Solitude

July 13, 2017

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir

Thank you

July 9, 2017

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie

Play

July 7, 2017

The great person is the one who does not lose the child’s heart. Menicus

Fully clothed

July 7, 2017

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The key

July 7, 2017

Life is an adventure in forgiveness. Norman Cousins

If

July 6, 2017

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the aching or cool one pain…or help one fainting robin unto his nest again I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson

Beauty

July 5, 2017

Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people – the beauty within themselves. Langston Hughes

Everything

July 5, 2017

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein

Persistence

July 1, 2017

A person can ride out most any wave if they hang in there with faith and hope.

Belief

June 30, 2017

The point of living and of being an optimist is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come. Peter Ustinov

Close encounter

June 30, 2017

I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart. Pope John XXIII

Gusto

June 30, 2017

You are either all in or why suit up.

Laughter

June 30, 2017

“If we took what we know about the medical benefits of laughter and bottled it up, it would require FDA approval. Laughter can lower blood pressure, trigger a flood of endorphins – the brain chemicals that can bring on euphoria and decrease pain, and enhance our immune systems.” Dr. Lee Berk

Take good care

June 28, 2017

Hurry is the great enemy of spiritual life in our day. You must ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Dallas Willard

Purpose

June 26, 2017

There are two great days in a person’s life – the day we are born and the day we discover why. William Barclay

Always

June 20, 2017

Surely, he is your best friend…the one who’s always thrilled to see you as evidenced by that constantly wagging tail and the eyes that say, ‘I’ll be by your side no matter what.’

Wonder

June 20, 2017

To be more childlike, you don’t have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe. Wayne Dyer

No limits

June 19, 2017

Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t. Rikki Rogers

Priorities

June 16, 2017

Most days life is just a balancing act.

Time out

June 15, 2017

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing – just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park? Ralph Marston