An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.
- Bible, Proverbs 12:25
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating thoughtfulness, courtesy and uplift...
letting go into empowering; am I willing to notice my own resistance today?
peace, love and joy...
Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.
- Malayan proverb
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating aware, appreciate and evolve...
letting go into sacred; will there be listening from deep within the soul today?
peace, love and joy...
Living the truth in your heart without compromise brings kindness into the world. Attempts at kindness that compromise your heart cause only sadness.
- Anonymous 18th century monk
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating genuine, openness and veracity...
letting go into authenticity; will thoughts and actions come from the heart today?
peace, love and joy...
Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself. You may be surprised at how easily this happens. Your doubts are not as powerful as your desires, unless you make them so.
- Marcia Wieder
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating aspiration, eagerness and focus...
letting go into visualization; how will I expand my world today?
peace, love and joy...
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.
- John Muir
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating sustenance, refreshment and uplift...
letting go into nourishment; what will be generated today?
peace, love and joy...
Success is due less to ability than to zeal.
- Charles Buxton
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating desire, diligence and fulfillment...
letting go into stamina; where will the heart lead today?
peace, love and joy...
In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibration of beauty.
- C. Morley
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating resonance, deep listening and revelry...
letting go into exquisiteness; how will beauty be acknowledged newly today?
peace, love and joy...
In the end, nothing we do or say in this lifetime will matter as much as the way we have loved one another.
- Daphne Rose Kingman
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating cherish, respect and vulnerability...
letting go into what really matters; where will affinities be noticed today?
peace, love and joy...
The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us,the less taste we shall have for destruction.
- Rachel Carson
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating reverence, fascination and beauty...
letting go into loving care; will miracles be recognized today?
peace, love and joy...
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.
- Marcus Aurelius
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, gratitude and responsiveness...
letting go into appreciation; how will love be expressed fully today?
peace, love and joy...
Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends.
- Mary Catherwood
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating connectivity, access and rapport...
letting go into vulnerability; where will kindred spirit lead today?
peace, love and joy...
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
- Marcel Proust
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating kindness, beauty and affection...
letting go into unconditional love; what will be noticed newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
- Og Mandino
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating delight, enjoyment and contentment...
letting go into contributing; what will be shared freely without expectations today?
peace, love and joy...
By starving emotions we become humorless, rigid and stereotyped; by repressing them we become literal, reformatory and holier-than-thou; encouraged, they perfume life; discouraged, they poison it.
- Joseph Collins
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating flexibility, tolerance and empowerment...
letting go into the full spectrum; what will be discovered newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Simplicity is the outward sign and symbol of depth of thought.
- Garett Dimon
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating frankness, openness and ease...
letting go into naturalness; am I willing to be true to myself today?
peace, love and joy...
The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience ... not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
- Leo Tolstoy
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, deep listening and appreciation...
letting go into source; will what really matters be my focus today?
peace, love and joy...
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will be powerless to vex your mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating calm, poise and open-heartedness...
letting go into equanimity; will forgiveness be embraced today?
peace, love and joy...
If you were somebody else, would you want to be friends with you?
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating affection, receptivity and kindness...
letting go into neighborly; how will friendship be generated freshly today?
peace, love and joy...
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
creating sparkle, zest and oomph...
letting go into energy; what will exhilarate newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.
- Floyd W. Tomkins
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating vitality, elegance and peace of mind...
letting go into loving; will my words elevate another today?
peace, love and joy...
