Each Day

RCC_5615, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Each day forces us

to totter on planks we hope

will become bridges.

Kevin Hart

Truth

RCC_5622, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Falsehood has an infinity of combinations,
but truth has only one mode of being. 

Jean Jacque Rousseau

Artwork

RIC_1051-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


We are all phenomenal manifestations 
of a divine will to live, and that will 
and the consciousness of life is one in all of us,
and that is what artwork expresses. 

Joseph Campbell

You

RC1_8561, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

You don't have a soul. 

You are a soul. 

Kathleen Taylor,

Rethinking the Bucket List, TEDx, Tampa Bay

Connections

RIC_0968-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Could a greater miracle take place than for us 
     to look through each other's eyes for an instant?

        Henry David Thoreau

Who am I?

RIC_0738-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Who am I being with my life?

Kathleen Taylor

To Love

Tiger Lily 1 (2013, 7.7), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


To love. To be loved. 
To never forget your own insignificance. 
To never get used to the unspeakable violence 
and the vulgar disparity of life around you. 
To seek joy in the saddest places. 
To pursue beauty to its lair. 
To never simplify what is complicated 
or complicate what is simple. 
To respect strength, never power. 
Above all, to watch. 
To try and understand. 
To never look away. 
And never, never, to forget. 

Arundhati Roy

Mythology & Religion

RCC_0798, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Mythology may, in a real sense, 

be defined as other people’s religion. 

And religion may, in a real sense, 

be understood as a popular misunderstanding of mythology.

Joseph Campbell, Thou Art That

Understanding

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

Love

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

Discovery

RIC_2219, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Discovery consists of seeing
     what everybody has seen
     and thinking
     what nobody has thought.

        Albert Szent-Györgyi

Compassion

RC1_4927, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The purpose of the journey 

is compassion.

Joseph Campbell

God in me

RCC_0795, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     I believe that God is in me
     as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of flower –
     the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.

        Helen Keller

Science & Spirituality

RC1_9613, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Science explores the world as it is offered to the five senses
and the brain, while spirituality considers the universe to be purposeful and imbued with meaning.

Deepak Chopra and Leonard Mlodinow, War of the Worldviews

Blessing

RIC_9434-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Be bold in doing justice,

be generous in loving tenderly and

be prayerful in walking humbly with God

Ted Dodd,

Courage to Love: Liturgies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community,

compiled by Geoffrey Duncan

Attention

RIC_8581-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest. 

Simone Weil

Imagination

RIC_8624-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Imagination cures the chaos in the heart. 

Tibetan Proverb

Perspective

RIC_6961-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Concentrate on what you have left, not just on what you have lost.

Harold S. Kushner, Overcoming Life's Disappointments

The essence of struggle

RIC_6463-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.



     The essence of struggle is the decision to become new rather than
     simply to become older.

       Joan Chittister, Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

     
    

True Success

RC1_4443, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


True success consists not in becoming the person you dreamed of
being when you were young, but in becoming the person you were meant to be, the person you are capable of being when you are at
your best. 

Harold S. Kushner, Overcoming Life's Disappointments: Learning from Moses How to Cope with Frustration