The changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience ... not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life.
- Leo Tolstoy
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating awareness, deep listening and appreciation...
letting go into source; will what really matters be my focus today?
peace, love and joy...
Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will be powerless to vex your mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating calm, poise and open-heartedness...
letting go into equanimity; will forgiveness be embraced today?
peace, love and joy...
If you were somebody else, would you want to be friends with you?
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating affection, receptivity and kindness...
letting go into neighborly; how will friendship be generated freshly today?
peace, love and joy...
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough.
- Emily Elizabeth Dickinson
creating sparkle, zest and oomph...
letting go into energy; what will exhilarate newly today?
peace, love and joy...
Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.
- Floyd W. Tomkins
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating vitality, elegance and peace of mind...
letting go into loving; will my words elevate another today?
peace, love and joy...
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter.
- Denis Diderot
photo by marie dudek brown
creating honesty, integrity and credibility...
letting go into candor; what will be noticed around simple truths today?
peace, love and joy...
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
- Epictetus
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creating observe, measure and be patient...
letting go into experimentation; what will be tried newly today?
peace, love and joy...
People look for wonder-workings and surprises, for phenomena of all kinds. Yet the greatest phenomenon, the greatest surprise, and the greatest wonder is to be found in one's heart. If there is anything that can tune man to the highest pitch, that can tune the strings of his soul to the right note, it is only by the tuning of the heart. The one who has not reached his heart has not reached God.
- Sufi Teachings
photo by marie dudek brown
creating capacity, bravery and compassion...
letting go into heart-centered; will lessons learned be integrated into living fully today?
peace, love and joy...
Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens. The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.
- John Steinbeck
- photo by marie dudek brown
creating confidence, patience and meaninglessness...
letting go into no worries; how will contentment be generated today?
peace, love and joy...
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
- Turkish proverb
photo by marie dudek brown
creating artistry, charm and elegance...
letting go into exquisite; what will I beautify today?
peace, love and joy...
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
photo by marie dudek brown
creating generosity, lovingly and authenticity...
letting go into contribution; how will abundance be shared today?
peace, love and joy...
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
- Samuel Johnson
photo by marie dudek brown
creating gentleness, understanding and courtesy...
letting go into goodwill; where will rapport be created today?
peace, love and joy...
If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul.
- Logan Pearsall Smith
photo by marie dudek brown
creating relaxation, recreation and ease...
letting go into intervals of relief; will time be allocated to beautifully nurturing the spirit today?
peace, love and joy...
Hatred is not diminished by hatred at any time. Hatred is diminished by love. This is an eternal law.
- Buddha
photo by marie dudek brown
creating connectivity, relatedness and respect...
letting go into fresh perspectives; will forgiveness be chosen today?
peace, love and joy...
- Louise L'Amour
photo by marie dudek brown
