Getting Back In Balance

"We must not...ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot forsee."

-Marian Wright Edelman

Opportunity Is Knocking!

"If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then begin by realizing that you are the author and everyday you have the opportunity to write a new page."

-Mark Houlahan

Listening To Yourself

"There was a disturbance in my heart, a voice that spoke there and said, I want, I want, I want! It happened every afternoon, and when I tried to suppress it, it got even stronger..."

-Saul Bellow

Pampering Ourselves

"Yes, there is a Nirvanah: it is in leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem."

-Kahlil Gibran

Giving Thanks

"I thank You God for this most amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes."

-e.e. cummings

Living Your Passion

"The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle."

-Anais Nin

Honoring Your Truth

"Speaking from the heart frees us from the secrets that burden us. These secrets are what make us sick or fearful. Speaking truth helps you get clarity on your real heart directives."

-Sara Paddison

Being Your Own Best Friend

"To love one's self is the beginning of a life-long romance."

-Oscar Wilde

Giving Yourself Friends

"A friend is a present you give yourself."

-Robert Louis Stevenson

Awakening To Your Desires

“Imagine living one day from the center of your being, from the center of love, doing exactly what you want--
releasing everybody’s desires for you, bringing any responses to them into your heart center and...doing what is loving to yourself. Picture this now.”

-Sanaya Roman

Loving What Is

"If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is.'"

-Wayne Dyer

Accepting Your Love

”If we really love ourselves, everything in our life works.”

-Louise L. Hay

Celebrating Your Beauty

"People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering."

-St. Augustine

Being Simply Happy

"As you forget self in service to others, you will find that, without seeking it, your own cup of happiness will be full."

-Yogananda

Loving What You Do

"...for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?"

And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

-Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios

Being True To Yourself

"Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer."

-Barbara Kingsolver