Thursday, February 20, 2014

Art

Heart 1 (2014, 2.1) by rchoephoto
Heart 1 (2014, 2.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

Alain de Botton, Art as Therapy

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Being


You can't really be with others 
until you know how to be with yourself.

Richard Wagmese

Monday, February 17, 2014

A Miracle

      Here is what I was trying to figure out: 
     how a miracle happens. 
     A great work of art—
     something that makes people pay attention, 
     return to the work again and again,
     and reexamine their assumptions,
     something that infuriates, hurts, and confronts—
     a great work of art is always a miracle.

        Masha Gessen

Sunday, February 16, 2014

Creating Change


The only way we really create change is 
to enter any situation with the humility to listen
and to recognize the world as it is,
and then the audacity to dream what it could be.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Wisdom

RCC_5476 by rchoephoto
RCC_5476, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


       We should treat all the trivial things 
     of life very seriously, 
     and all the serious things of life
     with sincere and studied triviality. 

        Oscar Wilde

Friday, February 14, 2014

Memory

Heart 2 (2014, 2.1) by rchoephoto
Heart 2 (2014, 2.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The world begins and ends in memory;
What I remember is what I am.


Glen Sorestad, Aide Memoire

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Failures and Tears

Snow Art  (2014, 2.9) by rchoephoto
Snow Art (2014, 2.9), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

When I reach the place of my dreams,
I will thank my failures and tears.
They too, kept me going. 


Dodinsky

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Quiet

Prayer Flags 2  (2014, 2.9) by rchoephoto
Prayer Flags 2 (2014, 2.9), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

       If we can be quieter, more in the moment 
     with what is actually happening,
     a world of perception opens up for us 
     based on where we are, 
     not on where we one day hope to be.   

        Sharon Salzberg

Monday, February 10, 2014

Creating change

Kinton Ramen 5 (2014, 1.15) by rchoephoto
Kinton Ramen 5 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The only way we really create change 
is to enter any situation with the humility to listen
and to recognize the world as it is, and then 
the audacity to dream what it could be.
Jacqueline Novogratz

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Listening

Toronto 9 (2013. 10.27) by rchoephoto

Toronto 9 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, 
the more we remain open to the transcendent forces that save us from idolatry. 
The more we listen to ourselves, the more we create God in our own image 
until God becomes a tawdry idol that looks and speaks like us.

Chris Hedges, Losing Moses On The Freeway: The 10 commandments in America



Saturday, February 8, 2014

Attitude

Traffic (2014, 2.5) by rchoephoto
Traffic (2014, 2.5), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The greatest discovery of my generation is 
that a human being can alter his life 
by altering his attitude. 

William James

Friday, February 7, 2014

Faith

RIC_0487 by rchoephoto
RIC_0487, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


       Faith is not the belief that God will do
     what you want. 
     It is the belief that God will do what is right.

        Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones

Thursday, February 6, 2014

True Home

RCC_2202 by rchoephoto
RCC_2202, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Find the love you seek,
by first finding the love within yourself.
Learn to rest in that place within you
that is your true home.


Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Art

Kinton Ramen 6 (2014, 1.15) by rchoephoto
Kinton Ramen 6 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.
          
      Art is not jut for art's sake. 
      Art can also foster social and political awarenss. 

          Olivia Chow, My Journey

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Monday, February 3, 2014

Beloved

        
     Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.
     This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

        Brennan Manning, 
        Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Crucifix

RIC_2747-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_2747-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I learned that the crucifix 
does not represent justice alone, 
and that equally important are 
the concepts of love and grace.

Olivia Chow, My Journey

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Possibilities

Banner 1 (2014, 1.15) by rchoephoto

Banner 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Listen to the mustn'ts, child. 
Listen to the don'ts. 
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. 
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... 
Anything can happen, child. 
Anything can be.

Shel Silverstein