Yes, there is no image in this post Did you know it is possible to receive goodness into your life even though you are neither aware or physically present to accept? It happened to me yesterday while away from home in the midst of our uncertain-ending day. Visit the sisters for details... ...everyone needs a little peek of goodness. Happy weekending. Comment Continue reading

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.” ~~Buddha Each of our lives is as we perceive it to be...what we create it to be. We always have a choice. Whether a choice is made with intention or not, we always make one. Today my life is sky blue. What is yours? Comment Continue reading

shadow of love Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other. ~~Carl Jung Gallery 8 {Shadows} Although this is my first time sharing, Bella's project caught my eye weeks ago. A treasure of images waits to inspire you. Comment Continue reading

Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life. Brian Andreas See the moments when time seems to stand still...feel them. Quiet yourself this weekend, see, feel and, if you'd like, share. Happy, happy weekend Share...Comment Continue reading

I held out my hands & asked where I could help & somebody grabbed me & pointed me towards the future & said, You've got your work cut out for you & I said, isn't there anything easier? & he laughed & said you could dig around in the past, but it's just busywork & that made perfect sense so I shrugged & started right where I was, along with everyone else ~StoryPeople Comment Continue reading

Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul; with all his strength and with all his will. ~~Max Muller Comment Continue reading

...happiness is something you create... a box of jumbo crayons is a good place to begin skinny crayons feel more color-inside-the-lines-ish even without the company of chubby toddler fingers jumbo crayons carry you back to the childhood joy of creating... flipping open the box top sniffing the waxy goodiness running your fingertips across each point coddling magic sticks in your hand feeling each carefree stroke on paper creating anything creating happiness :) it would be inspirational if you shared a link to a little bit of your happiness Comments Continue reading

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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ~~Ralph Waldo Emerson six days ago our sixteen year old son returned home from residential psychiatric treatment again two days ago his father and i called 911 and our son was arrested today we formally file felony charges and for the safety of our younger sons hope that our son will never return to his family how does a mother crawl up from the grave of this death Comment Continue reading

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Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever ...it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. ~~Aaron Siskind Happy weekend ...take some photographs capture the feeling... Comment Continue reading