The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.
- Elisabeth Foley
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating openings, closeness and consideration...
letting go into companionship; which discoveries will be shared freely today?
peace, love and joy...
When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.
- Joe Namath
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating spirit, poise and tenacity...
letting go into all is well; where will fun be chosen newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another's troubles,
Courage in your own.
- Adam Lindsay Gordon
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating compassion, grace and love...
letting go into empathy; will my heart open wide today?
peace, love and joy...
If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.
- Mitsugi Saotome
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating connectivity, inquiry and discernment...
letting go into bold initiative; where will joy be newly discovered today?
peace, love and joy...
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
- Benjamin Franklin
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating dexterity, capacity and finesse...
letting go into thriving; what fun will be created today?
peace, love and joy...
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.
- Giordano Bruno
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating trust, heart-centeredness and generous spirit...
letting go into humanely; will human fraility be embraced today?
peace, love and joy...
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
- Abba Eban
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating willingness, attentiveness and wisdom...
letting go into growth and development; will prudent actions taken today?
peace, love and joy...
Always try to be a little kinder than is necessary.
- Sir James Barrie
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating love, sharing and understanding...
letting go into camaraderie; how will I companion others today?
peace, love and joy...
love builds up the broken wall
and straigtens the crooked path
love keeps the stars in the firmament
and imposes rhythm on the ocean tides
each of us is created of it
and i suspect
each of us was created for it
- Maya Angelou
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating appreciation, tenderness and full participation...
letting go into partnering; how will alignment be created today?
peace, love and joy...
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life's undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating familiarity, comfort and ease...
letting go into linger; will unconditional love be shared liberally today?
peace, love and joy...
Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating tenacity, willingness and vitality...
letting go into steadfast; what learning will present itself 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It is a sign of strength, not of weakness, to admit that you don't know all the answers.
- John P. Loughrane
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating trust, authenticity and vulnerability...
letting go into heart-centered; how will loving spirit be nurtured today?
peace, love and joy...
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
- Logan Pearsall Smith
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating vision, accomplishment and wisdom...
letting go into insight; which relationships will be recognized newly today?
peace, love and joy...
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
- Viktor E. Frankl
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating choice, compassion and forgiveness...
letting go into distinctions; how will my heart expand even more today?
peace, love and joy...
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
- Walter Anderson
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating courage, authenticity and expansion...
letting go into the unknown; what stops me from taking chances today?
peace, love and joy...
