Our sorrows and wounds are healed only when we touch them with compassion.
-- Buddha
Nov 16, 2009
Sep 4, 2009
New and Bold
Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.
Arnold H. Glasgow
String of Spheres by Ann Aldred
Abstract Blue and Green by an anonymous Miles Davis Listener
Aug 21, 2009
Your Trail of Inspiration
'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...
Ralph Waldo Emerson Remix
Illustration: Hangin Out by Marian Johansen Ellis
Aug 11, 2009
Quiet Inspiration
“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.”
Brenda Ueland
Traditional Warli Painting
Notebooks - hyperlinked. Fifteen accounts of life, death, and everything that interferes., by Jenna Carver .
Aug 6, 2009
Fierce Peace
"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.
Thich Nhat Hahn Remix
The Freedom Dove, by Mohammad Reza Rostami.
Jul 28, 2009
Bursting With Being
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.
Jack London
Peach Cobbler by Lauren Zorn
Color of Words II by Wosene Worke Kosrof
Jul 21, 2009
Courage Stands Up & Goes On
Jul 11, 2009
Fearless Joy
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon
Abstract Peacock: Ndesign Studio
Caramel Geometry: Angelina Cornidez
Jun 30, 2009
Obstinate Calm
Jun 11, 2009
Scatter Some Joy
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy...around us
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kissing Tea
Swirl: Cherie Hanson
Jun 1, 2009
No Worries
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
Epictetus
Mosaic by OP
Abstract Fleur: HyperLink
May 27, 2009
Love is Action
May 22, 2009
Forms of Freedom
Once we have the condition of peace and joy in us, we can afford to be in any situation. Even in the situation of hell, we will be able to contribute our peace and serenity.
The most important thing is for each of us to have some freedom in our heart
Thich Nhat Hanh
May 11, 2009
Trust is an Act of Joy...Imagine that
“But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. (Psalms 5:11)”
Art: Parable of Wheat....
May 4, 2009
Bridge Building
The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between yourself and others....Build your bridges gently and wisely that you may cross to the other side of your paths and journeys with ease.
Audre Lorde ReviseMix Maroon
Sun by AndrewLee
Apr 28, 2009
Dreams Create
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Anais Nin
Images: Joan Miro, Georgia O'Keefe
Apr 20, 2009
Breathing Compassion
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Apr 15, 2009
Full in Kind
“Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.”
Henry James
Apr 13, 2009
Define Yourself
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.”
Audre Lorde
Images: Stefan Kurten, Georgia O'Keefe
Apr 2, 2009
Mar 27, 2009
Portal of Hope
Come, come again, whoever you are, come! Heathen, fire worshipper or idolatrous, come! Come even if you broke your penitence a hundred times, Ours is the portal of hope, come as you are
Rumi
Art work by David Lewis Baker Madonna and Child #4 (Homage to Perugino),
Abstract 31 by Realeoni