“Our greatest glory
March 2, 2015
is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Confucious * * * Morikami Japanese Gardens, Delray Beach, Florida, photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
Category: Nature
“The imagination is man’s power over nature.” — Wallace Stevens
February 26, 2015
“The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.” — Bryant H. McGill * * * “Art in Public Places” Las Olas Riverwalk sculpture, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; artists Gina Grosso and Neda Mokhtari; donated by Nova University School; photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“In the school of mortality,
February 19, 2015
we experience tenderness, love, kindness, happiness, sorrow, disappointment, pain, and even the challenges of physical limitations in ways that prepare us for eternity.” — David A. Bednar * * * Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“Every day you should dip your soul into beauty…
February 9, 2015
Meditation is the means to see beauty in the soul, which is the source of all beauty.” — Hari Prasad Shastri “Quiet the mind and the soul will speak.” — Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati * * * Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2015
“The more often we see the things around us…
February 5, 2015
even the beautiful and wonderful things — the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds — even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.” – Joseph B. … More “The more often we see the things around us…
“Strange to see how a good dinner…
February 2, 2015
and feasting reconciles everybody.” — Samuel Pepys * * * Egret photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
“Real freedom
January 29, 2015
lies in wildness, not in civilization.” — Charles Lindbergh * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“We need the tonic of wildness,
January 22, 2015
to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow hen lurk, and hear the booming of the snipe; to smell the whispering sedge where only some wilder and more solitary fowl builds her nest, and the mink crawls with its belly close to the ground.” — Henry David Thoreau * * * Gray’s … More “We need the tonic of wildness,
“For a selfie, it’s not about the pose,
January 19, 2015
it’s about you. There’s a reason why you look great in the picture or you look great in real life, because someone has caught the essence of who you are, and a pose is not you.” — Nigel Barker * * * Muscovy duck photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2015
“If all you do is look out for yourself, then…
January 15, 2015
you’re not really looking out for yourself. Taking care of those that love and care about you is critical. Living just for yourself is not really living.” — Jose N. Harris * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 