Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.
- John Christian Morgenstern
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating patience, perseverance and tolerance...
letting go into flowing; will grace and ease be practiced mindfully today?
peace, love and joy...
Calmness is the cradle of power.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating patience, composure and forgiveness...
letting go into all is well; what will nourish the soul today?
peace, love and joy...
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
- Henry David Thoreau
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating savoir-faire, patience and trust...
letting go into all is well; will grace and ease flow inside and out today?
peace, love and joy...
If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, put me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.
- A.A. Milne
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating clearings, kinship and loving patience...
letting go into being present; will communications be authentically expressed today?
peace, love and joy...
Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
- Soren Kierkegaard
- photo by mike brown
creating participation, practice and patience...
letting go into wisdom; will grace and ease be embraced today?
peace, love and joy...
And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again – so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again.
– Jack Canfield
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating patience, renewal and bravery...
letting go into inner peace; what steps are necessary for me to boldly make today?
peace, love and joy...
Just remember, there's a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way.
- M*A*S*H*
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating openings, unconditional love and patience...
letting go into broad-mindedness; will I give up needing to be right today?
peace, love and joy...
Once you've done the mental work, there comes a point you have to throw yourself into the action and put your heart on the line. That means not only being brave, but being compassionate towards yourself, your teammates and your opponents.
- Phil Jackson
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating courage, patience and resolve...
letting go into the necessary work; will benevolent actions be boldly stepped into today?
peace, love and joy...
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating open-heartedness, tolerance and patience...
letting go into grace; am I willing to forgive today?
peace, love and joy...
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
- Epictetus
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating observe, measure and be patient...
letting go into experimentation; what will be tried newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
- John Steinbeck
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating confidence, patience and meaninglessness...
letting go into no worries; how will contentment be generated today?
peace, love and joy...
We can easily manage if we will only take, each day, the burden appointed to it. But the load will be too heavy for us if we carry yesterday's burden over again today, and then add the burden of the morrow before we are required to bear it.
- John Newton
photo by marie dudek brown
creating presence, patience and tolerance...
letting go into practice; will I stop and consciously breathe deeply today?
peace, love and joy...