Posted in Life, Nature, Success, tagged Beauty, Being, Delight, Discovery, Harmony, Joy, Living on May 19, 2013 | 2 Comments »
My fourth nomination for the WordPress Family Award is to Marina Artemis Kanavak at http://marinakanavaki.com/home/ whose blog, “ Art Towards a Happy Day” shares her art and design. She never fails to amaze and impress me with her creativity. While many express themselves with words, Marina does it with a brush. As you can see in the image below.
Thanks Marina for your wondrous art.
Be well, Bill
Posted in Human Spirit, Joy, Life, Success, Time, tagged Delight, Kindness, Living, Meaning, Success, Thought on April 18, 2013 | 2 Comments »
“Whether success or failure: the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.” ~ May Sarton
Posted in Abundance, Life, Success, Time, tagged accomplishment, Being, Courage, Living, Meaning, Optimism on April 16, 2013 | 5 Comments »
“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.” ~ Dawna Markova
Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Life, Success, Time, tagged Abundance, accomplishment, Being, Choice, Courage, Discovery, Dreams, Energy, Hope, Living, Meaning, Power on April 14, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Recently, I happened by a wonderful story recently about an individual who has had Parkinson’s Disease for the last 19 years of his life and how he is challenging his disability. The story can be found at http://ridewithlarrymovie.com/
Life’s challenges are met in a variety of ways but this is one that most of us will never endure. This is a truly inspiring story.
For a sneak preview of “Riding with Larry” here is the trailer . . .
Posted in Abundance, Life, Success, Time, tagged Abundance, Being, common things, Living, Meaning, Thought, Time on April 11, 2013 | 4 Comments »
“I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” ~ Anna Quindlen
Posted in Change, Human Spirit, Life, Success, Time, tagged Changes, Choice, Discovery, Flourish, Letting-go, Living, Reflection, Thought on April 3, 2013 | 6 Comments »
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” ~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free
Posted in Abundance, Joy, Life, Success, Time, tagged happiness, Letting-go, Living, Optimism, Smile, Thought, Time on March 19, 2013 | 9 Comments »
“Maybe happiness didn’t have to be about the big, sweeping circumstances, about having everything in your life in place. Maybe it was about stringing together a bunch of small pleasures. Wearing slippers and watching the Miss Universe contest. Eating a brownie with vanilla ice cream. Getting to level seven in Dragon Master and knowing there were twenty more levels to go.
Maybe happiness was just a matter of the little upticks- the traffic signal that said “Walk” the second you go there- and downticks – the itch tag at the back of your collar- that happened to every person in the course of the day. Maybe everybody had the same allotted measure of happiness within each day.
Maybe it didn’t matter if you were a world-famous heartthrob or a painful geek. Maybe it didn’t matter if your friend was possibly dying.
Maybe you just got through it. Maybe that was all you could ask for.”
~ Ann Brashares, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Posted in Human Spirit, Life, Success, Time, tagged Letting-go, Loss, Meaning, Reflection, Solitude, Thought, Time on February 26, 2013 | 3 Comments »
“I know that this life, missing its ripeness in
love, is not altogether lost.
I know that the flowers that fade in the dawn,
the streams that strayed in the desert, are not
altogether lost.
I know that whatever lags behind, in this life
laden with slowness, is not altogether lost.
I know that my dreams that are still
unfulfilled, and my melodies still unstruck, are
clinging to Your lute strings, and they are not
altogether lost.”
~Rabindranath Tagore
Posted in Abundance, Life, Nature, Success, tagged Beauty, Being, Meaning, Reflection, Solitude, Time on February 3, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Abundance, Human Spirit, Joy, Life, Success, tagged Abundance, accomplishment, common things, Imagination, Innovation, Optimism on January 2, 2013 | 2 Comments »
A friend of mine, Jim Kouzes, recently shared this inspiring 3-minute video of the Landfill Harmonic. I think too often we forget the desire to make music overcomes our limited access to musical instruments. What innovation . . .
Enjoy
