“And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.” — Laura Bush Miriam Epstein, founder of Books to Dreams, helps children open such doors. In her interview in Life Is Full of Sweet Spots, Miriam notes that the best way to experience joy is … More “Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers.
“even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.” — Henry Miller * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“Whatever today may bring, remember, you are strong, so chin up, smile on and face everything head on.” — Tiana Webb * * * Painted turtles sunning, photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
“but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” ― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea * * * Life Is Full of Sweet Spots – An Exploration of Joy Fountain drops photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“We become like mushrooms, living in the dark, with poop up to our chins. If you want to know only what you already know, you’re dying. You’re saying: Leave me alone; I don’t mind this little rathole. It’s warm and dry. Really, it’s fine. When nothing new can get in, that’s death. When oxygen can’t … More “If we stay where we are, where we’re stuck, where we’re comfortable and safe, we die there.
“You can either stand there, letting the water wash over you and your feet sink deeper into the wet sand… or you can get out of the way. You can move up the beach – or off the beach, if you want. The point is to not get stuck.” ― Tricia Rayburn * * * … More “When the tides change, you have two choices…
“down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening.” — Charles Dickens, Great Expectations * * * Bass Hole at Gray’s Beach, Yarmouth Port, … More “Ours was the marsh country,
“I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.” — Gustav Mahler At 1,815 ft/553.33 m, the CN Tower is the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere and a signature icon of the Toronto, Canada skyline. With 1,776 steps to reach the main deck level, and another 2,579 to the … More “When I have reached a summit,
“I feel a little more at home in this universe, a little more comfortable in the nest.” — Bill Moyers * * * Baby mourning doves in nest, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“…delphiniums in shades of blue and lavender, poppies, lilies in all their splendor… The sight is breathtaking and pulls your soul in close to the peacefulness we all crave.” — Barbara Parsons Barbara wrote these words to picture a world for which she yearned while serving time behind the walls of a correctional institution. The image … More Reawaken through flowers
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