Friday, May 31, 2013

Love

Rainbow on ceiling by rchoephoto
Rainbow on ceiling, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Who is the victim here?
Love is the victim.
Who is the villain?
Love that never dies.

Erica Jong,
Parable of the Four-Poster



Thursday, May 30, 2013

Companions

Mural 1 Annex, Toronto (2013, 5.19) by rchoephoto
Mural 1 Annex, Toronto (2013, 5.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph


And death i think is no parenthesis

e. e. cummings

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Remembering

Freelton, Ontario 1 by rchoephoto
Freelton, Ontario 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The earth is created, and moves us
     on our journey
     toward remembering.


        Susan Litwak, 
        Tonight Everyone in the World Is Dreaming the Same Dream

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Tender Care

Tulip 3 (2013, 5.10) by rchoephoto
Tulip 3 (2013, 5.10), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.


W. B. Yeats, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven

Monday, May 27, 2013

I See Your Face

RIC_4973-2 by rchoephoto
RIC_4973-2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     To each
     To each
     To each
     I know
     There will be faces
     with yours and mine.


        Ben Okri, I See Your Face

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Opening

Garden Centre 6 (2013, 5.20) by rchoephoto
Garden Centre 6 (2013, 5.20), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


No bird can fly
without opening its wings,
and no one can love
without exposing their heart.


Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Understanding

Garden Centre 3 (2013, 5.20) by rchoephoto
Garden Centre 3 (2013, 5.20), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Without understanding there cannot be true love, 
     and without love there cannot be true
     understanding.

        Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

Friday, May 24, 2013

Water

Mural 2 Annex, Toronto (2013, 5.19) by rchoephoto
Mural 2 Annex, Toronto (2013, 5.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When you only see waves, you might miss the water. 
But if you are mindful, you will be able to touch water
within the waves as well. 

Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha Living Christ

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Seeing

Garden Centre 2 (2013, 5.20) by rchoephoto
Garden Centre 2 (2013, 5.20), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Never be so focused on what you're looking for 
     that you overlook the things you actually find. 

        Ann Patchett, State of Wonder

Monday, May 20, 2013

Love

Peaktop Chinese Restaurant 2 by rchoephoto
Peaktop Chinese Restaurant 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Love consists in this, 
that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. 

Rainer Maria Rilke, Letter to a Young Poet

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Word

Tulip 1 (2013, 5.10) by rchoephoto
Tulip 1 (2013, 5.10), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     A word is dead
     When it is said,
     Some say.
     I say it just begins
     to live that day.


        Emily Dickinson

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Monday, May 13, 2013

Love

Tulip (2013, 5.6) by rchoephoto
Tulip (2013, 5.6), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Love is just a word
     until someone comes along
     and gives it meaning.


        Paulo Coelho

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Child

RIC_9214-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_9214-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


A mother's body remembers her babies - the folds of soft flesh,the softly furred scalp against her nose.
Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul.

Barbara Kingsolver

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Healing Stones

Healing Stones by rchoephoto
Healing Stones, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


If you truly hold a stone,
you can feel the mountain it came from.

Mark Nepo, 
The Book of Awakening

Friday, May 10, 2013

The Dweller

Hands 1 by rchoephoto
Hands 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


These bodies are perishable,
but the Dweller in these bodies is eternal.


Bhagavad Gita

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Suffering & Happiness

RIC_4682-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_4682-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The truth is: my suffering doesn't have to be 
     out of view for you to be happy, and you don't have 
     to quiet your grief for me to be peaceful.
     Allowing our suffering and happiness to touch each 
     other opens a depth of compassion that helps us 
     to complete each other. 

        Mark Nepo, 
        Hearing the Cries of the World, Parabola (Summer 2013)

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Happiness

Wanda's Pie in the Sky 2 by rchoephoto
Wanda's Pie in the Sky 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     It is always worth itemising happiness, 
     there is so much of the other thing in a life, 
     you had better put down the markers for
     happiness while you can.

        Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

Monday, May 6, 2013

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Essence

Tulips by rchoephoto
Tulips, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The nature of the rain is the same but
     it grows thorns in the marshes and
     flowers in the garden.

       Arab Proverb

Saturday, May 4, 2013

To be free

Wanda's Pie in the Sky 3 by rchoephoto
Wanda's Pie in the Sky 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


To be free is not merely to cast off one's chances, 
but to live in a way that respects and enhances 
the freedom of others. 

Nelson Mandela

Friday, May 3, 2013

Good intentions

Wanda's Pie in the Sky 1 by rchoephoto
Wanda's Pie in the Sky 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I myself am made entirely of flows, stitched together with good intentions.

Augustine Burroughs, 
Magical Thinking: True Stories

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Journey

Labyrinth 2, St James UC by rchoephoto
Labyrinth 2, St James UC, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I will walk a thousand leagues in falsehood, 
that one step of the journey may be true.

Junayd

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Saint

Bird House, St. James UC by rchoephoto
Bird House, St. James UC, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     A Saint is one who does not know how it is possible
     not to love, not to help, not to be sensitive 
     to the anxiety of others. 

        Abraham Heschel