it’s not about what you have or even what you’ve accomplished… It’s about who you’ve lifted up, who you’ve made better. It’s about what you’ve given back.” — Denzel Washington * * * Day’s end, Newport, R.I. – Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
in fetching some gold from the sun.” — Gustav Kirchoff * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
for danger and heartache and laughter, for a life beyond fear, a life that got bigger, really got bigger, as it receded.” — Jonathan Evison “We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond.” — Zack Wamp * * * Leaving Tanzania, heading out over Indian Ocean to … More “He prayed for clear skies and discovery,
and sit in silence and kind of meditate. Nature is calming, and it’s nice to go out there and clear my head.” — Devon Werkheiser “Your best ideas, those eureka moments that turn the world upside down, seldom come when you’re juggling emails, rushing to meet the 5 P.M. deadline or straining to make your … More “I like to sit in my backyard. I go out on the hammock…
And if our times are difficult and perplexing, so are they challenging and filled with opportunity.” — Robert Kennedy Promising Reflections. Photo by Jane Kelsey © 2015
the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.” — Kristin Armstrong * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2015
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 * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
“Brilliance is neither a fashion or a style, a trend or an ambience! It’s an awakening of our luminous ingenuity.” — Jasmina Siderovski * * * Evening boat cruise reflections on the New River, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Photo by Capt. Lauralee Conklin
Sometimes I sit with my back pressed against a wall of sky, until the winds shift and the clouds pass by. * * * Poem, Wall of Sky by Mary O’Connor, originally published in Dreams of a Wingless Child © 2007 Wheatmark, Tuscon, Ariz. © 2007. Photo, Charles W. Morgan whaling ship docked in New London, CT, by Jan … More Wall of Sky
the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.” – Edgar Allan Poe * * * Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 