tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-314215722024-03-18T22:09:11.838-07:00Get ZappedA Meditative Centerpieceget zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.comBlogger573125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-87663322827904301642012-09-02T10:14:00.000-07:002012-09-02T10:14:59.479-07:00Curiosity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.~<a href="http://lesbianlife.about.com/cs/herstory/a/Eleanor.htm">Eleanor Roosevelt</a>
get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-6629327421252334222012-08-24T08:37:00.001-07:002012-08-24T08:52:50.690-07:00Movement<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm not interested in how people move, but in what moves them. ~<a href="http://www.pina-bausch.de/en/pina_bausch/">Pina Bausch</a>
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Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping. <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/cameron/">~Julia Margaret Cameron</a>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-66831545491834718112012-06-22T08:33:00.000-07:002012-06-22T08:35:11.726-07:00Summertime<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5BlmnE6-xxBK185cO-NqcdIDJUso4xQhdOYhDQuuk_tPhqVuB-6MH7ZTAiIEBOenTNbJXFti0NhbYO8zIskkyzO7piysroSKPaQcrx4g9yrnu1HGVgs_LokvrPmHx-GHdYziug/s1600/berry_blossom.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5BlmnE6-xxBK185cO-NqcdIDJUso4xQhdOYhDQuuk_tPhqVuB-6MH7ZTAiIEBOenTNbJXFti0NhbYO8zIskkyzO7piysroSKPaQcrx4g9yrnu1HGVgs_LokvrPmHx-GHdYziug/s320/berry_blossom.png" width="320" /></a>
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What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade. ~<a href="http://www.gardenvisit.com/biography/gertrude_jekyll">Gertrude Jekyll</a>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-62078578824826427802012-06-15T07:43:00.001-07:002012-06-15T07:43:39.226-07:00Intoxicate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">Flowers really do intoxicate me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">~<a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsackville.htm">Vita Sackville-West</a></span>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-4554942239274429842012-06-05T12:23:00.001-07:002012-06-05T12:35:57.211-07:00Mountain<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcoF8YrKrnii8S0KaF1l4_c_fIQOr28J3awj3dKEk3bNn7SpSRxDdpAzZLdiCPvbentn456qL0Y57IezMA4LZPDAHhe0VNcTXj2jjinKhV34FCk68VwqAgX_-O8hPsdwY1g_Bhw/s1600/mnts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtcoF8YrKrnii8S0KaF1l4_c_fIQOr28J3awj3dKEk3bNn7SpSRxDdpAzZLdiCPvbentn456qL0Y57IezMA4LZPDAHhe0VNcTXj2jjinKhV34FCk68VwqAgX_-O8hPsdwY1g_Bhw/s320/mnts.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches, and thoughts. And the consequences whether good or bad of even the least of them are far-reaching. ~<a href="http://www.sivananda.org/teachings/swami-sivananda.html">Sivananda Saraswati</a></span>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-49233056809595469242012-05-04T08:10:00.000-07:002012-05-04T08:12:06.910-07:00Opening<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on. ~<a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUhavelock.htm">Havelock Ellis</a>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-65208914664683328682012-04-27T09:17:00.002-07:002012-04-27T09:26:07.986-07:00Dragon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Brust">~Stephen Brust</a>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-60309793972284464302012-04-20T08:18:00.004-07:002012-04-20T08:31:48.109-07:00Let