The most common way
people give up their power is
by thinking they don't have
any.
~ Alice Walker
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There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is a miracle.
~Albert Einstein
Friendship
Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination
in two persons to promote
the good and happiness in one another.
~Eustace Budgell
Dragons
The dragon lives in the sky, ocean,
marshes, and mountains; and the
mountains are also its cranium.
It's voice thunders and jingles like
copper pans. It breathes fire and
water; and sometimes the dragon
is one, sometimes many.
Maxine Hong Kingston
Fragile
I broke
something today,
and I realized I should break
something once a week
to remind me
how fragile life is.
Vida
They threw us away
but forgot
we are seeds.
~Clarissa Pinkola Estes' friend~
Perspective
I have stared long enough at the glowing flat rectangles of computer screens. Let us give more time for doing things in the real world...plant a plant, walk the dogs, read a real book, go to the opera. ~ Edward Tufte
Paradox
I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes. Maxine Hong Kingston
Healing
“Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.”
Mental Illness
My doctor asked if anyone in my family suffered from mental illness. I said, "No, we all seem to enjoy it."
Jeff’s daily humor
