreTK_HE6DVc6CtIEzI8IUPxKPRzHlHLgfmgLdt3MXptPvA_q7lOXeXms-0yGq_Oh8cp/s320/monasterydoors.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424445655782113906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQwQmmIz6PjztJYgw22BzCfb5J__I987D4YY4SDZ2VK8TlQ7DwmAEpmPid9lbmhnZQaTZVQeQ0607XeJK1puvTZcs2MI_AeRX3NaewzjW80rwiU5bmk4f-uENffayamqiOjbwgsem/s1600-h/spices.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQwQmmIz6PjztJYgw22BzCfb5J__I987D4YY4SDZ2VK8TlQ7DwmAEpmPid9lbmhnZQaTZVQeQ0607XeJK1puvTZcs2MI_AeRX3NaewzjW80rwiU5bmk4f-uENffayamqiOjbwgsem/s320/spices.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424445493470280610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"All things can be used even anger" so "Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear," because Joy demands your brave and wildly vibrant attention.<br /><br />Audre Lore/Zora Neale Hurston/ Maroon remix<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Image 1: Litang Monastery China by <a href="http://moooonriver.spaces.live.com/blog/cns%21F50083AB13224D70%215806.entry">Kevin Kelly</a><br />Image 2: Pigments at market in India </span>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-78355624520255799692010-01-05T08:44:00.001-08:002010-01-05T08:53:56.456-08:00Exuberant Choices<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstalusphotographs/2444153884/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2389/2444153884_c44941a202.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 484px; height: 484px;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jstalusphotographs/2444153884/">Georgia</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/jstalusphotographs/">judy stalus</a>.</span></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0iJp_BPfI9-hwxPNCCioOhZ5LPU1A2TAnZjRsR_5Z1kF1rYqsncpEpelaNovX3kv5g_Cz8-nNblBL9sQxxaDY5JT5eBoRbVEUL4G8zDtpF_B5GqMzDDgBzuezR4kUBgGbqX8V65o/s1600-h/pathroad.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 485px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi0iJp_BPfI9-hwxPNCCioOhZ5LPU1A2TAnZjRsR_5Z1kF1rYqsncpEpelaNovX3kv5g_Cz8-nNblBL9sQxxaDY5JT5eBoRbVEUL4G8zDtpF_B5GqMzDDgBzuezR4kUBgGbqX8V65o/s320/pathroad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423297841469828466" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Everyday is a field of paths, of directions beckoning, of succulent calls toward the unknown. Choose your actions as if they will bind you to forever. Yet live through your actions knowing they are but momentary steps toward the transformative, for our paths to peace are infinite and transcendent.</p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">b.d.maroon</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size:85%;">Artwork 2: Fork in The Road by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick-smith-photography/3431233355/">Patrick Smith</a></span><br /></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-39017725729191003592009-11-16T16:22:00.001-08:002009-11-16T16:22:10.849-08:00Touch<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylon/272637519/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/272637519_67913fe762.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaylon/272637519/">WonderWing</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/gaylon/">Mr. Greenjeans</a>.</span></div><p>Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.<br />-- Buddha</p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-63804797800631726842009-09-04T08:38:00.001-07:002009-09-15T19:31:55.662-07:00New and Bold<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh919Als__dxiAtpolM9MJZSldFgGJ3qeYmcBOW9C80E8FyxvDPsdoWxCTwVIrDnsFz4eemtq-RBmwFTMiZQcNG_M8fO676cZPGzzCp9dQbAQi4-GtPNw_J9yjKSQAdhyphenhyphen9VsHJXvqLX/s1600-h/cover_20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 526px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh919Als__dxiAtpolM9MJZSldFgGJ3qeYmcBOW9C80E8FyxvDPsdoWxCTwVIrDnsFz4eemtq-RBmwFTMiZQcNG_M8fO676cZPGzzCp9dQbAQi4-GtPNw_J9yjKSQAdhyphenhyphen9VsHJXvqLX/s320/cover_20.