7/30/07

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically. The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habitats, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. ~ D.H. Lawrence

7/26/07

from my friend joe:
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs left on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today." So she did and she had a wonderful day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. "Hmmmm," she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today." So she did and she had a grand day. The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. "Well," she said, "Today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had her best day, so far! The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. "Yahoo!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!"

…our ability to grow is directly proportional to an ability to entertain the uncomfortable. ~ Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit

7/24/07

Eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. ~ Hans Hoffman

7/23/07

The difficulties, hardships, and trials of life, the obstacles one encounters on the road to fortune, are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance. Peril is the element in which power is developed. ~ William Matthews

7/19/07

We've got something he doesn’t have. We've got something worth fighting for. ~ Harry Potter, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

7/17/07

7/16/07

Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. ~ Douglas Adams

7/13/07

Either you let your life slip away by not doing the things you want to do, or you get up and do them. ~ Carl Ally

7/12/07

Love is shown in your deeds, not in your words. ~ Fr. Jerome Cummings

happy birthday to the man who shows me every day....;)

7/10/07

The basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or a curse. ~ Carlos Castaneda

7/9/07

Django: This is the way things are; you can't change nature.
Remy: Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide
~ Ratatouille

7/6/07

Who can afford to be without beauty? Beauty fills us with passion; it graces us with joy and lights up our existence. A landscape, a piece of music, a film, a dance - suddenly all dreariness is gone, we are left bewitched, we are dazzled. If we get lost in dark despair, beauty takes us back to the Center. With its colorful spontaneity, it regenerates our lives. Beauty changes the force of gravity. It is the promise of a world where all contradictions and pain have vanished. Embrace it, and all greed disappears, for in that moment you are completely disinterested, you are innocent. To savor the beautiful means to glimpse complete goodness, an unconditional yes to life. ~ Piero Ferrucci, Inevitable Grace

7/3/07

Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. ~ Batman Begins

7/2/07

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon. ~ Edgar Magnin