A Spark from another...

A Spark from another, originally uploaded by mitchcraft II

At times our own light goes out
and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude
of those who have lighted the flame within us.

~Albert Schweitzer

Not Enough Darkness...

Not enough darkness, originally uploaded by mitchcraft II

There is not enough darkness in the world
to snuff out the light of even one small candle...

- Marian Wright Edelman

The Art of Life...

Painting of Paradise, originally uploaded by Flowers4zoe
Photo taken by Sean Montreal
Canberra, Australia

You hold the brush..
Your emotions the colors...
The way you paint your sky is the art of life...
Paint it brightly with cheerfulness
And let the shine casts upon the others..

©Stacey Phillip

I Believe...

Untitled, originally uploaded by Fayebatka

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining…
in love even when I am alone…
and in God even when He is silent.

~ Inscription found on a wall in Germany
by someone hiding from Nazi concentration camps.

Keep the fire burning...

Burning Logs, originally uploaded by Ursina Calouri

To keep the fire burning brightly theres 1 easy rule:
Keep the two logs together,
near enough to keep each other warm
and far enough apart about a fingers breadth-for breathing room.
Good fire, good marriage, same rule.

~Marnie Reed Crowell~
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Can't long be hidden...

Three things..., originally uploaded by detta

Three things cannot long be hidden
the sun,
the moon,
and the truth...

~Buddha

Step of Faith...

Step of Faith, originally uploaded by inhisimage

Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see where you are going.

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your world for a moment...

My World for a Moment, originally uploaded by Flowers4zoe
Photo taken by Sean Montreal
Canberra, Australia

When you take a flower in your hand
and really look at it,
it's your world for the moment.
I want to give that world to someone else.
Most people in the city rush around so,
they have no time to look at a flower.
I want them to see it .

-Georgia O keefe

...Only then...

The Ocean, originally uploaded by mifuui

I dropped a tear in the ocean.
The day you find it is the day
I will stop loving you...
Only then.

- Author Unknown

Eternity in an hour...

Eternity, originally uploaded by soulsister

To see a world
in a grain of sand and
a heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm
of your hand and
eternity in an hour.

(William Blake - Auguries of Innocence)

Sacrifices are the sweetest delight...

Two Souls, posted by laurens28

"When two souls, which have sought each other
for however long in the throng,
have finally found each other,
when they have seen that they are matched,
are in sympathy and compatible,
in a word, that they are alike,
there is then established for ever between them a union,
fiery and pure as they themselves are,
a union which begins on earth and continues for ever in heaven.
This union is love, true love,
such as in truth very few men can conceive of,
that love which is a religion,
which deifies the loved one,
whose life comes from devotion and passion,
and for which the greatest sacrifices are the sweetest delights."

- Victor Hugo (to Adele Foucher)

A better place...

Dawn has Broken, originally uploaded by jvx2


Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

~Sidney Sheldon

The Opened Door...

Puerta Abierta, originally uploaded by Bachmont

When one door of happiness closes, another opens;
but often we look so long at the closed door
that we do not see which one has been opened for us.

~Helen Keller~

Get up and be Happy...

Good Morning Everyone, originally uploaded by Mike_ tn

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy...
is to set our own conditions to the events of each day.
To do this is to condition circumstances
instead of being conditioned by them.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hope is...

A Sign from God, originally uploaded by Tijs Van Bragt

Hope is

the thing
with feathers
that perches
in the soul
and sings the
tune without
words
and never stops
at all.

~Emily Dickinson~

Live as if...

Wheeee, originally uploaded by i s m a e l

Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Laugh.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Continue to learn.
Appreciate your friends.
Choose with no regret.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.

~Maryann Radmacher~

The lovely stars...

Forget-me-not, originally uploaded by Balakov

Silently, one by one,
in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars,
the forget-me-nots of the angels.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

One-winged Angels...

Embraced flight, originally uploaded by See El Photo

We are each of us angels with only one wing,
and we can only fly by embracing one another.

~Luciano de Crescenzo

He who is humble...

Dock in the water, originally uploaded by lukescheminger

He who is humble is confident and wise.
He who brags is insecure and lacking.

~ Lisa Edmondson

It's never between you and them...

People are often unreasonable,
irrational, and self-centered,
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
people may accuse you of selfish,
ulterior motives,
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful,
you will win some unfaithful friends
and some genuine enemies,
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere
people may deceive you
Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating
others could destroy overnight,
Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness
some may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today
will often be forgotten.
Do good anyway.

Give the best you have,
and it may never be enough.
Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis it is between you and God
It was never between you and them anyway.

~Mother Teresa~