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377640303149551666" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGewEZRRFi6zxuUYVrUCE6o6N99nP4lA8l1oTvFhzc1VAiB9oAU0VCFq9SZbAUj2PYlOlSm-eiFOqdmsUZZob0Gd9cxevwkOSH2TAIwvI1JlsF5Hq8sNjV-PJZWcC4jLh8NjYenjxA/s1600-h/bluegreenWEB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGewEZRRFi6zxuUYVrUCE6o6N99nP4lA8l1oTvFhzc1VAiB9oAU0VCFq9SZbAUj2PYlOlSm-eiFOqdmsUZZob0Gd9cxevwkOSH2TAIwvI1JlsF5Hq8sNjV-PJZWcC4jLh8NjYenjxA/s320/bluegreenWEB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377641924884763570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. </span><br />Arnold H. Glasgow<br /><br />String of Spheres by <a href="http://journals.sfu.ca/pocol/index.php/pct/issue/view/20">Ann Aldred</a><br /><br />Abstract Blue and Green by an anonymous Miles Davis Listener<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div><p></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-7279992439622021402009-08-21T07:07:00.001-07:002009-08-21T07:39:58.968-07:00Your Trail of Inspiration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjl7GLnz1wwe8kZ0hahex_hG7t5LSNuX0YHPEC0H0h26Ur6z-WjbMf-rk_PWwAzbz8W-b6gRLc2ToKG9f_nXjz591Z4vxauF4AttVaa9axKckmT7jjLOYj77FgkrTcy03Z5VR_DBtO/s1600-h/treeanimals.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 421px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjl7GLnz1wwe8kZ0hahex_hG7t5LSNuX0YHPEC0H0h26Ur6z-WjbMf-rk_PWwAzbz8W-b6gRLc2ToKG9f_nXjz591Z4vxauF4AttVaa9axKckmT7jjLOYj77FgkrTcy03Z5VR_DBtO/s320/treeanimals.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372422266167166242" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0.8em;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariannjohansen-ellis/3817146250/"><br /></a></span></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IxXGT_D3MxuLIQk_xPGuJY_ALRuoq7eFhzSbuvUqJnCp1toD711gN4nrZwE3K9lgtP4YCU-oUVqppl1bxB0bnFBsLF_l-YY7d4YCj7jUkVWeVNRnGZXwJ2G8sSei11BxYmA7TcIn/s1600-h/bamboo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 415px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IxXGT_D3MxuLIQk_xPGuJY_ALRuoq7eFhzSbuvUqJnCp1toD711gN4nrZwE3K9lgtP4YCU-oUVqppl1bxB0bnFBsLF_l-YY7d4YCj7jUkVWeVNRnGZXwJ2G8sSei11BxYmA7TcIn/s320/bamboo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372419793256168418" border="0" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></p><p style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></p><p style="font-family:lucida grande;"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande"><br /></p><p face="lucida grande">'Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.' Easily written, easily said. More challenging to carry out. Whenever stopped by fear of the unknown or thwarted by the ease of the familiar remember; becoming one's own 'never before seen Destiny' is an extraordinary act of organic inspiration not only for yourself, but for all those around you. Live in the truth of who you are and the road will follow...<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ralph Waldo Emerson Remix</span></p><p face="lucida grande"><span style="font-size:85%;">Illustration: Hangin Out by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariannjohansen-ellis/3817146250/in/photostream/">Marian Johansen Ellis</a><br /></span></p><p face="lucida grande"><span style="font-size:85%;">Bamboo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7455207@N05/2943397617/">Grounds of Tenryu-ji temple, in Arashiyama.</a></span></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-75303153680105219472009-08-11T13:23:00.001-07:002009-08-11T17:38:12.949-07:00Quiet Inspiration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YhYsf3lhJg20CiqQs6aZ7ntny9ZnZczIneF7ywQ4k4SE5uE0YekTaHdQcyUxTL103PHBpm2eHGnLxmvq6u7Aw3z8uwB57U6HYaJSaSScf0LsojWs242-D0kmPFAQr4puanx9a76-/s1600-h/redwarji.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 382px; height: 425px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-YhYsf3lhJg20CiqQs6aZ7ntny9ZnZczIneF7ywQ4k4SE5uE0YekTaHdQcyUxTL103PHBpm2eHGnLxmvq6u7Aw3z8uwB57U6HYaJSaSScf0LsojWs242-D0kmPFAQr4puanx9a76-/s320/redwarji.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368869476041200018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/babyowls/2329783873/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3169/2329783873_3dc3c6a550.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 369px; height: 277px;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ></span>“I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.”<br /></div><p>Brenda Ueland</p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Traditional Warli Painting</span></p><p><span style="font-size:78%;">Notebooks - hyperlinked.</span><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/babyowls/2329783873/"> Fifteen accounts of life, death, and everything that interferes.</a>, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/babyowls/">Jenna Carver </a>.</span></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-10615070714494982502009-08-06T16:17:00.001-07:002009-08-11T17:37:24.819-07:00Fierce Peace<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mohammadrezarostami/3643138424/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2435/3643138424_3eb97cd8ee.