If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
- Edgar Watson Howe
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating snickers, chuckles and snorts...
letting go into humor; what belly laughs are just waiting to come out 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...
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...
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...
The truth is that there is only one terminal dignity -- love. And the story of a love is not important -- what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.
- Helen Hayes
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating high regard, tenderness and affection...
letting go into everlasting; what will be generated entirely by love 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
- Zen
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating contentment, serenity and fulfillment...
letting go into inner peace; is there willingness to accept what is and what is not today?
peace, love and joy...
Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country.
- Anaïs Nin
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating visualize, aspire and openness...
letting go into audacity; will I step boldly into the unknown 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...
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...
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...
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...
Fun is fundamental. There is no way around it. You absolutely must have fun. Without fun, there is no enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm, there is no energy. Without energy, there are only shades of gray.
- Doug Hall
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating lively, merry and good vibrations...
letting go into celebration; what will radiate out today?
peace, love and joy...
God is the friend of silence. See how nature -- trees, flowers, grass -- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.
- Mother Teresa
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating open hearts, mind and spirit...
letting go into deep listening; what will be heard newly 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...
