Death

"Death is not my enemy. She is the midwife who will deliver me (sooner or later) out of this life into the Mystery that awaits. She is trustworthy. She has a wealth of experience. She will know when the time is right. Strolling arm in arm with Death sharpens my appreciation for this moment in the sun. An unexpected Grace. " - Alan Hinton

Healing Your Sick Self

“Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.” - Khalil Gibran

Rock

"You must become the rock the river cannot wash away." ~  Peace, Love, and Wisdom

Living Magnet

"You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts." - Brian Tracy 

Art

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary." - Pablo Picasso

New Religion

"The new religion says those that do not believe in themselves are atheists." - Vivekananda

Tension & Relaxation

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." - Chinese Proverb

Manifest into Reality

"You attract what is currently in your thoughts. Focus on thoughts you want to attract into your life and manifest them into reality." - Zen Worlds

Stress or Peace

"Every day brings a choice: to practice stress or to practice peace." ~ Joan Borysenko

Wonderful Life

"Live the wonderful life that is in you." - Oscar Wilde

Deep Place

"You will find the deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Shelter

"It is in the shelter of each other that the people live." - Irish Proverb

Counsel

“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.” - Khalil Gibran

Bitter Trials

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise."  ~ Oscar Wilde

What We Speak

"What we speak becomes the house we live in." ~ Hafiz

Not Bad News

"Feelings like disappointment, embarrassment, irritation, resentment, anger, jealousy, and fear, instead of being bad news, are actually very clear moments that teach us where it is that we’re holding back. They teach us to perk up and lean in when we feel we’d rather collapse and back away. They’re like messengers that show us, with terrifying clarity, exactly where we’re stuck. This very moment is the perfect teacher, and, lucky for us, it’s with us wherever we are."  ― Pema Chödrön

Four Rooms

"Everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a Spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room, every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person." - Indian Proverb

Falling in Love

"People always fall in love with the most perfect aspects of each other’s personalities. Who wouldn’t? Anybody can love the most wonderful parts of another person. But that’s not the clever trick. The really clever trick is this: Can you accept the flaws? Can you look at your partner’s faults honestly and say, ‘I can work around that. I can make something out of it.’? Because the good stuff is always going to be there, and it’s always going to pretty and sparkly, but the crap underneath can ruin you." - Elizabeth Gilbert

People and Places

"Not everyone or every place is peaceful. Find those people and places that allow your peace to fill your being." ~ Laura VadBunker

A Sense of Humor

“A sense of humor is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” - Hugh Sidey

Kahlil Gibran

"Your daily life is your temple and your religion." - Kahlil Gibran

Time Outs

"Giving ourselves permission to take time outs from the enormous responsibilities of daily living regulates and balances our emotions and spirit. Being renewed allows us more time to focus on the important 'little things' that make our lives so happy and joyful." ~ Laura VadBunker

Deepest Wish

"Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen."  ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

Empathy

"Everywhere I look I see myself. There I go: that bald man, this angry child, that fearful cat, that cool stone, that bubbling brook, that worm struggling for its life, that bird desperate to feed her hungry babies, that one trapped in his rage, this one anxious but fearful of finding out why. Hardly strangers! Empathy is the life of the soul, I think, because the soul that allows us to see the one in the other is the soul that finds joy." - Claudia Michele

Strengths & Defects

"By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength; no strength that could not become a defect." ~ Goethe