The secret of success is the consistency to pursue.
- Harry F. Banks
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating elasticity, texture and softness...
letting go into bendable; when stopped, will alternate points of view be considered today?
peace, love and joy...
Life is about making an impact, not making an income.
- Kevin Kruse
- copy by marie dudek brown
creating contribution, partnering and open-heartedness...
letting go into making a difference; which steps will be boldly taken today?
peace, love and joy...
Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.
- Bradley Whitford
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating instill, permeate and transfuse...
letting go into grace and ease; is there willingness to let go today?
peace, love and joy...
Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.
- Dr. Seuss
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating simplicity, beauty and breathing space...
letting go into opportunity; is there willingness to take the next step today?
peace, love and joy...
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
- Maya Angelou
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating transform, innovate and reconstruct...
letting go into beginner's mind; am I willing to think in a new way today?
peace, love and joy...
The greatest conflicts are not between two people but between one person and himself.
- Garth Brooks
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating courage, heart and forgiveness...
letting go into simplicity; will integrity be utmost today?
peace, love and joy...
I got the blues thinking of the future, so I left off and made some marmalade. It's amazing how it cheers one up to shred oranges and scrub the floor.
- D.H. Lawrence
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating purposeful action, vigor and zest...
letting go into enjoying physical work; will I get lost in making marmalade today?
peace, love and joy...
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating whenever, wherever and contentedness...
letting go into harmony; which small things will focus be brought to today?
peace, love and joy...
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
- Abraham Lincoln
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating design, discover and invent...
letting go into possibility; which steps will be boldly taken to embark on fulfilling a dream today?
peace, love and joy...
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
- Confucius
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating focus, wholeness and grace...
letting go into collectivity; am I grateful for everything encountered today?
peace, love and joy...
The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.
- Nadia Boulanger
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating distinction, cherish and devotion...
letting go into loving spirit; will the essentials be recognized today?
peace, love and joy...
You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
- Ruth E. Renkl
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating unwind, loosen and soften...
letting go into flourish; what will be celebrated today?
peace, love and joy...
Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving.
- W.T. Purkiser
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating gratitude, abundance and sharing...
letting go into being content; how will thanks be expressed fully 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...
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
- Madeleine L'Engle
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating readiness, tenderness and acceptance...
letting go into courage; which bold actions will be taken today?
peace, love and joy...
If you look for the truth outside yourself,
It gets farther and farther away.
Today walking alone, I meet it everywhere I step.
It is the same as me, yet I am not it.
Only if you understand it in this way
Will you merge with the way things are.
- Tung-Shan
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating listening, honesty and fusion...
letting go into coalesce; what is my truth today?
peace, love and joy...
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
- Peter Ustinov
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating compassion, goodwill and grace...
letting go into heart; what new expressions of love will be created today?
peace, love and joy...
Resentment is an extremely bitter diet, and eventually poisonous. I have no desire to make my own toxins.
- Neil Kinnock
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating release, forgiveness and health...
letting go into kindred spirit; am I willing to embrace another's perspective today?
peace, love and joy...
I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
- Abraham Lincoln
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating purge, enrich and sow...
letting go into lovingly cultivate; in which areas of my own life will tilling occur today?
peace, love and joy...
Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth… Happiness comes from giving, not getting. If we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming to us also. To get joy, we must give it, and to keep joy, we must scatter it.
- John Templeton
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating sprinkle, fling and spray...
letting go into contribution; how will connectivity be deepened today?
peace, love and joy...
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