'Joy does not simply happen to us.

We have to choose joy 

and keep choosing it every day.' 

~ Henri Nouwen ~

...and the day came

 My 41st Birthday flower

'And the day came where the risk to remain tight in a bud

was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.'

~ Anais Nin ~

Seeing with the Heart

'Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.'

~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr ~

Nature's Healing

'I go to nature to be soothed and healed,

and to have my senses put in order.'

~ John Burroughs ~

Let yourself be Loved

'When you learn to love 

and learn to let yourself be loved,

then you come home to the hearth 

of your own Spirit.'

~ John O' Donohue, Anam Cara ~

Something Beautiful

'In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart.'

~ Blaise Pascal ~

In the darkness...

'It is during our darkest moments 
that we must focus to see the light.'

~ Aristotle Onassis ~

Seeing deeply

'When you really gaze at something,

You bring it deeply into you.'

~ John O'Donohue ~

Heart of Wonder

'May you experience each day as a sacred gift 
woven around the heart of wonder.'

~ John O'Donohue, For Presence, To Bless the Space Between Us ~ 

Invincible Summer

My 40th Birthday Flower

'In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.'

~ Albert Camus ~