If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed.
- Chinese Proverb
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating fresh eyes, views and perspective...
letting go into what really matters; am I willing to embrace beginner's mind today?
peace, love and joy...
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
- Erma Bombeck
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating spirit, tenacity and endurance...
letting go into adventuresome; how will dividends be noticed and acknowledged today?
peace, love and joy...
Only that day dawns to which we are awake.
- Henry David Thoreau
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating attentive, energetic and fascinated...
letting go into being alive; will spirit abound today?
peace, love and joy...
For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin..... But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
- Alfred Souza
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating purpose, action and enjoyment...
letting go into living life fully; am I willing to notice where have I been holding back today?
peace, love and joy...
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
- Vaclav Havel
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating aspire, buoyancy and cherish...
letting go into goodwill; where will kindness lead today?
peace, love and joy...
We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
- Marcel Proust
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating adventure, good fortune and flair...
letting go into progression; how will lessons learned be incorporated into today?
peace, love and joy...
I would go to the library and borrow scores by all those great composers, like Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Prokofiev. I wanted to see what was going on in all of music. Knowledge is freedom and ignorance is slavery, and I just couldn't believe someone could be that close to freedom and not take advantage of it.
- Miles Davis
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating boldness, absorption and enrichment...
letting go into blessedness; which resources will be used fully today?
peace, love and joy...
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
- Will Durant
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating keen observation, intellect and groundedness..
letting go into critical thinking; how will an open mind be utilized today?
peace, love and joy...
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.
- Julius Charles Hare
- photo by liz cohen
creating authenticity, acceptance and gratitude...
letting go into being; am I willing to be with who I am today?
peace, love and joy...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.
- Edith Wharton
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating presence, stillness and welcoming...
letting go into what is and what is not; is there willingness to just be with who I am today?
peace, love and joy...
Chance comes to everybody. Only those who are slow to acknowledge chance complain that life is unfair.
- Maurice Chevalier
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, opportunity and trust...
letting go into taking risks; what will be discovered newly today?
peace, love and joy...
The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but by what takes place in our hearts.
- Sir Arthur Kent
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating cleansing, grounding and expression...
letting go into open-heartedness; will the whole be embraced fully today?
peace, love and joy...
Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.
- Sir Winston Churchill
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awakenings, presence and understanding...
letting go into renewal; will lessons learned be embraced today?
peace, love and joy...
"You know what John and Paul said?"
"Who, the apostles?"
"No, the Beatles ... Love, love, love, pam pa dam
All you need is love."
- From the movie "Michael"
- photo by robert koch
creating affection, tenderness and friendship...
letting go into cherishing; how will love be creatively expressed today?
peace, love and joy...
