Bailey

January 3, 2017

Many of the qualities that come so effortlessly to dogs – loyalty, devotion, selflessness, unflagging optimism, unqualified love – can be elusive to humans. John Grogan

Magic

January 2, 2017

To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark. Victor Hugo

Truth

January 1, 2017

Playing it safe is risky.

Trevor

December 31, 2016

Being the last one chosen isn’t the worst thing…but it can seem like it.

Soar

December 31, 2016

My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, ‘My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?’ Julia Cameron

Reflection

December 31, 2016

When the calendar reads twelve thirty-one… Why not reflect upon the year that’s departed, Maybe just a tweak or two is all that’s needed, Like a tuneup before the next year gets started.

Vision

December 30, 2016

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can’t see from the center. Kurt Vonnegut

Do it now

December 29, 2016

Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows. Pope Paul VI

Chill

December 29, 2016

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh

Gifted

December 28, 2016

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie

Contentment

December 27, 2016

My little dog – a heartbeat at my feet. Edith Wharton

Choice

December 27, 2016

Each morning there’s a choice that is made. Today, I’ll walk with happy feet and bring a smile to everyone I meet. Or…there’s a world of woe to wade through today, you’ll only get a frown from me until it goes away.

Let it out

December 26, 2016

Laughter…burst the belly…delirious delight laughing is that much needed salve that soothes the pains and takes the cross from our shoulders that inevitably we must bear.

Just right

December 26, 2016

Let us walk amongst the towering trees when ego needs to be whittled down to size.

Gifts

December 24, 2016

“People marvel at the genius of Mozart because he supposedly wrote “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” at the age of three and composed his first symphony at the age of twelve. And yes, of course he was a genius, but another way to look at it is that he just discovered early what it was God […]

Hindsight

December 22, 2016

“Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learnt something from yesterday.” Inscription on John Wayne’s headstone

Past perfect

December 22, 2016

I see in their faces what we all used to be before the world got a hold of us. Charles Martin From the book Water from My Heart

Soul food

December 22, 2016

Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. Luther Burbank

Foresight

December 21, 2016

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Charles Spurgeon

Comfort

December 20, 2016

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” Maya Angelou