Monthly Archives: January 2014

Life is a long lesson in humility. ― J.M. Barrie

Don’t knock the weather. If it didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t start a conversation. ― Kim Hubbard

You can’t be happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes. ― Lauren Oliver

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another – and ourselves. ― Jack Kornfield

You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather. ― Pema Chödrön

I’m a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that’s me, and I knew if I spent too long away from all that I’d die; I don’t know what of, I just knew I’d … Continue reading →

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. ― Susan Sontag

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. ― Anne Frank

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite. ― Cassandra Clare

Searching for happiness prevents us from ever finding it. -Pema Chödrön

But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations. ― Gwyn Thomas

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ― Steven Wright

Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning. ― Gloria Steinem

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. – Mary Oliver

Safe, I decided, didn’t leave much room for fun. ― Justina Chen

We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another. ― Veronica Roth

If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. ~Flavia

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. ― Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle. ― Christian D. Larson

When you reach for the stars, you are reaching for the farthest thing out there. When you reach deep into yourself, it is the same thing, but in the opposite direction. If you reach in both directions, you will have … Continue reading →

In the past, I always used to be looking for answers. Today, I know there are only questions. So I just live. ― Sarah Brightman

In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings. ― Sam Tanenhaus

Words are like nets – we hope they’ll cover what we mean, but we know they can’t possibly hold that much joy, or grief, or wonder. ― Jodi Picoult

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. ― Terry Pratchett

A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape. ― Rebecca Solnit

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. ― Haruki Murakami

Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. ― David McCullough

The beginning is always today. ― Mary Shelley