“Fight gravity and fly away. Reach new horizons and expand yourself”
-Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
Weekly Photo Challenge: New Horizon
Nature
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create. Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.” ― John Lennon
Waxwings
by Robert Francis
Four Tao philosophers as cedar waxwings
chat on a February berry bush
in sun, and I am one.
Such merriment and such sobriety–
the small wild fruit on the tall stalk–
was this not always my true style?
Above an elegance of snow, beneath
a silk-blue sky a brotherhood of four
birds. Can you mistake us?
To sun, to feast, and to converse
and all together–for this I have abandoned
all my other lives.
To the River
Edgar Allan Poe
Fair river! in thy bright, clear flow
Of crystal, wandering water,
Thou art an emblem of the glow
Of beauty- the unhidden heart-
The playful maziness of art
In old Alberto’s daughter;
But when within thy wave she looks-
Which glistens then, and trembles-
Why, then, the prettiest of brooks
Her worshipper resembles;
For in his heart, as in thy stream,
Her image deeply lies-
His heart which trembles at the beam
Of her soul-searching eyes.
“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” Robert A. Heinlein
“Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely”
Chinese Proverb
“The owl,” he was saying, “is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps. They can see in the dark. I find that so interesting, to be mired in reality when the rest of the world is dreaming. What does he see and what does he know that the rest of the world is missing?” ― M.J. Rose, Seduction
“The horse moved like a dancer, which is not surprising. A horse is a beautiful animal,
but he is perhaps most remarkable because he moves as if he always hears music.”
— Mark Helprin, A Winter’s Tale
“When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.” — Cree Prophecy
“…the year’s last, loveliest smile.” ― William Cullen Bryant
Weekly Photo Challenge: It’s Not This Time of Year Without…
Maverick Mist 