Go<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGf7M3QQc61a0vfqdS7YXAJyjUXhzPC4_W5-Ds1-g4XGjeFGCv89xUyWzhyFPYNeIcl4QaU-y04nGPGcSNC-BwxgcL3g6PLQrIkTq5rn1_tfqtFvXEhazFc2YDIcrxTY3EvIL5Q/s1600/Untitled-1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGf7M3QQc61a0vfqdS7YXAJyjUXhzPC4_W5-Ds1-g4XGjeFGCv89xUyWzhyFPYNeIcl4QaU-y04nGPGcSNC-BwxgcL3g6PLQrIkTq5rn1_tfqtFvXEhazFc2YDIcrxTY3EvIL5Q/s320/Untitled-1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733502902787603058" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Let go. Why do you cling to pain? There is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. It is not yours to judge. Why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?</div><div><a href="http://www.leobuscaglia.org/">~Leo Buscaglia<br /> </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-14484116067801887112012-04-13T09:06:00.004-07:002012-04-13T09:15:21.997-07:00Cherry Tree<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSi1X4_1Atk6XVSLYa0UOcefjc4HUAFb20my4-8asgH7yJuUJEOvA4_VMhYgNkWPXwwU42Y4LhHOVkefP-mooKK8H057dh1EBh95W4aY-UBtyOgDkmnijdkjYML8_FOCLdKDKRA/s1600/cherry.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSi1X4_1Atk6XVSLYa0UOcefjc4HUAFb20my4-8asgH7yJuUJEOvA4_VMhYgNkWPXwwU42Y4LhHOVkefP-mooKK8H057dh1EBh95W4aY-UBtyOgDkmnijdkjYML8_FOCLdKDKRA/s320/cherry.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730918042627997954" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">I never see the prettiest thing -<br />A cherry bough gone white with Spring -<br />But what I think, "How gay 'twould be<br />To hang me from a flowering tree."</div><div><a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/dorothy-parker/">~Dorothy Parker</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-81685375028190383912012-04-06T07:32:00.000-07:002012-04-06T07:33:15.286-07:00Happiness<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbvO0Zq-FUl7ViLsBUrcbcvfyKB0rMo1cwu6ODu4yQb4ljWhO_0rmBbjJzLz6mJxpn56ILbHz9zpnWHWlOvv1yDvjRghdnrCiWjpCyKV8aABiAmJdD-EU4NsoYrnoZI-no5KeQg/s1600/happy_goat.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbvO0Zq-FUl7ViLsBUrcbcvfyKB0rMo1cwu6ODu4yQb4ljWhO_0rmBbjJzLz6mJxpn56ILbHz9zpnWHWlOvv1yDvjRghdnrCiWjpCyKV8aABiAmJdD-EU4NsoYrnoZI-no5KeQg/s320/happy_goat.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728046460248450754" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you. Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself.</div><div><a href="http://alicewalkersgarden.com/">~Alice Walker</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-1567327287010072342012-03-30T07:31:00.005-07:002012-03-30T07:39:49.567-07:00Art<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbLqAtKrflsdHM2bg3YsH-D2WeDFDtC0BaKesVdaABK2FjqoVL1kU5HVQpCw0yfVvhQ5dkkIX9b0m-AOw0KkBVkKPsVHmbb8XDAbmjvME_bdwrYHLF0gfxssQd57evZPjpb6pTg/s1600/ikebana.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJbLqAtKrflsdHM2bg3YsH-D2WeDFDtC0BaKesVdaABK2FjqoVL1kU5HVQpCw0yfVvhQ5dkkIX9b0m-AOw0KkBVkKPsVHmbb8XDAbmjvME_bdwrYHLF0gfxssQd57evZPjpb6pTg/s320/ikebana.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725698717425975090" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">[Art] means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage.</div><div><a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/49">~Adrienne Rich</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33cc00;"> R.I.P. Ms. Rich</span><br /></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-45335379583058999542012-03-23T09:49:00.001-07:002012-03-23T10:21:13.894-07:00Spring<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKppCb51rWy2qr96XgMGOJ68GzyXw9k2zmvCoychmuxfdhy3nfx1vC2WJF1OhXn55oRK0Sr6Ay9g-p3KWGBnztgczIjCaiviwY8sesBCV6WvhSYvqAOMEf_VmOB4gqBWdv_IKFw/s1600/spring_poem.