Though they may be in bondage, we see them free in the Spirit, completely loved by the Divine, and we affirm that their true nature, their equality

“Today, we claim freedom for all Americans, indeed for all people everywhere. Though they may be in bondage, we see them free in the Spirit, completely loved by the Divine, and we affirm that their true nature, their equality, is recognized and honored throughout the land. In our government, our workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, and in our hearts, we proclaim freedom for all.” - Scott Awbrey

It is never too late...to start LOVING:

I had not loved enough. I’d been busy, busy, so busy, preparing for life, while life floated by me, quiet and swift as a regatta. LORENE CARY

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road,

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. LIN YUTANG

Joy is our birthright.

Joy is our birthright. Each and every one of us, especially those of us who have been conditioned to feel unworthy of it. RACHEL RICKETTS

DO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO STEAL YOUR JOY:

Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera.

Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. ANSEL ADAMS

A SECRET OF LIVING WELL

Perhaps the secret of living well is not in having all the answers but in pursuing unanswerable questions in good company. RACHEL NAOMI REMEN

"Touching" is vitally important, however one can touch without physical contact....

I think that the inability to love is the central problem, because that inability masks a certain terror, and that terror is the terror of being touched. And if you can’t be touched, you can’t be changed. JAMES BALDWIN

"Each of us creates an entire world in our heads..." Don Miguel Ruiz

Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go out and do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. HOWARD THURMAN

HELP SOMEONE'S LIFE HEAL

Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. RUMI

Beauty is NOW:

Beauty is the harvest of presence. DAVID WHYTE

Thankful for my best assets....

Take full account of the excellences which you possess, and in gratitude remember how you would hanker after them, if you had them not. MARCUS AURELIUS

We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is a cruel trick, and glorious. LOUISE ELDRICH

Remember, you have two lives....

Remember, you have two lives. You get your second life when you realize you have only one. FRANK LIDDY

When I "wake at dawn", I am thankful that I can get another couple of hours of sleep.

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving. KAHLIL GIBRAN

A WORLD THAT IS A WONDER BEYOND WORDS.....

To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it — is a wonder beyond words. JOANNA MACY

Oh no, it is almost my bedtime...

This moment is an opportunity to come alive. BR. DAVID STEINDL-RAST

Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.

Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. MARY OLIVER

There will be something, anguish or elation, that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep and say: Hail to the morning! Come down to me, my beautiful unknown. JESSICA POWERS