Wise Old Owl

“A wise old owl sat on an oak; 

The more he saw the less he spoke; 

The less he spoke the more he heard; 

Why aren't we like that wise old bird?”

Raindrops

Raindrops Raindrops
Are such funny things.
They haven't feet or haven't wings.
Yet they sail through the air
With the greatest of ease,
And dance on the street
Wherever they please. 
~Author Unknown~ 

In The Imagination

The color of springtime is in the flowers; 

the color of winter is in the imagination. 

~Terri Guillemets~

Johnny's Donuts

Johnny's Donuts 

had Kids day this weekend.

It made everyone's Hippie Heart Happy!

Thank You!

Even when freshly washed 

and relieved of all obvious confections, 

children tend to be sticky.  

~Fran Lebowitz~

Water

Water is life’s mater and matrix mother and medium.   

There is no life without water.

~Albert Szent-Gyorgyi~

Shine Bright

Don't forget

 that your spirit-twinkle

 makes life's rainbow 

shine bright.  

~Terri Guillemets~

Smile

Have a wonderful day and smile!

Memory

And the price of a memory is the memory of the sorrow it brings
And there is always one last light to turn out and one last bell to ring
And the last one out of the circus has to lock up everything

~Counting Crows~

Come To The Morning

You can only come to the morning through the shadows. 

~J.R.R. Tolkien~

Contently and Sanely

The secret to living

 contently and sanely 

in this modern world is to... 

find the beautiful in the ugly-

but don't get confused 

which is which. 

~Terri Guillemets~

Demand It

 

Freedom is never given voluntarily by the oppressor;

It must be demanded by the oppressed.

~Martin Luther King Jr.~

Happiness

 

  Happiness is like a cat.

 If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you.

 It will never come.

 But if you pay no attention to it 

and go about your business,

 you'll find it rubbing up against your legs

 and jumping into your lap. 

~William Bennett~

Purpose

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.  

~Ludwig Wittgenstein~

In my mind

The sound of birds 
stops the noise 
in my mind.
~Carly Simon~

Direction

Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading.  

~Kevin Smith~

Learn

To live remains an art 

which everyone must learn, 

and which no one can teach. 

 ~Havelock Ellis~

In The Dark

 Sometimes beauty can only be seen if you're in the dark looking towards it.

Nourishment and Refreshment

True silence is 

the rest of the mind, 

and is to the spirit 

what sleep is to the body, 

nourishment and refreshment.  

~William Penn~

Color

No matter how gray the world, there is always a spot of color.

Never stop looking!

Good & Bad

Weather is a great metaphor

 for life —

 sometimes it's good, 

sometimes it's bad,

 and there's nothing much you can do

 about it 

but carry an umbrella. 

 ~Terri Guillemets~

Distortion

We spend so much time trying to think clearly

that we forget to find the beauty in distortion.

Fly

 

He who would learn to fly one day 

must first learn to 

stand and walk and run and climb and dance; 

one cannot fly into flying.  

~Friedrich Nietzsche~

Sisters

If you don't understand how a girl could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you were probably an only child! ~Linda Sunshine~

Greatest Happiness

To live in a good environment,
to have planted good seeds,
and to realize that you are on the right path –
this is the greatest happiness.  

~Buddha~

June

 

It's January.

It's cold.

So, I thought a little June would make our cold hippie hearts a bit warmer!

Enjoy your bit of June!

Inability to Think

What a blessing it is to be alone with your thoughts 

when so many are alone with their 

inability to think.  

~Robert Brault~

Magic

The magic of a wish shines in her eyes

Path

The obstacle 

is the path. 

 ~Zen Proverb~

No Mercy

Nature has no mercy at all. 

Nature says, "I'm going to snow. 

If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. 

I am going to snow anyway."

January

January opens
The box of the year
And brings out days
That are bright and clear
And brings out days
That are cold and grey
And shouts, "Come see
What I brought today!"

~ Leland B. Jacobs~

Happy New Year

Our Happy Hippie Hearts wish the best for you and yours in 2013!