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKppCb51rWy2qr96XgMGOJ68GzyXw9k2zmvCoychmuxfdhy3nfx1vC2WJF1OhXn55oRK0Sr6Ay9g-p3KWGBnztgczIjCaiviwY8sesBCV6WvhSYvqAOMEf_VmOB4gqBWdv_IKFw/s320/spring_poem.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722842667614734962" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/rainer-maria-rilke">~Rainer Maria Rilke </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-31681313271380418122012-03-16T08:08:00.002-07:002012-03-16T08:12:35.309-07:00Believe<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26puqJL49s7J5TnSkD5sreQLNV1h5YKxtBmVcYSQ-qPS5_534qL_C-HgJ9Ktxn7pdHve54D0nCra06DwE5Itxbjg8zwQuZHPrNk0RRgviTK2ppD4oUAGwnv8z6_zDBg1W5GZeOw/s1600/believe.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi26puqJL49s7J5TnSkD5sreQLNV1h5YKxtBmVcYSQ-qPS5_534qL_C-HgJ9Ktxn7pdHve54D0nCra06DwE5Itxbjg8zwQuZHPrNk0RRgviTK2ppD4oUAGwnv8z6_zDBg1W5GZeOw/s320/believe.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720512966387914962" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/introduction/eleanor-introduction/">~Eleanor Roosevelt </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-77575761020725039932012-03-09T08:00:00.004-08:002012-03-09T08:08:03.891-08:00Inner Peace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIeZooUQJHdYTAb_Ol__Jy7HTu8c6EFjHCERXI1ExhzupaJFli3hd9Ie-zFXmfJquEdFcuulH7W_aQ6M5VLGV9UI2pHZANIbRzJP6aDKsE81WnmkDOYZdtGDadXYUG_pSa02BJw/s1600/focus.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIeZooUQJHdYTAb_Ol__Jy7HTu8c6EFjHCERXI1ExhzupaJFli3hd9Ie-zFXmfJquEdFcuulH7W_aQ6M5VLGV9UI2pHZANIbRzJP6aDKsE81WnmkDOYZdtGDadXYUG_pSa02BJw/s320/focus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717929427234331378" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Holding to our object of focus and recognizing our repeated distraction serves to interrupt the obsessive train of thoughts and preoccupations, so that over time we develop some inner peace and stability.</div><div><a href="http://www.shambhala.org/teachers/acharya/lodrodorje.php">~Dorje Loppön - Eric Holm</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-55097624730751147942012-03-02T07:46:00.003-08:002012-03-02T07:49:25.433-08:00Concentration<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvpM4vy2Y8PgpyQpM6-6KvYgF0LpZYozfYiKOO-hFDPHyvQOIpGpG51LLiS9V5bX0q5YZWKkc4dNwvcvsdCaTsi_n11gK0ER912D94fiF_hOIl7zjglENulEsQ1qqSfsUgd68ew/s1600/kids_play.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtvpM4vy2Y8PgpyQpM6-6KvYgF0LpZYozfYiKOO-hFDPHyvQOIpGpG51LLiS9V5bX0q5YZWKkc4dNwvcvsdCaTsi_n11gK0ER912D94fiF_hOIl7zjglENulEsQ1qqSfsUgd68ew/s320/kids_play.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715326828377326802" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Watch little children at play: From their absorption in the moment, learn the secret of concentration.</div><div><a href="http://www.ananda.org/ananda/lineage/kriyananda/">~J. Donald Walters </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-21601770440552402162012-02-24T07:55:00.001-08:002012-02-24T07:55:42.519-08:00Life Story<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQZn8_0qAN648pslSiP8Uv_U0Rut8Fdo9ia1lhKxq6tfsyxVhMWZ_LI_uIh1RxBYHa0rPb6D3pdsh3k1TvFJlpFf2Lknzq-wLNswRAx66DI_jI1K8w5PqGgjFwk3MDVFfamY9iw/s1600/ani_river.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQZn8_0qAN648pslSiP8Uv_U0Rut8Fdo9ia1lhKxq6tfsyxVhMWZ_LI_uIh1RxBYHa0rPb6D3pdsh3k1TvFJlpFf2Lknzq-wLNswRAx66DI_jI1K8w5PqGgjFwk3MDVFfamY9iw/s320/ani_river.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712730624759132434" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Also, I thought I am old, so after I die I cannot bring my story with me. So I leave this story.</div><div><a href="http://www.shambhalasun.