Acceptance

July 20, 2019

‘The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity __even under the most difficult circumstances __to add a deeper meaning to his life.’ Viktor Frankl

One heart

July 20, 2019

‘Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms had fallen from our branches we found that we were […]

Inquisitiveness

July 16, 2019

‘The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.’ Dorothy Parker

Wisdom

July 14, 2019

‘Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom…that you have to grow old before you understand life”   The book of Job from The Message Bible

Job One

July 3, 2019

‘The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.’ Michel de Montaigne

Compassion

July 1, 2019

“How we walk with the broken speaks louder than how we sit with the great.” Bill Bennot

Wise beyond their years

June 25, 2019

“Children are capable of great things, not just in the future but now. Children can be a source of hope and even strength. They can inspire us with their kindness;  they can make us see beauty where we noticed only the mundane. They can make us stop and think;  they can push us to do […]

Life 101

June 1, 2019

‘Life is a waste without humor…living is about happiness and laughter.’ Fauja Singh

Choice

May 6, 2019

‘It doesn’t matter how successful or unsuccessful you are right now. What matters is whether your habits are putting you on the path to success.’ James Clear from the terrific book Atomic Habits   Surely, the path to success and meaning is the steeper one not favored by most. Anyone can walk the well worn […]

Imagination

May 5, 2019

I don’t dream at night, I dream all day; I dream for a living. Steven Spielberg

Excellence

April 29, 2019

“Make each day your masterpiece.” John Wooden

Afresh

April 26, 2019

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning. J. B. Priestley

Love

April 20, 2019

Until one has loved an animal a part of one’s soul remains unawakened. Anatole France

Rebirth

March 27, 2019

The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. Bernard Williams

Quality time

March 24, 2019

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Inspire

March 23, 2019

“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.” James Keller

Poetry in motion

March 23, 2019

“Every night the owl with his wild monkey-face calls through the black branches, and the mice freeze and the rabbits shiver in the snowy fields— and then there is the long, deep trough of silence when he stops singing, and steps into the air.” Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volume One Photo by Dave […]

Forever

March 10, 2019

“One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.” Euripides

Belief

February 17, 2019

We are all pencils in the hand of God. Mother Teresa

Possibility

January 28, 2019

‘Everything you do either expands the sense of what is possible or adds to the feeling that nothing is possible.’ Barry Michels