"I Have A Dream"

We have come a long way...

How far do you go?

Only by going too far can one possibly find out how far one can go.

~ Jon Dyer

Picture: Shayne learning to windsurf
2008

Teen Shields Boy from Bullet

Thanks for the post, Joanna!

Our ideas, like orange-plants,

spread out in proportion

to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

~ Edward Bulwer Lytton

(The orange tree symbolizes generosity and wisdom.)

Hold your head up high!

If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity, it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high. Look it squarely in the eye, and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.
Ann Landers

Consistency and Persistency

As has been indicated, a little more patient, a little more tolerant, a little more humble. But . . .not a tolerance that becomes timid--this would make rebellion in self. Not a patience that is not positive. Not an humbleness that becomes morbid or lacking in beauty. For as orderliness is a part of thy being, so let consistency--as persistency--be a part of thy being.

~ Edgar Cayce

Photo: The Thinker
Rodin Garden, Paris, France

Who was The Thinker?
Auguste Rodin himself wrote about his intention:
The Thinker has a story. In the days long gone by I conceived the idea of the Gates of Hell. Before the door, seated on the rock, Dante thinking of the plan of the poem behind him... all the characters from the Divine Comedy. This project was not realized. Thin ascetic Dante in his straight robe separated from all the rest would have been without meaning. Guided by my first inspiration I conceived another thinker, a naked man, seated on a rock, his fist against his teeth, he dreams. The fertile thought slowly elaborates itself within his brain. He is no longer a dreamer, he is a creator.

Find Inspiration

“As I grow older part of my emotional survival plan must be to actively seek inspiration
instead of passively waiting for it to find me.”

~ Bebe Moore Campbell

Carl Jung thought about a benefit of being inspired that you may not have considered, "Nothing has a stronger influence psychologically on their environment and especially their children than the unlived life of the parent.”

Peace of mind

Set peace of mind as your highest goal,
and organize your life around it.
~ Brian Tracy

Thank You

Your support...
At times feels so undeserved.
Though it seems so inadequate to say,
I love you and I thank you.

Thank you

Too often we underestimate the power of touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~ Leo Buscaglia

photo: Linda, Jackie, Barbara and Myles
Classmates in Tucson, AZ.

The evolution of your consciousness

Boy, am I struggling right now.
My vision is blurred...

"One thing we do know: Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment."

~Eckhart Tolle

Quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace."

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."

"Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality."

"Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better."

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Smile

"Your face is the canvas for your message to others.
Paint it with a smile."
~ Anonymous