Essence

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

Kindness

RIC_4379-2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Mark Twain

Whom you love

RIC_2854, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Tell me whom you love, and

I'll tell you who you are.

African American Proverb

Solitude

RIC_2820, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Solitude does not mean living apart from others;

it means never living apart from one’s self.

Parker Palmer

Vision

RIC_0451
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Our visions begin with our desires.

Audre Lorde