Reader, I've filled my 2021 collage journal with these words and would humbly like to share them with you:
Winter reminds us that every living thing, including us, needs quiet time.
The world is full of magical things waiting for us to notice.
"Books are the destination and the journey. They are home." Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)
When the astronauts looked back, they saw that what they were leaving behind was perhaps even more beautiful than where they were going.
Acknowledging the good you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle (b. 1948)
A healthy wish: To live simply. To sit by the window when it rains and read books, and never be tested on them.
Another healthy wish: To fall asleep when the moon is high and wake up slowly without penalty.
Go ahead, write about your life; it's completely yours.
"[Books are] the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn't only belong to the writer. It belongs to the reader as well. And then together you make it what it is." Paul Auster (b. 1947)
Trees have given us shelter, food, warmth and healing for all of human existence. Now we must care for them with love.
"Life is to be lived, not controlled." Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994)
"Make your life a little easier, especially in your head." unknown
What we pay attention to thrives. What we ignore fades away. So place your attention carefully.
"It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world." Mary Oliver (1935-2019)
Peace doesn't mean no noise, trouble or effort; it means to be in the midst of these and more, yet still be calm in mind and heart.
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little." Plato (428-348 BCE)
Change is inevitable. It's OK to change your point of view, change your priorities, change your beliefs, your mind, your behavior . . . .
"One short sleep past, we wake eternally." John Donne (1572-1631)
There's more to come, and some of it will be beautiful.
Just connecting to beauty is consoling. It helps us know the best we can do; the worst gets so much publicity.
As life progresses, there are certain things we just have to get used to.
"Something that is loved is never lost." Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
"You are never stronger . . . than when you land on the other side of despair." Zadie Smith (b. 1975)
It's easy to love life when everything is new to you, but surprising to still love every day as I get older.
We don't live to ourself or die to ourself. If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's. Romans 14:7-8
How wonderful when you realize that you can save yourself. How amazing it is to be brave without forethought.
Learn to stop rushing things that need time to grow.
Sometimes just going forward is superhuman. Give yourself credit.
A Star led the way to the Light of the World.
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