limitless

spirits among us, originally uploaded by McBeth.

In the material world, there are limitations. We always want more, but in the spiritual world, just a short prayer and you're infinitely content.

-- HH The 14th Dalai Lama

thank you, and safe passage

leaning into light, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

-- Buddha

rebuke the darkness

rear view mirror, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world.

-- William Shakespeare

a little faith

face it, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I still say a church steeple with a lightening rod on top shows a lack of confidence.

-- Doug McLeod

jammed up

overflowing, originally uploaded by McBeth.

There's the given and the expected
I count my blessings while I eye what I've neglected
Is this for better is this for worse
You're all jammed up and the dam's about to burst.

I hear the owl in the night
I realize that some things never are made right
By some will we string together here
Days to months and months to years
What if everything we have adds up to nothing.

-- Indigo Girls

the best things

a watched pot, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret.

-- Ben Okri

virtue isms

the other way, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is, like class feeling, patriotism, save-your-soul-ism, and other virtues, a mean exclusiveness at bottom.

-- Thomas Hardy

well seasoned

harbinger, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Summer makes me drowsy.
Autumn makes me sing.
Winter's pretty lousy,
but I hate Spring.

-- Dorothy Parker

prodigy

two tracked mind, originally uploaded by McBeth.

If I was the protagonist of a movie, she said, I’d be they lady who, no matter how many times she tries, could not remember the differences between the movie theater that offers terrific afternoon matinee prices and that other one.

what are you suggesting

bean juice, originally uploaded by McBeth.

If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning.

-- Mae West

one out of four

gravity holds us down, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

-- Rita Mae Brown

directionals

reading leaves, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us-and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

-- Louisa May Alcott

making plans

princess daydreams, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

-- Gloria Steinem

surprises

red shutter, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The remarkable thing is that it is the crowded life that is most easily remembered. A life full of turns, achievements, disappointments, surprises, and crises is a life full of landmarks. The empty life has even its few details blurred, and cannot be remembered with certainty.

-- Eric Hoffer

choices

possibilities, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Remember to be gentle with yourself and others. We are all children of chance and none can say why some fields will blossom while others lay brown beneath the August sun. Care for those around you. Look past your differences. Their dreams are no less than yours, their choices no more easily made. And give, give in any way you can, of whatever you posses. To give is to love. To withhold is to wither. Care less for your harvest than for how it is shared and your life will have meaning and your heart will have peace.

-- Kent Nerburn

watching for signs

mum, originally uploaded by McBeth.

I used to wait for a sign, she said, before I did anything. Then one night I had a dream & an angel in black tights came to me & said, you can start any time now, & then I asked is this a sign? & the angel started laughing & I woke up. Now, I think the whole world is filled with signs, but if there's no laughter, I know they're not for me.

Brian Andreas, Story People

fleet

steadfast foundations, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot.

-- Bob Dylan

theirs to ours

wanilla wodka, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Maybe it's other people's reactions to us that makes us who we are.

-- Fox Mulder

un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq

five cubes, originally uploaded by McBeth.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever.

-- Chinese proverb

weapons down

getout 'n stayout, originally uploaded by McBeth.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

-- Mahatma Gandhi