It's Your Time to Bloom

"And the day came when
the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom."-unknown

What I Know About You

There's something I know about you that you may or may not know about yourself.

You have within you more resources of energy than have ever been tapped,

more talent than has ever been exploited,

more strength than has ever been tested,

more to give than you have ever given. -John Gardner

Being Watchful

Audrey Hepburn by Mark Shaw

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."-Frank Outlaw

Winds of Change

"Any surfer worth his or her salt knows you can't paddle out without first knowing the wind conditions. Strong onshore winds make the ocean's surface too choppy and give the waves bad form. The mind is a direct parallel. When our breath is fast and forceful, shallow or panicked, our thoughts are usually all over the place. So remember to check in with the condition of your internal winds, your breath. This kind of observation will often calm your breath on its own, smoothing it out, making the waves of thought
more clear, and ultimately, more surfable. But even if it doesn't, don't worry. It's not personal. The winds are mysterious things. They come and go with the seasons and are always, always changing. Accept them as they are today."-unknown

Immeasurable

"Nobody has ever measured,
even poets,
how much a heart can hold."
-Zelda Fitzgerald

If One Could See Clearly

image via flickr

“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly,
our whole life would change.”
—Buddha

A Single Light

"From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being."
Ba'al Shem Tov