Out Of Water

"It isn't the things that are happening to us that cause us to suffer, it's what we say to ourselves about the things that are happening."

-Pema Chodron 

From The Sky

"The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape..."

-Pablo Picasso

Seeing In A Sacred Manner

"And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being."

-Black Elk 

You Can't Tie Me Down

“Live your life as it is, not bound to anything.”

-The Buddha

Never Limit Yourself

“Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.”

-Richard Bach 

Don't Stop The Dance

"Mama says: truth is all that matters

That lying and deceiving is a sin.

Drifting through a world that's torn and tattered;

Every thought I have don't mean a thing.

Don't stop

Dont' stop the dance."

-Bryan Ferry

Beauty Is Everywhere

"The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers."

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Light My Way

"I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars."

-Og Mandino

Waiting On A Friend

"Watching girls go passing by

It ain't the latest thing

I'm just standing in a doorway

I'm just trying to make some sense

Out of these, girls go passing by

The tales they tell of men.

I'm not waiting on a lady.

I'm just waiting on a friend."

-The Rolling Stones

Many Men Love You

"Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

-Robert Frost 

Love Is Blind

"My face in thine eye, thine in mine appeares,

And true plaine hearts doe in the faces rest,

Where can we finde two better hemispheares

Without sharpe North, without declining West?"

-John Donne

Find Me

"Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is."

-Hugh Macleod

I'm Back!

"A person travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."

-George Moore

Hand Of Hope

"A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains."

-Dutch Proverb

Beach

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…"

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunrise Flowers

"...in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

Kahlil Gibran 

Want Some?

"It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters."

-Aesop 

Revelations

"Experience is a revelation in light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age."

-Ambrose Bierce

The Blue Wall

Location, Location, Location

"No matter where you go... there you are."

-Buckaroo Banzai

Fence

"The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass is greenest where it is watered. When crossing over fences, carry water with you and tend the grass wherever you may be."

-Robert Fulghum

Caged

"God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages."

-Jacques Deval

Cotton Candy Man

"How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time."

-Sophocles

Protection By Night

On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night.

-The Buddha