Live truth instead of professing it.
- Elbert Hubbard
- watercolor by marie dudek brown
creating authenticity, integrity and heartfelt actions...
letting go into being; am I willing to sit in the midst of it all without judging today?
peace, love and joy...
Beauty is whatever gives joy.
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- watercolor by marie dudek brown
creating delight, satisfaction and creativity...
letting go into all is well just as it is and just as it is not; will contentment be embraced fully today?
peace, love and joy...
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
- Margaret Fuller
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, insight and contribution...
letting go into curiosity; will beginner's mind be the starting point today?
peace, love and joy...
Beauty is not the face. Beauty is a light in the heart.
- Kahlil Gibran
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating outreach, generosity and unconditional love...
letting go into transcend; is there willingness to be unstoppable today?
peace, love and joy...
Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power.
- Josiah Gilbert Holland
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating engagement, readiness and dynamism...
letting go into capabilities; how will confidence exude out today?
peace, love and joy...
You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- C. S. Lewis
- watercolor by marie dudek brown
creating enthusiasm, buoyancy and fearlessness...
letting go into trying new ways of being; where will my heart lead today?
peace, love and joy...
I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating gathering, nurturing and full out bear hugs...
letting go into the beauty surrounding; how will acceptance and release be lovingly intermingled today?
peace, love and joy...
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
- John Muir
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, artistry and insight...
letting go into deep listening; will creativity be embraced in all of my actions today?
peace, love and joy...
He who feels it, knows it more.
- Bob Marley
- original drawing by christine
creating depth, awareness and acknowledgment...
letting go into what is and what is not; will an abundance of time be discerned by being present in the moment today?
peace, love and joy...
We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.
- Mary Antin
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating enliven, renewal and emergence...
letting go into blooming; will patience be integrated into today?
peace, love and joy...
Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment.
- Stephen Covey
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating intent, declaration and integrity...
letting go into contribution; where will heartfelt purpose lead today?
peace, love and joy...
People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.
- Thomas Szasz
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating construct, deconstruct and discovery...
letting go into actualize; will actions be viewed as experiments today?
peace, love and joy...
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.
- Kenneth Clark
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating faith, trust and declaration...
letting go into shine; how will my light radiate out fully today?
peace, love and joy...
There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.
- Mark Twain
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating acknowledgment, reverence and forgiveness...
letting go into the full spectrum; will authenticity be the focus today?
peace, love and joy...
We live in a very tense society. We are pulled apart... and we all need to learn how to pull ourselves together.... I think that at least part of the answer lies in solitude.
- Helen Hayes
- photo by jenn gutowski
creating retreat, sanctuary and deep listening...
letting go into introspection; what will be astutely observed in my own reactions today?
peace, love and joy...
Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.
- Susan B. Anthony
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating bits, slivers and snippets...
letting go into the present moment; how will today be created today?
peace, love and joy...
Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating open-heartedness, tolerance and patience...
letting go into grace; am I willing to forgive today?
peace, love and joy...
To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.
- Phyllis Theroux
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating salutations, kind wishes and encouragement...
letting go into furthering; who will be sent a letter today?
peace, love and joy...
The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept regret.
- Henri Frédéric Amiel
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating choice, confidence and acceptance...
letting go into lessons to be learned; will I be comfortable with uncertainty today?
peace, love and joy...
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
- Joseph Joubert
photo by marie dudek brown
creating momentum, advancement and understanding...
letting go into accepting differences; what new world will be discovered today?
peace, love and joy...