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1771">~Ani Pachen </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-75526431955904511312012-02-17T08:04:00.001-08:002012-02-17T08:07:30.666-08:00Race<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMKo7_yb6iq33pcemVpp6xw5MSz80QT9aJPipAhoY3JoMUovQPYX9f-STINGWXuEdB3WOXcP4Wkeabow0KLXq882v6Z_f4CSOXsakZ8UF98MBeFLHzPrjqfNXqywiLjqQ6ecC7w/s1600/race.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMKo7_yb6iq33pcemVpp6xw5MSz80QT9aJPipAhoY3JoMUovQPYX9f-STINGWXuEdB3WOXcP4Wkeabow0KLXq882v6Z_f4CSOXsakZ8UF98MBeFLHzPrjqfNXqywiLjqQ6ecC7w/s320/race.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5710136880208264322" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.</div><div><a href="http://www.margaretatwood.ca/">~Margaret Atwood</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-86232137351278875172012-02-10T07:31:00.003-08:002012-02-10T07:41:20.416-08:00Creativity<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9wwFL2cQW068vmpoIKpRNNKDGNhwGUax6KEv5RC-T9lHkovp0CeKPR2gKZFuTyo5-FKb0eRBH6azLOkOKZBMJWyx5MWEuumOr6lQBx0Opnw5HxEpCnTIl8i24KRtSOO2HuMkwg/s1600/art_inspired.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk9wwFL2cQW068vmpoIKpRNNKDGNhwGUax6KEv5RC-T9lHkovp0CeKPR2gKZFuTyo5-FKb0eRBH6azLOkOKZBMJWyx5MWEuumOr6lQBx0Opnw5HxEpCnTIl8i24KRtSOO2HuMkwg/s320/art_inspired.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707532552777450802" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">When we trust our creativity we encounter a supreme kind of enjoyment - an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our ordinary way of looking at things.</div><div><a href="http://www.kongtruljigme.com/index.php">~Kongtrul Jigme Namgyel </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-79402938456490403312012-01-27T07:31:00.000-08:002012-01-27T07:37:23.827-08:00Homeless<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7j-94eBx263OTPDr98EsYM3f0VFibj-pAHMDIn97OYxTKBRUkuOllfXT730soLFVA-N-aNwC1z4pjMIcT-GpxSrBNqLiydO41GMdije35wbQHn2cuJs2hL9aNBvshWIqqUis4Q/s1600/gram.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7j-94eBx263OTPDr98EsYM3f0VFibj-pAHMDIn97OYxTKBRUkuOllfXT730soLFVA-N-aNwC1z4pjMIcT-GpxSrBNqLiydO41GMdije35wbQHn2cuJs2hL9aNBvshWIqqUis4Q/s320/gram.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702335989506395330" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">There is a lot that happens around the world we cannot control. We cannot stop earthquakes, we cannot prevent droughts, and we cannot prevent all conflict, but when we know where the hungry, the homeless and the sick exist, then we can help.</div><div><a href="http://www.janschakowsky.org/">~Jan Schakowsky </a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-42700100473923535242012-01-20T12:58:00.000-08:002012-01-20T13:02:42.950-08:00Snow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0GHt_uuG_PqPKEf2LzRRR5GSjyeGjND8iLdQz0qW3R70PMm086IvecnUrfPMMFe1K1Ug3KhdQ37m3YA8jaWy-PIJGDhBkKjwEjyZ3pjEu7aay_jhijOHQBQXihZQrS8pkpD-WQ/s1600/snow.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0GHt_uuG_PqPKEf2LzRRR5GSjyeGjND8iLdQz0qW3R70PMm086IvecnUrfPMMFe1K1Ug3KhdQ37m3YA8jaWy-PIJGDhBkKjwEjyZ3pjEu7aay_jhijOHQBQXihZQrS8pkpD-WQ/s320/snow.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699821708962829954" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?</div><div><a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpriestley.htm">~J. B. Priestley</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-39505821267053578442012-01-13T08:09:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:13:05.163-08:00Good Composition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55DHZ8v7pdAHtX6AYh4fgF_SnZ2PXzyGQQAssMwWxEmMA23j9FyqNMgPEr7W34QCldUaUB4qOzs7jggsBaU_DgE-ph99YUJ248zeShSGQf2ocytZFknO6V7KgMb4xvKYuf22vxg/s1600/bridge.