Life Ebbs and Life Flows~Round and Round and Round we Go

"Although all forms are dynamic, 

and we all grow and transform, 

each of us is compelled to return to our root. 

Our root is quietude."

Lao Tzu

Refresh Your Spirit Daily

Return to Quietude

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, 

yet nothing can resist it" 

Lao Tzu 

Stay Soft 

Stay Flexible

Cleanse Your Mind of Debris Daily

to Allow Yourself to Fall in Love at

First Sight of the Day

"Happiness has spread like peanut butter thick upon me, 

penetrating and soothing my rattled heart. "

Lee Bryant

"Allow the heart to empty itself of all turmoil! 

Retrieve the utter tranquility of the mind from which you issued."

Lao Tzu

"Life unfolds in the most delightful and centered way, 

with many happy surprises!"

"Everything is playing out 

in the most happy and delight-filled way!" 

Lee Bryant

Life Ebbs

Life Flows

I am a sturdy boat gently riding life's ups and downs.

I go with the flow of the sea.

Despite the ever-changing sea of circumstances

I gently roll with the changes, remaining steady and calm.

*Thanks to DailyOM for the visualization of 'being a boat' riding the waves of life. It flowed with my own images.

A Daily Cleansing of the Mind

The inspiration for today's post and art came from Lee Bryant's photos of cleaning her blender. The swirling, flowing motion of the water provided the perfect moment for reflection and meditation.



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Finding Happiness and Contentment

Today well lived 

makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, 

every tomorrow a vision of hope. 

Look well, therefore, to this day. 

Indian Proverb

To be able to curse once a day 

improves happiness and lengthens life. 

Chinese Proverb

There is no winter without snow, 

no spring without sunshine, 

and no happiness without companions. 

Korean Proverb

Into the house where joy lives, 

happiness will gladly come. 

Japanese Proverb

Silence is the interpreter of happiness. 

Arabian Proverb

Happiness held is the seed; 

happiness shared is the flower. 

Unknown

There is no other happiness but peace. 

Thai Proverb

Dedicated to the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra and Chorus

This pen and ink was created as I sat in a church pew next to the light of the stained glass windows listening to the music of the Jefferson Baroque Orchestra and Chorus on a rainy afternoon. I dedicate this post to the musicians who brightened my day--and especially to Sue Flynn, the Cellist who dropped her bow and said OOPS! 

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Let Mirth and Laughter Turn Your World Upside Down

What Does the World Looks Like When You Let Mirth and Laughter

Turn it Upside Down?

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You Get into the Swing of Things!

🎜🎜

You Put on Your Dancing Shoes

🎜🎝🎝

And Kick up Your Heels

You Live and Love in Bright Living Color

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Go ahead....put a paint job on your life!

Show Up and Be Bold!

'The Extraordinary is quietly waiting beneath 

all that is Ordinary.'

Mark Nepo

'There are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.'

Mark Nepo

LIVE

LAUGH

LOVE

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The Stuff of Life

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A Dog Teaches a Boy 

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance,

and to turn around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchly

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The Possibility of Becoming Part Dog

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely

try to train him to be semi-human. 

The point of it is to open oneself 

to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.

Edward Hoagland

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Raffa Becoming Part Dog

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A Boy Teaches Dog

Love at First Sight

Raffa was Hannah's first human baby to meet up close. It was mutual admiration at first sight. All boys and girls need a dog as good as Hannah to imprint on! And all dogs need a boy or girl as good as Raffa to love on.

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Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

Roger Caras

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A dog wags its tail with its heart.

Martin Buxbaum

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Love~Let there be Laughter and the Sharing of Pleasures

'With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.' 

William Shakespeare

'May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.'

Rumi

'In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. 

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

Khalil Gibran

'Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.' 

Victor Hugo

'The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.' 

e. e. cummings

Created with snippetts of song sung by Perry Como 

"Papa Loves Mambo" humming through my head.

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The Extraordinary is Waiting Quietly Beneath All that is Ordinary

"The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and

 the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. 

Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond, 

and music is in both the flowing violin and 

the water dripping from the drainage pipe."

Mark Nepo, The Awakening 

"We begin so aware and grateful. 

The sun somehow hangs there in the sky. 

The little bird sings. The miracle of life just happens."

Mark Nepo, The Awakening

Be Open to The Marvels of Ordinary Life

Return to experiencing the marvels of ordinary life. 

Stay open to the magic of falling in love with life at first sight. 

The dawn of each day brings a fresh perspective and

opens us to the possibility of falling in love at first sight.

 “The flower doesn’t dream of the bee. 

It blossoms and the bee comes.” 

Mark Nepo, The Awakening

Bloom where You're Planted

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Happy Day!

“There is only one way to happiness and that is 

to cease worrying about things 

which are beyond the power of our will.”

Epictetus

 “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, 

and the life of the candle will not be shortened. 

Happiness never decreases by being shared.”

Buddha

“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, 

of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, 

and not bothering.”

Winnie the Pooh

“We tend to forget that happiness 

doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, 

but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.”

Frederick Keonig

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”

Aristotle

“We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness 

and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong 

and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one’s own happiness 

oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others 

who surround us as members of the same human family. 

The wiser course is to think of others 

when pursuing our own happiness.”

Dalai Lama

“In every moment we have a chance to make a choice 

to bring light into the world. When we bless others 

with the gift of our positive energy, instead of letting 

circumstances affect us negatively, 

we bring a little peace to the world every day.”

Madisyn Taylor

“Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, 

you should put a good deal of thought 

into the happiness that you are able to give.”

Eleanor Roosevelt

“When I look back on all these worries, 

I remember the story of the old man 

who said on his deathbed 

that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, 

most of which had never happened.”

Winston Churchill

“Happiness is something that comes into our lives 

through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.”

Rose Wilder Lane

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