the wonder ~ winter

 

 Rural Iowa wearing snow

“A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. ”

 

 

''Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law''

“be greatly aware of the present.” 

“Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm.”
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“As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. ”

“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.”

“Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all” 






all quotations from Guatama Buddha

 “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
 Arthur Conan Doyle





 ''Creativity is a  lot like looking through a kaleidoscope. You look at a set of elements, the same ones everyone else sees, but then reassemble those floating bits and pieces into an enticing new possibility.''
 Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you.”  Andy Warhol 

 

 

''Fragments came floating into his
 mind like bits of wood drifting down a stream, and he fished them out and fitted them together.'' Elizabeth Gray Vining 

 

 “I came for a portion but left with the universe.”
Testy McTesterson

“Little things, little things, are much more more important than big things. Big things hit you in the face with their bigness and obscure the little, more important things that really define a life and provide it with delicacy.” Lauren Roedy Vaughn

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  December 30, 2014 - time to reflect as we turn another calendar page. Here I share some ''golden'' moments that by way of this this earth spinning around the sun have been snapped , to savor the glow as  we all think back to what this year has been for each of us and for all of us. I wish peace, I wish fresh air and clean water, I wish that all learn to value all forms of life. LIVES matter <3. Live your life with eyes open to the wonder and possibility.