Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thanksgiving



"I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow."

~ Melody Beattie



"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice."

~Meister Eckhart




Sunday, November 16, 2008

you are my sunshine

such a pretty version of one of my most favorite songs from when I was a little girl ... a song I still find myself singing when I am filled with whimsy and happiness ...

Saturday, November 15, 2008

makes my heart squeal with joy ...


I know it is a little early for the christmas season ... but these cards by Creative Thursday are the sweetest ... and I had to share them with you all in case they make you as happy as they make me - which they most certainly will. Of course, I do have a soft spot in my heart for monkeys, since it is my nickname, but I also wanted to share her wonderful little paintings ... which make me so very happy.

Here is the link to her Etsy store:

click me! click me!

and a link to her site:

me too! me too!


Tuesday, November 11, 2008

doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you

It's occurred to me that the things that seem a big deal in my life might not actually be all that big a deal. It's all a matter of perspective. When things are easy, steady and calm, the smallest blip in the landscape can seem ... well ... huge.

I've obsessed over some things, not because they were worthy of my constant attention, but because there was nothing else vying for it.

A part of me truly longs to be doing something every day that requires a degree of risk, my full attention and that I remain fully present. There is great satisfaction from working hard to accomplish something meaningful and kicking off your shoes at the end of the day, satisfied with a job well done and resting your head on the pillow knowing you have done something useful.

I need that. I want that. Adventure. Inspiration. Intensity. Commitment. And challenges that put the petty, unimportant and silly stuff back into perspective. I want the things that don't matter not to matter.

I believe the best way to care less about something is to care more about something else.

I'm ready for the "something else".

Monday, November 10, 2008

amidst the garden of empirical truths

"Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."

- Walter Anderson

Sunday, November 09, 2008

I love the mountains, I love the clear blue skies

because it still makes me so damn happy whenever I watch it ...




Sunday, November 02, 2008

castles made of glass

"the invisible shimmery boundary between turbulence and order"

I came across this sentence in the book I am reading. In the book, the author uses it to describe a scientific term. It also happens to describe perfectly my current state of being ...


Saturday, November 01, 2008

the water passes over me

In our lives, there are those who matter and then there are those whom we just really want to matter.

Learning to differentiate between the two has been a difficult process for me ... but I'm getting there.