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 386px; height: 279px;" alt="" /></a></div><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QZzSXqS2J5Jn6MMc9s7RHelIhHUzeWubG7BTdCwzPpCOOJ9GHlZr0G8YsnrCWNsh-Til4R7yzXsbumppDgrSf9-JpAhbbvxab5g4HyJ_D96O-R7Hz_cCpe8g0s-7TdFmjMVa3t3F/s1600-h/goldsworthy2"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 390px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QZzSXqS2J5Jn6MMc9s7RHelIhHUzeWubG7BTdCwzPpCOOJ9GHlZr0G8YsnrCWNsh-Til4R7yzXsbumppDgrSf9-JpAhbbvxab5g4HyJ_D96O-R7Hz_cCpe8g0s-7TdFmjMVa3t3F/s320/goldsworthy2" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366995373605066994" border="0" /></a><br /></p><p>"Everyday we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life..., our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are alive." Know then that Peace is a fierce struggle, which can only be waged with peaceful action.<br /><br />Thich Nhat Hahn Remix</p><p><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mohammadrezarostami/3643138424/">The Freedom Dove</a>, by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/mohammadrezarostami/">Mohammad Reza Rostami</a>.</span></p><p><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jibryant/2780004655/">Andy Goldsworthy Wall<br /></a></span></p><p><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><br /></span></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-35583167798615369252009-07-28T11:01:00.000-07:002009-07-28T11:15:27.516-07:00Bursting With Being<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYoXHYwHIcez_IkeOZNo-qrVPRuRz9nvDiVRk49H8bAmj4ZNDWY5wfYgxmOmTw0AWM6jH6NiK6d56MozJtJb0DTY5vb3fsk718YXSyCdUA7RKstplPBTuSQ0GngVghuQSdIZDtktk/s1600-h/artist-lauren-gary-fractal-art-peach-cobbler.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgYoXHYwHIcez_IkeOZNo-qrVPRuRz9nvDiVRk49H8bAmj4ZNDWY5wfYgxmOmTw0AWM6jH6NiK6d56MozJtJb0DTY5vb3fsk718YXSyCdUA7RKstplPBTuSQ0GngVghuQSdIZDtktk/s320/artist-lauren-gary-fractal-art-peach-cobbler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363573517496239010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12TTLH5W2yfaWd-R6J0YOzZzwH4zOC9jqtdvf9On4zM0NfiKXXx11NLiyyEBSn7VGWZBnQBusPxJOZ50AbNq6Qg6OJjoHe_W-sLxPvPQ9yKm46_xFq9lPkFWogriSQyB68OiIKQTF/s1600-h/colorofwords.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12TTLH5W2yfaWd-R6J0YOzZzwH4zOC9jqtdvf9On4zM0NfiKXXx11NLiyyEBSn7VGWZBnQBusPxJOZ50AbNq6Qg6OJjoHe_W-sLxPvPQ9yKm46_xFq9lPkFWogriSQyB68OiIKQTF/s320/colorofwords.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363573028675484754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;" ><br /> <br /> </span><b><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;" >Jack London<br /></span></b><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;" ><br />Peach Cobbler by <a href="http://abstractdigitalartgallery.com/artist_gallery_Lauren_Gary_fractal_art.htm">Lauren Zorn</a><br />Color of Words II by <a href="http://www.wosene.com/index.html">Wosene Worke Kosrof</a></span><b><span style=";font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></b>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-32800795876722444572009-07-21T07:40:00.000-07:002009-07-21T07:49:36.733-07:00Courage Stands Up & Goes On<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGFBE-A49r0FawNVApNacAiGGGdiKQ7wfb-N55qzvsTXdVV0sxvJTWJVzRqk9WidUVNVTEGz3OI4J_oLYLs9SslRyooYV4-0so8VBMIeh-nkWCnMO2X27NUNarFAUiNIqs6Y165sQd/s1600-h/green-smoke-white-abstract.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8165659@N07/2929905593/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2929905593_8c48064f5c.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 365px; height: 225px;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0pt;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8165659@N07/2929905593/">Fluid Life</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/8165659@N07/">givemetofu</a>.</span></div><p>Obstinate fidelity to peaceful steps will bear your Hopes into the future's light; So turn gently your back on the temptations of anger's unpleasant paths.</p><p>Bahiyyih Maroon</p><p>Click Images to Link<br /></p>Bits of Blisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16125389249007695624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4208340896919827560.post-5011339562908976882009-06-11T07:57:00.000-07:002009-06-11T08:06:17.222-07:00Scatter Some Joy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRUpYR5iss2-E6cNjq1TpmfZ3lCvTD7WXMiJbUHlR4pPr3I2vHLU4K5-C0yJmDLZYrXb18uI5DcRxuGlnjHlIDAgIG-McKc4BuCJig8-2AuPcw2j47Mv44On6wOIo2g-xEqgO5T8vI/s1600-h/YFApTBXgceQs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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