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh55DHZ8v7pdAHtX6AYh4fgF_SnZ2PXzyGQQAssMwWxEmMA23j9FyqNMgPEr7W34QCldUaUB4qOzs7jggsBaU_DgE-ph99YUJ248zeShSGQf2ocytZFknO6V7KgMb4xvKYuf22vxg/s320/bridge.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697149632934439922" /></a><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away.</div><div><a href="http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/horo_henri.shtm">~Robert Henri</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-77720061425219157772012-01-06T07:23:00.001-08:002012-01-06T07:40:34.932-08:00Spiritual Path<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH8VosafwgT7J9RmddF6J9LzWQyajW70AnDM-R0kFIUrLO-sFJVyFwQB1nsqnvKXV-72FxTYhc1ya4eCfnXs0dCGMaUKOcoX8DnKXsTx0oFRTSMPuaTLQuWy3PDMz8yOpGeWG_Q/s1600/labrynth.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLH8VosafwgT7J9RmddF6J9LzWQyajW70AnDM-R0kFIUrLO-sFJVyFwQB1nsqnvKXV-72FxTYhc1ya4eCfnXs0dCGMaUKOcoX8DnKXsTx0oFRTSMPuaTLQuWy3PDMz8yOpGeWG_Q/s320/labrynth.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694540023054724290" /></a><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring to them the transformative power of our heart.</div><div><a href="http://www.jackkornfield.com/">~Jack Kornfield</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"><br /></span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-78906567278866464862011-12-30T07:55:00.001-08:002011-12-30T07:56:18.540-08:00Wild and Precious Life<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEA2maSvkubdBEFxU4iRpFl8RwhojDIbdeGnG-ivwzfQN2L7zW9fNGQIGPRvm16TfyMtek77ZtfLTAVQSc659rJ7LRUTaKjQ7D9WFcFPq_fSYlM7sbgFnT0ZDX1sWf9i_GKKePQ/s1600/cunda.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHEA2maSvkubdBEFxU4iRpFl8RwhojDIbdeGnG-ivwzfQN2L7zW9fNGQIGPRvm16TfyMtek77ZtfLTAVQSc659rJ7LRUTaKjQ7D9WFcFPq_fSYlM7sbgFnT0ZDX1sWf9i_GKKePQ/s320/cunda.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691615674581078786" /></a></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?</div><div><a href="http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/265">~Mary Oliver</a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;">Here's to a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#ff6600;">Blessed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#00cccc;"> New Year!</span></div></div>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31421572.post-19165149017547987572011-12-23T08:17:00.001-08:002011-12-23T08:19:13.210-08:00Winter...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluWxQhanKaaTjiBRLj7COElCaAq0tl-WWjfg5FG5xtHrzf7blKjZpD0VHpjdPjRvNVfzgJO3XxS-vvc27lsQ-rFY8noi625q1O6N7jhVEyLj9f1-6axbkUSU7PgTzeuiRQ0rZzg/s1600/soup.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluWxQhanKaaTjiBRLj7COElCaAq0tl-WWjfg5FG5xtHrzf7blKjZpD0VHpjdPjRvNVfzgJO3XxS-vvc27lsQ-rFY8noi625q1O6N7jhVEyLj9f1-6axbkUSU7PgTzeuiRQ0rZzg/s320/soup.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689003742148869346" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre-wrap; font-family:'Lucida Grande';font-size:11px;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="text-align: left;">Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.<br /><a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/edith-sitwell">~Edith Sitwell</a></div></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#cc0000;">Happy</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;">Winter</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333ff;">Solstice!</span>get zappedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07716557355765204155noreply@blogger.com9