I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming. ― Daniel Keyes, Flowers … Continue reading Quote for Today: Daniel Keyes
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Quote for Today: Wally Lamb
“We are like water, aren’t we? We can be fluid, flexible when we have to be. But strong and destructive, too.” And something else, I think to myself. Like water, we mostly follow the path of least resistance. ―Wally Lamb, We Are Water Katherine McDaniel, Johnson's Shut-Ins, Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, MO, 2016 … Continue reading Quote for Today: Wally Lamb
Quote for Today: Hope Bradford
Continue down the path that makes you feel fulfilled. Those who continue on an unrewarding path for the sake of only monetary gain are displaying a lack of trust in life. Continuing in such a mistrustful way will only bring impoverishment. Following one’s heart, continuing on one’s divine path can bring abundance. ―Hope Bradford, Beneficial … Continue reading Quote for Today: Hope Bradford
Quote for Today: Raven Davies
The dark and the light, they exist side by side, Sometimes overlapping, one explaining the other. The darkened path is as illuminated as the lightened, Only the fear of the dark keeps us from seeing our way. ―Raven Davies, Between Here & There
Quote for Today: Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
If you desire the path of sincerity, develop a love for obscurity. Flee from the clatter and clinks of fame. Be like the roots of a tree; it keeps the tree upright and gives it life, but it itself is hidden underneath the earth and eyes cannot see it. ―Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak
Quote for Today: Richelle E. Goodrich
People will insist on building high and wide barriers directly in your path, often with the intent of closing you in. If you treat these obstacles like fencing walls, they will prove mightily so. I choose to see them as grand towers meant to be scaled and conquered, providing an added victory as well as … Continue reading Quote for Today: Richelle E. Goodrich
Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe. ―Paulo … Continue reading Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
What Lies Between: Exploring the Japanese Tea Garden
Transitioning from busy exterior lives to our private lives is difficult. How do we keep a quiet place for ourselves? The Japanese tea ceremony, cha-no-yu, and tea garden, roji, evolved from traditions and tea from China. The Buddhist monk Eichū was the first person acknowledged to celebrate the ceremony in Japan during the 9th Century, after returning … Continue reading What Lies Between: Exploring the Japanese Tea Garden
Quote for Today: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote for Today: Richard Wright
One walks along a street and strays unknowingly from one's path; one then looks up suddenly for those familiar landmarks of orientation, and, seeing none, one feels lost. Panic drapes the look of the world in a strangeness, and the more one stares blankly at the world, the stranger it looks, the more hideously frightening … Continue reading Quote for Today: Richard Wright