“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” — Eleanor Roosevelt “The American flag doesn’t give her glory on a peaceful, calm day. It’s when the winds pick up and become boisterous, do we see her strength.” ― Anthony Liccione * * * Old Glory ~ Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2018
who doesn’t believe in you or who thinks your head is too big or you’re not smart enough. But those are the people you need to ignore, and those are the times you need to just keep doing what you love doing.” — Jimmy Fallon * * * Photo by Jan Logozzo © 2015
for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.” — Henry Miller “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.” — Jack Ma Florida’s tabebuia trees erupt each spring for a short two to three weeks in … More “Every moment is a golden one
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
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
“You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient.” — Swami Sivananda
“before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” — John Quincy Adams * * * Life Sculptures at the Bee and the Thistle Inn, Old Lyme. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 