Sunday

May the earth continue to live

May the above heavens continue to live

May the rains continue to dampen the land

May the wet forests continue to grow

Then the flowers shall bloom

And we people shall live again

-Hawaiian Prayer

This is how I would die

into the love I have for you:

As pieces of cloud

dissolve in sunlight. 

~Rum

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." 

- Confucius

“The only real voyage consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes; in seeing the universe through the eyes of another, one hundred others--in seeing the hundred universes that each of them sees."

- Marcel Proust

"Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that's very important for good health."

- Dalai Lama

"The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings."

- J.M. Barrie: was a Scottish author and dramatist

"Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more."

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.

~ Rumi

If you want to go fast, go alone.

If you want to go far, go together.

-- African proverb

"The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it."

-Thich Nhat Hanh

Elephants have been here since the beginning of time and they carry the wisdom, sorrows and joy of the divine mother embodied in the earth...There is no better model or reminder for us that we are here to love and take care of one another..

The Matriarchs

"If we were not so single-minded

about keeping our lives moving,

and for once could do nothing,

perhaps a huge silence

might interrupt this sadness

of never understanding ourselves."

-Excerpt from the poem: KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda