Your character is what you really are…
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden
Be who you are and say what you feel…
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” – Dr Seuss This photo was taken at the Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, Queens. The sculpture in the photo is called “Cenotaph” by Adriana Farmiga and it’s wonderfully deceiving. On either side is […]
Been gone too long…
I didn’t expect to take a 2 month hiatus but pregnancy can do that to you I guess. I lost my focus but I’m getting re-inspired and hope to have quite a few posts here for you in the next few days, weeks, months. If there is a lapse, it’s due to my belly getting […]
Be glad of life…
“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to live and to work and to play and to look up at the stars” -Henry Van Dyke Last hyacinth photo for a while…I’ll be throwing in some more variety…just couldn’t get over how beautiful they are…if only I could transmit the lovely smell as […]
The life around me…
“I must interpret the life around me as I interpret the life that is my own. My life is full of meaning to me. The life around me must be full of significance to itself. If I am to expect others to respect my life, then I must respect the other life I see, however […]
Delicious ambiguity…
“I wanted a perfect ending… Now, I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity” –Gilda Radner […]
I would rather be a superb meteor…
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to […]
It is only with gratitude that life becomes rich…
“In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich”. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer I am grateful for the weather slowly warming up, the small buds beginning to form on my favorite tree, for the lighter evenings, and the gorgeous […]
At this moment…
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. – Oprah Winfrey Ingredients for homemade spaghetti and meatballs
Generosity of soul…
“To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness , and kindness” –Confucius