"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul."

— John Muir

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“Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we’re frantic, life will be frantic. If we are peaceful, life will be peaceful.” –Marianne Williamson

SKY ABOVE ME
EARTH BELOW ME
FIRE WITHIN ME

Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.

Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.

- Hafiz

I do like to play the game of chess, but my love for playing the game is not about winning - it is more about the moves, the logic behind the move, the inestimable capacity and resilency of making the best move possible.

http://www.chess.com/blog/kurtgodden...tend_blog_view

true story!!
 

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

~Maureen Dowd

this came to mind when I saw the rain early this morning... :)
 

Now Close the Windows

Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.

It will be long ere the marshes resume,
It will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all wind-stirred.

Robert Frost

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.” ― Christian Nestell Bovee


“Don't die without fulfilling your purpose.”― Jaachynma N.E. Agu


“INTENT reveals desire; ACTION reveals commitment.” ― Steve Maraboli

Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the 'Titanic' who waved off the dessert cart.

A Color of Sky
 

A Color of the Sky

Windy today and I feel less than brilliant,
driving over the hills from work.
There are the dark parts on the road
when you pass through clumps of wood
and the bright spots where you have a view of the ocean,
but that doesn’t make the road an allegory.

I should call Marie and apologize
for being so boring at dinner last night,
but can I really promise not to be that way again?
And anyway, I’d rather watch the trees, tossing
in what certainly looks like sexual arousal.

Otherwise it’s spring, and everything looks frail;
the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves
are full of infant chlorophyll,
the very tint of inexperience.

Last summer’s song is making a comeback on the radio,
and on the highway overpass,
the only metaphysical vandal in America has written
MEMORY LOVES TIME
in big black spraypaint letters,

which makes us wonder if Time loves Memory back.

Last night I dreamed of X again.
She’s like a stain on my subconscious sheets.
Years ago she penetrated me
but though I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed,
I never got her out,
but now I’m glad.

What I thought was an end turned out to be a middle.
What I thought was a brick wall turned out to be a tunnel.
What I thought was an injustice
turned out to be a color of the sky.

Outside the youth center, between the liquor store
and the police station,
a little dogwood tree is losing its mind;

overflowing with blossomfoam,
like a sudsy mug of beer;
like a bride ripping off her clothes,

dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds,

so Nature’s wastefulness seems quietly obscene.
It’s been doing that all week:
making beauty,
and throwing it away,
and making more.

Tony Hoagland

Katniss~~(I kind of like the fact my green lawn is littered with cherry blossoms!)

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
~Unknown

"Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness."
~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

A little more from the Prophet
 

A thick warm morning already,
the suns shines boldly upon my skin.

Kisses and a tail wag and were off for our morning jaunt
exploring scents, greeting and being...

I often question which of us is more protective he or I?
My muscle bound buddy, my best friend, confidant, go to...
He's a prince, a love and kind, he is no Alpha but that's my job.

He minds me, despite his stubborn willfulness, the breed is like that.
Determined... I admire that.

My furry friend. My sweet boy.
To laze around my days with you, a great pleasure!
-KC (4/21/13)

The Firefighter Within
Never give up.
Never give in.
Fight 'til you lose...
(or) fight 'til you win.
Never let up. Never let down. Never let the frightened see you frown. Wield your weapons, conquer all fears. Work 'til your sweat...replaces their tears. Learn from your losses. Savor your wins. Prepare for the next one. And battle again.

" Because I was right all along. Home isn't a place it's a feeling. And when we are together we both know we are home. That is the only way I can explain it." - The Vera Wood files


“My God, these folks don't know how to love -- that's why they love so easily.” ― D.H. Lawrence


“Even "meant to be" takes work.” ― Donna Lynn Hope

“It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.” - Henry Rollins

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"See the world as yourself. Have faith in the way things are.
Love the world as yourself: then you can care for all things."
-Tao Te Ching

Quotes
 

1) There are really only two options regarding commitment your either in or your out. 2) Love is a symbol of eternity.It wipes out all sense of time,all memory of a beginning and all fear of an ending. 3) Love puts the fun in together,the sad in apart,the joy in a heart. 4) Commitment and passion transform dreams into realities. 5) Without commitment,you cannot have depth in anything,wheather it be a relationship,a business or hobby.

"I don't have the answers, Charley. But I know that people get confused in this life about what they want and what they've done and what they think they should have because of it. Everything they think they are or did takes hold so hard that it won't let them see what they can be. I've got a big idea about us, Charley. And I'm not gonna wait forever. But I am gonna wait. And when you're far away, I want you to think about that. And... come back to me."

-- Sue Barlow(Annette Bening) from the movie Open Range

“Happiness is a choice. So design your life in such a way that it's easy to choose. ”-Unknown


“Relationships: If you will put up with it, you will end up with it. Set the standard you want and don’t settle for less.” ― Steve Maraboli


“You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.”
― Deborah Day

Happy Earth Day ...
 

"A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely beautiful when her lips are closed."
~Unknown

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost."
~H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues.”

~Eve Ensler

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“The more room you give yourself to express your true thoughts and feelings, the more room there is for your wisdom to emerge.” –Marianne Williamson

“I think you should learn, of course, and some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything. And you can feel it inside of you. If you never take time out to let that happen, then you accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you. You can make noise with them, but never really feel anything with them. It's hollow.” ~ E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Just heard that E. L. Konigsburg has died. What a tremendous loss.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. ~ Alice Walker

“yesterday I carved your name
into the surface of an ice cube
then held it against my chest
‘til it melted into my aching pores”

-Andrea Gibson