Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
- Mark Twain
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating capacity, efficiency and dependability...
letting go into trustworthiness; will I notice what I'm avoiding today?
peace, love and joy...
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
- Max de Pree
- photo by natalie gillett
creating develop, shift and align...
letting go into forward movement; what will be chosen newly today?
peace, love and joy...
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
- George Bernard Shaw
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating focus, delight and good works...
letting go into the true joy in life; how will I acknowledge being present in the moment today?
peace, love and joy...
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
- Chinese Proverb
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating forgiveness, loving and benevolence...
letting go into graciousness; will showers of blessings on others be generated by me today?
peace, love and joy...
A man of peace does more good than a very learned man.
- Thomas A. Kempis
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating harmony, serenity and beauty...
letting go into being at peace; what will be discovered in listening 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...
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...
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...
A well-lived life is one which is resolved to remain open to novel possibilities and callings. A life lived in the truth is lived in a tension between letting-be-what-is for this time and in this place, and a resolve to remain open to the dawning of new possibilities.
- Sylvia Fleming Crocker
- photo by kevin knebl
creating access, spontaneity and without expectation...
letting go into new possibilities; how will the whole, as it is in this moment, be embraced 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...
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled.The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.
- Ray Bradbury
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating clarity, expression and release...
letting go into clearings; who will radiate outward today?
peace, love and joy...
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
- Epictetus
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating acquire, uncover and rejoice...
letting go into unlearning; what will be understood newly today?
peace, love and joy...
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs -- jolted by every pebble in the road.
- Henry Ward Beecher
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating resilience, springiness and sparkle...
letting go into high spirits; what's another view that can be chosen today?
peace, love and joy...
If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions.
- author unknown
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating willingness, exploration and bravery...
letting go into insights; which boundaries will be crossed today?
peace, love and joy...
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you.
- Annie Dillard
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating absorb, exhaust and savor...
letting go into basking; what will reveal itself today?
peace, love and joy...
Humor is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.
- James Thurber
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating playfulness, happiness and levity...
letting go into sparkling; where will humor be discovered newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
- Ruth Ann Shabaker
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating festive, jubilant and joyous...
letting go into celebration; how will others' greatness be acknowledged today?
peace, love and joy...
We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
- Alfred E. Newman
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating back to nature, simplicity and celebration...
letting go into spontaneity; will I acknowledge who I am being today?
peace, love and joy...
In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong; honor that; try to imitate it, and your faults will drop off like dead leaves when their time comes.
- John Ruskin
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating dignity, glory and tribute...
letting go into another's greatness; what will be brought into the light newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
photo by marie dudek brown
creating calm, presence and openness...
letting go into develop; what will be learned newly today?
peace, love and joy...
