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Iron Blow landscape (by thoughtfactory)

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:40:12 -0700

Iron Blow landscape (by thoughtfactory)

"There is a great choice that awaits us every day: whether we go around carving holes in others..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:20:09 -0700

“There is a great choice that awaits us every day: whether we go around carving holes in others because we have been so painfully carved ourselves, or whether we let spirit play its song through our tender experience, enabling us to listen, as well, to the miraculous music coming through others.”

- ― Mark Nepo, Finding Inner Courage

Lighthouse (by Daniel R Thompson)

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:40:12 -0700

Lighthouse (by Daniel R Thompson)

"From the rotting tree felled by lightning to the water re-smoothing after the whale dives down,..."

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:20:32 -0700

“From the rotting tree felled by lightning to the water re-smoothing after the whale dives down, everything is of equal sanctity and grace. From the darkness we can’t see through to the tenderness of a grandfather afraid to speak, everything and everyone is a teacher. Each flower, each bird, each suffering, great and small, each eroded stone and crack in that stone, each question rising from each crack—every aspect of life holds some insight that can help us live. We can learn and deepen from anything anywhere.”

- Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Canada & New York State)

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:40:24 -0700

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Canada & New York State)

"All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:20:14 -0700

“All my life, I have made it complicated, but it is so simple. I love when I love. And when I love, I am myself.”

- Hugh Prather, Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person

Tree (by ►CubaGallery)

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:40:06 -0700

Tree (by ►CubaGallery)

"The moments that hold mystery, whether dressed in pain or wonder, wait to be treated with respect..."

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:20:25 -0700

“The moments that hold mystery, whether dressed in pain or wonder, wait to be treated with respect and sincerity; as if a message was carved in stone for you before you were born, and a storm has washed it ashore just in time, and you need all the help you can get to decipher its meaning. And we will be found by our teachers repeatedly—be they the moon, the thief, or the tiger—until we can uncover their meaning.”

- Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk

Australia (by ►CubaGallery)

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:40:25 -0700

Australia (by ►CubaGallery)

"Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this..."

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:20:26 -0700

“Believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.”

- Rainer Maria Rilke

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer)

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:40:07 -0700

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer)

"If you are going to be courageous, an example for all those who are ready to step into their power,..."

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:20:07 -0700

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If you are going to be courageous, an example for all those who are ready to step into their power, then you must be willing to show the world all of who you are. You must have the guts to throw off the chains of modesty and mediocrity in order to be the light that the world needs.

A warrior’s daily prayer is to have the strength to love all of herself, the courage to listen to what she is guided to do, and the confidence to go out, stand tall, and deliver her gifts to the world.

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- Debbie Ford

(via Icelands)

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:40:25 -0700

(via Icelands)

"In a world that lives like a fist mercy is not more than waking with your hands open."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:20:11 -0700

“In a world that lives like a fist
mercy is not more than waking
with your hands open.”

- ― Mark Nepo

Landscape (by ►CubaGallery)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:41:00 -0700

Landscape (by ►CubaGallery)

"You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:20:25 -0700

““You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality.””

- Florida Scott Maxwell

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Antarctica 2001)

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:41:00 -0700

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Antarctica 2001)

"Spiritual progress is like detoxification. Things have to come up in order to be released. Once we..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:20:30 -0700

“Spiritual progress is like detoxification.
Things have to come up in order to be released.
Once we have asked to be healed,
then our unhealed places are forced to the surface.”

- Marianne Williamson

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Yemen Socotra)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:40:27 -0700

(via Josef Hoflehner Photographer | Yemen Socotra)

"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice…it is conformity."

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:20:25 -0700

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice…it is conformity.”

- Rollo May