Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.
- Amos Bronson Alcott
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating invigorate, incorporate and empower...
letting go into potential; in which new dimensions will action steps be taken today?
peace, love and joy...
There is no failure. Only feedback.
- Robert Allen
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating listening, assessing and fusion...
letting go into new ways of being; am I open to discover newly today?
peace, love and joy...
It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.
- Irish proverb
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating rapport, exchange and connectivity...
letting go into another's embrace; how will love be accepted today?
peace, love and joy...
Everybody needs something for the body and something for their soul. Something that feeds us and something that makes us hungry.
- unknown
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating nourish, satisfy and yearn...
letting go into growth and development; will the spirit's appetite be heard today?
peace, love and joy...
When I let go of what I am I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.
- Lao Tzu
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating flow, awareness and open-heartedness...
letting go into movement; how will gratitude be clearly expressed today?
peace, love and joy...
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
- William Somerset Maugham
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating develop, advance and transition...
letting go into the beauty of this day; how will my heart and head align newly today?
peace, love and joy...
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.
- Anna Louise Strong
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating camaraderie, connection and blossoming...
letting go into surrender; will expectations be released to receive miracles today?
peace, love and joy...
So often time it happens, we all live our life in chains, and we never even know we have the key.
- The Eagles, "Already Gone"
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating hiatus, interval and breathing space...
letting go into artistry; is there willingness to begin freshly today?
peace, love and joy...
Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, stop every motor and halt all activity for an hour some day to give people a chance to ponder for a few minutes on what it is all about, why they are living and what they really want.
- James Truslow Adams
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating headroom, openings and comfort with uncertainty...
letting go into the gaps; am I willing to be with empty space today?
peace, love and joy...
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
- Tennessee Williams
- photo by maire dudek brown
creating completion, diverge and radiate...
letting go into emanate; which new worlds will be discovered newly today?
peace, love and joy...
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.
- Mary Antin
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating enliven, renewal and emergence...
letting go into blooming; will patience be integrated into today?
peace, love and joy...
Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.
- Kin Hubbard
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating intention, movement and fulfillment...
letting go into the work that must be completed; am I willing to boldly move forward today?
peace, love and joy...
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
- Will Rogers
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating inquiry, exploration and trying on...
letting go into discovery; what openings will I step into today?
peace, love and joy...
Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves?
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating empower, release and audacity...
letting go into forgiving; will today be fully savored?
peace, love and joy...
Leaving home in a sense involves a kind of second birth in which we give birth to ourselves.
- Robert Neelly Bellah
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awakening, revival and strength...
letting go into rebirth; which chapter begins freshly today?
peace, love and joy...
Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.
- Mark Twain
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating calm, trust and confidence...
letting go into affirm; which actions will be boldly taken towards what really matters today?
peace, love and joy...
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
- Baltasar Gracien
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, boldness and willingness...
letting go into unfolding; what will be embraced newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?
- Hal Borland
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating brightness, serenity and growth...
letting go into gathering; is there willingness to stop and take it all in today?
peace, love and joy...
When I see you through my eyes, I think we are different. When I see you through my heart, I know we are the same.
- Doe ZaWntamata
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating connectivity, beauty and love...
letting go into kindred spirit; what will be seen newly through my heart today?
peace, love and joy...
Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.
- Philips Brooks
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating vitality, stamina and open-heartedness...
letting go into empathy; how will understanding another's perspective inspire necessary action today?
peace, love and joy...
