Starting-Position

"Queen's Park Subway Station" 1 (2014, 1.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

In Navigation one must fix one's starting-position 

as precisely as one's objective. 

John Franklin, 

quoted in Sten Nadolny, The Discovery of Slowness

Living

Toronto 1 (2013, 11.30), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities. 

Robert Anton Wilson

Creativity

Toronto 2 (2012, 9.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Creativity isn't the monopoly of artists,
this is the crucial fact I've come to realize and 
this broader concept of creativity is my concept of art. 

Joseph Benys

Integrity

RIC_0887-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

If you want to be successful, 

you must respect one rule. 

'Never lie to yourself.' 

Paulo Coelho

Love

Toronto 2 (8.28, '13), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     God does not love you because you are lovable. 
     You are lovable because God loves you. 

        Desmond Tutu

Vision

Toronto 31 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The heart of vision is shaped by the state of the soul.
When the soul is alive to beauty, 
we begin to see life in a fresh and vital way. 

John O'Donohue

Pilgrimage

Santa Fe 22 (2013, 7.17), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Pilgrimage is a transformative journey to a sacred Centre. 

Phil Cousineau, 

The Art of Pilgrimage

Literature

Fort Qu'Appelle 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Literature is the written expression of revolt
     against accepted things.

        Thomas Hardy

Companions

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

Water

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

Resurrection

Wall 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Only where graves are is there resurrection.

Karl Barth

Right Relationships

Monarch Butterfly 7, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

God is found in right relationships, not right ideas.

Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church

Stop

Mountain 12, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Stop talking, stop thinking,
and there is nothing you will not understand.

Seng-Ts'an

Seeking

Monarch Butterfly 3, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

In seeking what is essential,

we become essential.

Mark Nepo,

The Book of Awakening

Awakening

Operator, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

How did I get so lucky

to have my heart awakened

to others and their suffering?

Pema Chödrön

In each other

_DSC7173, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.

Rumi

Disturbing the war

RIC_4069-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


They'll say we're disturbing the peace,
but there is no peace. 
What really bothers them is that 
we are disturbing the war.

Howard Zinn

by our children

DSC_5661, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The world has not left us by our parents,
     it was lent us by our children.

        African Proverb

To Love

RIC_9598-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

To Love another person is

to see the face of God.

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

Letting Go

Wall Mural 1a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


We hold on so tightly that
our hands are unavailable to reach out
for the happiness we could gain by letting go.

M. J. Ryan