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“The highway of human possibility extends on forever into unknown territories, which have not yet been imagined.”
- Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason -
...to be happy: improve your reality, or lower your expectations.”
- Jodi Picoult, Nineteen Minutes -
...made me feel safe and protected; I have always considered the rain to be healing—a blanket—the comfort of a friend. Without at least some rain in any given day, or at least a cloud or two on the horizon, I feel overwhelmed by the information of sunlight and yearn for the vital, muffling gift of falling water.”
- Douglas Coupland, Life After God -
Recommended reading from Matt Saunders: Grass by Sheri S. Tepper (www.goodreads.com/book/show/104342.Grass)
In April 1985, I did finish Fyodor Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov. I remember doing some of the reading on the beach. Obviously, that was a struggle! www.goodreads.com/book/show/4934.The_Brothers_Karamazov
“How would your life be different if…You stopped making negative judgmental assumptions about people you encounter? Let today be the day…You look for the good in everyone you meet and respect their journey.”
- Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free -
...most in existence: the peculiar necessity of imagining what is, in fact, real.”
― Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/imagining
- A window reflection spotted in front of Gallery Aarni in Tapiola, Espoo, Finland - graphic Jyrki Markkanen giving exhibition
[- I had to find out what that peculiar book title refers to: "The title comes from an April 15, 1994, letter written to Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's operations in western Rwanda, by several Adventist pastors who had taken refuge with other Tutsis in an Adventist hospital in the locality of Mugonero in Kibuye prefecture. Gourevitch accused Ntakirutimana of aiding the killings that happened in the complex the next day. Ntakirutimana was eventually convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. The book not only explains the genocide's peak in 1994, but the history of Rwanda leading up to the major events." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Wish_to_Inform_You_That_Tomorrow...]
...neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.”
― Ramana Maharshi www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/201908.Ramana_Maharshi
[on board HSL ferry www.suomenlinna.fi/en/visitor/how-to-get-there/hsl-ferry/]
...to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.”
- Criss Jami, Salomé: In Every Inch In Every Mile -
...in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet -
www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1208289-briefe-an-einen-jun...
...each September when you wake up and know the summer is over and fall has arrived. The slant of the sun looks different and something is in the air--a coolness, a hint of frosty mornings to follow. I woke early on the morning of September 24 and reached for a warmer petticoat.”
― Ann Rinaldi, Time Enough for Drums www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/september
Stained glass mosaic illustrations from my book, The Night Before Christmas. I'm giving away five books and ten postcards at Goodreads. Free to enter, good luck! Enter here: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/212867
Have you ever heard of The Story of Ferdinand, the bull? We found him on Antelope Island! This endearing book was and remains one of my favorite childhood stories...(www.goodreads.com/book/show/773951.The_Story_of_Ferdinand)
...for the unimaginable. Serendipity has a way of showing itself just when you feel like giving up.”
- Nikki Rowe - www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/mindful
“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
- Maya Angelou -
www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/inner-strength
[inspired today by "ABRAKAdabra!" paintings by Jenni Hämäläinen]
“A father’s tears and fears are unseen, his love is unexpressed, but his care and protection remains as a pillar of strength throughout our lives.”
― Ama H. Vanniarachchy www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fathers-and-daughters
- my Dad (1927-1991) photographed by my Mom on a trip in Gotland, Sweden - some time end 1940's maybe
First book of the year just finished. A wonderful, inspiring, and thought-provoking work.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.
www.heathermorris.com.au/lale-and-gita
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Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware— not only of our own inner workings but also of what’s happening around us in the here & now.
- Sharon Salzberg (The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Programme for Real Happiness) -
www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/mindfulness
"Make a photograph of a path, road, or trail that leads the viewer's eye through the frame."
this photo published on the cover of this book: Invoking Nonna
by Sage Adderley www.goodreads.com/book/show/19470616-invoking-nonna