The Soul That Can Speak Through The Eyes...

The soul that can speak through the eyes can also kiss with a gaze.

~© Gustavo Adolfo Becquer~

Thou Art To Me...

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

~© Ralph Waldo Emerson~

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Do Not Fail To Learn

Do not fail
To learn from
The pure voice of an
Ever-flowing mountain stream
Splashing over the rocks.

~© Morihei Ueshiba~

Our True Home Is In The Present Moment

Our true home is in the present moment.
To live in the present moment is a miracle.
The miracle is not to walk on water.
The miracle is to salk on the green Earth in the present
moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
Peace is all around us--
in the world and in nature--
and within us ---
in our bodies and our spirits.
Once we learn to touch the peace,
we will be healed and transformed.
It is not a matter of faith;
it is a matter of practice.

~© Thich Nhat Hanh~

Happiness...

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a breeze, a moment's glance—it is little that makes the best happiness.

~© Friedrich W. Nietzsche~

Yeah...

'Cause when I look around, I think this, this is good enough and I try to laugh at whatever life brings, 'cause when I look down, I just miss all the good stuff. When I look up, I just trip over things.

~© Author Unknown~

Patience

Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience.

~© Ralph Waldo Emerson~

The Greater Part Of Life Is Sunshine

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.

~© Thomas Jefferson~

Sunshine And Music

A laugh is just like sunshine.
It freshens all the day,
It tips the peak of life with light,
And drives the clouds away.
The soul grows glad that hears it
And feels its courage strong.
A laugh is just like sunshine
For cheering folks along.

A laugh is just like music.
It lingers in the heart,
And where its melody is heard
The ills of life depart;
And happy thoughts come crowding
Its joyful notes to greet:
A laugh is just like music
For making living sweet.

~© Author Unknown~

I Have Found Such Joy

I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head,
And in a leaf-laced square along the floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through a door.

I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days: a curtain's blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my window sill,
A rose, fresh-cut and placed within a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.

Oh, I have found such joys I wish I might
Tell every woman who goes seeking far
For some elusive, feverish delight,
That very close to home the great joys are:
The elemental things--old as the race,
Yet never, through the ages, commonplace.

~© Grace Noll Crowell~

All I Need To Know I Learned From The Easter Bunny

Don't put all of your eggs in one basket.
Walk softly and carry a big carrot.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There's no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute little tail attracts a lot of attention.
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Some body parts should be floppy.
Keep your paws off other people's jellybeans.
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Good things come in small, sugar-coated packages.
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket.
An Easter bonnet can tame even the wildest hare.
To show your true colors, you have to come out of your shell.
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.

~© Author Unknown~

IV-TIME AND ETERNITY

XXXIV

The daisy follows soft the sun,
And when his golden walk is done,
Sits shyly at his feet.
He, waking, finds the flower near.
"Wherefore, marauder, art thou here?"
"Because, sir, love is sweet!"

We are the flower, Thou the sun!
Forgive us, if as days decline,
We nearer steal to Thee, --
Enamoured of the parting west,
The peace, the flight, the amethyst,
Night's possibility!

~© Emily Dickinson~

Hope

Man can live for about forty days without food, and about three days without water, about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope.

~© Hal Lindsey~

The Lighted Window

A lighted window floats through the night
like a piece of paper in the wind.
I want to see into it. I want to climb
through into its lighted room.
As I reach for it it slips through the
trees. As I chase it it rolls and tumbles
into the air and skitters on through the
night . . .

~© Russell Edson~

The World Outside Is A Mirror

The world outside is a mirror,
reflecting the

good & bad
joy & sorrow
laughter & tears

within me...

Some people are
difficult mirrors
to look into,

but you...

I look at you
and I see
all the beauty
inside of me.

~© Peter McWilliams~

Thinking...

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and an invisible labor.

~© Victor Hugo~

The Meeting Of Two Personalities...

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.

~© Carl Jung-Swiss psychologist (1875 - 1961)~

A Challenge

I challenge anybody in their darkest moment to write what they're grateful for, even stupid little things like green grass or a friendly conversation with somebody on the elevator. You start to realize how rich you are.

~© Jim Carrey~

I Would Give All I Have

I would give all I have to have you with me,
To see tomorrow with you,
To touch and hold the one thing dear to me,
I would climb the highest mountains,
I would swim the widest oceans,
Closed my eyes and be blinded by your love,
Trusting in you to lead my way,
I would give all I had for you,
To love you and be loved in return,
To adore you, and be adored in return,
I would give my all to be with you,
To make the memories of yesterday forever,
To see me and you in the future.

Come whatever,
I would give all I have for you,
Lay down my life for you,
To sacrifice my soul for your pardon,
I would give all I have for you,
Be it to travel to the ends of the earth,
To catch the falling stars out of the skies above,
I would give all,
To hear you say the words I so needed to hear,
The word that would heal my broken heart,
The words that means all the world to me,
To hear you say "I love You",
And look into your eyes knowing you meant it,
For I would give all I have in life for you,
For you gave me all I have in life,
And without you, I have nothing.

~© Robert Kyle Newton~

Happy April Fools' Day

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days a year.

~© Mark Twain~