Strength

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde

Springtime

Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself. ~Zen Proverb

Happy Spring Equinox!

Our Journey

I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within. ~Lillian Smith

A Cat

There is something about the presence of a cat...that seems to take the bite out of being alone. ~Louis Camuti

Old Men

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. ~George Chapman

Let Love Be There

The lesson, really, is that simple, just to clean your heart and to let love be there. ~Immaculée Ilibigiza

With joy, I say hello after a spell of being away. I'm back from my incredible 3-month trek through S. Europe. So many experiences and kilometers later, I hope you all are well. Peace~

Military

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one. ~Epitaph of Leonard P. Matlovich, 1988

Competitions

Competitions are for horses, not artists. ~Bela Bartok

Brother

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero. ~Marc Brown

Just spent 10 days with my nephews. Sibling rivalry is a mix of challenges and sharing.

The Sea

The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ~Jacques Cousteau

Walking

My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is. ~Ellen DeGeneres

Fear

Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt. ~George Sewell

Summer Day

A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent

Solo Travel

To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. ~Freya Stark

Linked

Today the fate of humankind is even more crucially linked than ever before. The boundaries between the problems of "others" and "our" problems are being increasingly erased. ~Janez Drnovsek

Optimist

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

Accommodation

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. ~Jimmy Carter

Artists

We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end. ~Nikki Giovanni

No War

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. ~Carl Sandburg

Free

If you are free, you are not predictable and you are not controllable. ~June Jordan