Presence

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.
When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. ~Thich Nhat Hanh


Hang On

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Perpsective

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but she did it backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey

Dreams

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food. ~Dorothy Gilman

Dragon

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him. ~J.R.R. Tolkien


When I think of dragons, I think of fireworks - Happy 4th!

Self-Realized

For a long time I thought I wanted to be a nun. Then I realized that what I really wanted to be was a lesbian. ~Mabel Maney

Summer

In summer, the song sings itself. ~William Carlos Williams

Normal

Normal is in the eye of the beholder. ~Whoopi Goldberg

Progress

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. ~Frank Zappa

...of Nature

Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering. ~Amma (Mata Amritanandamayi Devi)

Spring

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. ~W. Earl Hall

Own Feelings

We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict. ~Jim Morrison

Teaching

Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.

~Colleen Wilcox


Foolishness

Each day, and the living of it, has to be a conscious creation in which discipline and order are relieved with some play and pure foolishness. ~May Sarton

Admonishments

The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision. ~Lynn Lavner

Humor

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~Bill Cosby

Regret

They who spend time regretting the past loses the present and risks the future. ~Francisco de Quevedo

Women

Sons branch out, but one woman leads to another.
~Margaret Atwood

A Process

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death. ~Anais Nin

Springtime

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.
~Margaret Atwood


Happy Spring Equinox!

Stand and Stare

What is this life if, full of care, 

We have no time to stand and stare.

~W.H. Davies

Rekindled

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. ~Albert Schweitzer

Erotica

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken. ~Isabel Allende

Wings

First you jump off the cliff and you build wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury

Heart Love

The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed.

~Jiddu Krishnamurti

Have a Happy Valentine's Day!

Food For Thought

If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian. ~Linda McCartney

Ride a Bike!

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race. ~H.G. Wells

Happy Chinese New Year!

We write our own destiny; we become what we do.

~Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

It's the year of the Ox.

Tea

Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one. ~Chinese Proverb

Inauguration Day

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
~Barack Obama – Chicago, Nov. 4th 2008

This is a most amazing day for me and I know for so many others in the world!

Hate

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. ~Coretta Scott King

?Popular?

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right. ~Howard Cosell

Claim Your Life

Don't let anything stand in the way of you claiming and manifesting the life that you choose rather than the life you have by default. ~Joy Page

Happy New Year to All!

Afar

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain? ~Kahlil Gibran

Peace and Joy to those near and far.

Merry Christmas!

Winter Joy

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
~William Blake

Happy Winter Solstice!

Talent

I believe that every person is born with talent. ~Maya Angelou

Culture

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. ~Mohandas Gandhi

Give Thanks

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. ~G.K. Chesterton

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating!

No Shame

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. ~Will Rogers

Note: Pictured is "Jerry", my mom's African Grey parrot. And he's a hoot (no pun intended).

My Own

In search of my mother's garden, I found my own. ~Alice Walker

Change

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~Barack Obama

Face Fear

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Speak for Peace

As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this. ~Paul Robeson

Little Things

I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
~Leo F. Buscaglia

Move

Move and the way will open. ~Zen Proverb

Life

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

Dawn

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. ~Rumi

Toothless Grin

Other than a dimple in a cute little chin, What's more adorable than a toothless grin? ~Azu "Betty" Espezia

Cake

Let them eat cake – "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche"
~Marie-Antoinette

However, there is debate as whom to credit for this saying.

Children

Children make you want to start life over. ~Muhammad Ali