Where you dwell

 

Every day you either 

see a scar or courage. 

 Where you dwell 

will define your struggle. 

 ~Dodinsky~

The Little Voice

Courage doesn't always roar.  

Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says 

I'll try again tomorrow.  

~Mary Anne Radmacher~

Change

 

When we are no longer able

 to change a situation,

 we are challenged

 to change ourselves.  

~Victor Frankl~

Mystery

No object is mysterious.  

The mystery is your eye.  

~Elizabeth Bowen~

About the Future

 

We should all be concerned

 about the future 

because we will have to spend

 the rest of our lives there. 

~Charles F. Kettering~

When Snow Falls

When snow falls, nature listens.  

~Antoinette van Kleeff~

From Fools

God has cared for these trees, 

saved them from drought, disease, avalanches,

 and a thousand tempests and floods. 

But he cannot save them from fools.

 ~John Muir~

No Winter

If we had no winter, 

the spring would not be so pleasant; 

if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, 

prosperity would not be so welcome.  

~Anne Bradstreet~

Friendship

 

Friendship isn't a big thing - 

it's a million little things.  

~Author Unknown~

 

Thanks for

Everything Baby!

I 

Love

You

Sweat In Peace

The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.  

~Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit~

Better Proposition

 

That some good can be 

derived from every event

 is a better proposition 

than that everything 

happens for the best, 

which it assuredly does not. 

 ~James K. Feibleman~

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

One day our descendants will think it incredible 

that we paid so much attention to things like 

the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender

 instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.  

~Franklin Thomas~

Land of Life

 

Rejoice 

with your family

 in the beautiful 

land of life!  

~Albert Einstein~

Learning To Fly

I love watching you learn to fly!

Fly beautiful girl!  

Fly!

Face

A man finds room in 

the few square inches of his face

 for the traits of all his ancestors;

 for the expression of all his history,

 and his wants.  

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Waiting

Whenever I see mushrooms like this,

I wait to see if a fairy will come out and sun herself.

Short-Cuts

 

There are short-cuts to happiness, 

and dancing is one of them.  

~Vicki Baum~

Love Them More

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them.  

But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, 

love them more.  

~Edwin Way Teale~

Subtle Song

The trees are whispering to me, reminding me of my roots, and my reach

... shhhhhh... can you hear them? 

Selflessly sharing their subtle song. 

~Jeb Dickerson~

Different Shades

Different shades of life 

make the painting

 more beautiful.  

~Mike Dolan~

Life and Flames

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - 

exactly like its enemy, life.  

Thereby are life and flames so often compared.  

~Otto Weininger~

Nature's Peace

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.  

Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.  

The winds will blow their own freshness into you, 

and the storms their energy, 

while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.  

~John Muir~

A Heart That Never Hardens

Have a heart that never hardens, 

a temper that never tires, 

a touch that never hurts.  

~Charles Dickens~

Our Very Own Hearts

Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty 

and not from our very own hearts? 

~Terri Guillemets~

My Favorite Weather

My favorite weather is bird-chirping weather. 

~Terri Guillemets~

Smile

A little bit of summer to make your winter day bright!

Moment to Moment

 

From moment to moment
Sliding in the silences
The creativity of being
Is love
~Maggie, UK, For Krishnamurti~

A Day

A day is Eternity's seed, and we are its Gardeners.  

~Erika Harris~

So Much Love

Never have I been so happy to say that I love you!

We will trek this long road with you with all the love in our hearts!

Know that there is so much love for you in this world!

Snow Is Snowy

Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snowmen
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frosty white,
The world looks good enough to bite.
That's the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue.
Snow is snowy when it's snowing,
I'm sorry it's slushy when it's going.
~Ogden Nash~

For Potential

We spend January 1 walking through our lives, 

room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. 

 Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... 

not looking for flaws, but for potential.  

~Ellen Goodman~