Shine

April 27, 2016

It’s been said that people are like stained glass windows, that their true beauty is revealed when the darkness comes and a light shines brightly within and through them. Adam Hamilton

Bliss

April 27, 2016

Children bring us a piece of heaven on earth. By Roland Leonhardt

Go for it

April 27, 2016

I’m still a kid inside, and adventure is adventure wherever you find it. Jim Dale

Mom

April 27, 2016

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children. William Makepeace Thackeray

Live and learn

April 26, 2016

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. George Bernard Shaw

Wake up

April 26, 2016

Most people don’t know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don’t get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss your life. Brian Andreas

Vision

April 24, 2016

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson

Tenderness

April 24, 2016

A mother’s arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them. Victor Hugo

Seriously?

April 24, 2016

‘I’m not about to sugarcoat this. One is a fake and a liar and her likely opponent is about as presidential as Mike Tyson. Now you know why I look like this….because we have a serious problem here.’

A boy’s best friend

April 24, 2016

A boy and his dog make a glorious pair: No better friendship is found anywhere, For they talk and they walk and they run and they play, And they have their deep secrets for many a day; And that boy has a comrade who thinks and who feels, Who walks down the road with a […]

Change

April 23, 2016

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.” Helen Keller

One day

April 23, 2016

‘You know that I hate shots…the thought of walking into that office is more than I can take. One day I’ll be too big for you to carry and no leash will be strong enough to hold me.’

The sea

April 23, 2016

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch – we are going back from whence we came. John F. Kennedy

Music

April 23, 2016

Lean your body forward slightly to support the guitar against your chest, for the poetry of the music should resound in your heart. Andres Segovia

Blessed

April 23, 2016

A blessing is a circle of light drawn around a person to protect, heal and strengthen. John O’Donohue

A steady hand

April 23, 2016

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full. Arthur Ashe

The question

April 23, 2016

You are the author of your own story. What are you going to write today? There will come a day when the lights go out one last time, a day when the work and the living and the loving is all done. No one knows for certain what lies beyond that day. But if you’ve […]

Friends

April 23, 2016

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle We often think that our friends help us when we are weak. And the do. But it’s also true that we become strong when we have friends to be strong for. Friends help us flourish. They lighte our burdens, enlighten our thinking, enrich […]

My world

April 18, 2016

Today, my 8-year-old son hugged me and said, “You are the best mom in the whole entire world!” I smiled and sarcastically replied, “How do you know that? You haven’t met every mom in the whole entire world.” My son squeezed me tighter and said, “Yes I have. You are my world.” Anonymous

Work of art

April 18, 2016

Never cease chiseling your own statue. Plotinus. (205 – 270)