Perspective
May 25, 2017
“Perspective is everything when you are experiencing the challenges of life.” — Joni Eareckson Tada * * * “The Day’s View” — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Category: quotations
Hanging around
May 22, 2017
“I’m happiest when I’m just hanging out with my friends…it really doesn’t matter what we do.” — Kirsten Dunst * * * Cormorants, just hanging out. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Here and Now
May 18, 2017
“Happiness, not in another place but this place … not for another hour, but this hour.” — Walt Whitman * * * In the Moment — View from Hatchett’s Point, Waterford, Connecticut — photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Relaxed
May 15, 2017
“Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.” — Indra Devi * * * Hooded Mergansers, Oyster River, Old Saybrook, Ct — Photo by … More Relaxed
New Beginnings
May 11, 2017
“And suddenly you know… It’s time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” — Meister Eckhart * * * Fresh Start — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Peace
May 4, 2017
“When despair for the world grows in me…I go and lie down where…the great heron feeds, I come into the peace of wild things….” Listen here to Wendell Berry read the complete The Peace of Wild Things as published in Wendell Berry, New Collected Poems © Counterpoint, 3/26/2013. * * * Great Blue Heron, watercolor painting … More Peace
Just Wait
May 1, 2017
“Life was always a matter of waiting for the right moment to act.” — Paulo Coelho * * * Waiting to Fully Be — Daffodils-in-wait photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Rear view
April 27, 2017
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson * * * Straight Ahead — Swan photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Competition
April 24, 2017
“Life is not a competition. Life is about helping others and inspiring others so we can each reach our potential.” — Kim Chase * * * Pablo Sandoval, Boston Red Sox; Fenway Park, Boston, April 16, 2017, Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
In the pink
April 13, 2017
“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit.” — B.K.S. Lyengar “Pink isn’t just a color, it’s an attitude!” — Miley Cyrus * * * Plain Pink! — Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2017
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 