pixels 'n prose

How strange that the nature of life is change,

yet the nature of human beings is to resist change. 

And how ironic that the difficult times we fear might ruin us 

are the very ones that can break us open and help us 

blossom into who we were meant to be.

~ Elizabeth Lesser

pixels 'n prose

Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.

~ Matsuo Bashō

of strength and determination

Permanence, perseverance and persistence

in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: 

It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. 

~ Thomas Carlyle  

heart lights

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

~ Khalil Gibran   

path of gold

The clearest way to the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

~John Muir 

 

strength

Strength does not come from physical capacity. 

It comes from an indomitable will.

~ Mahatma Gandhi  

wooly graffiti

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

~ Albert Einstein  

flutterbliss

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;

Lengthen night and shorten day!

Every leaf speaks bliss to me,

Fluttering from the autumn tree...

~ Emily Brontë  

solitude

Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. 

 Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. 

~ Hans Margolius  

I'm aiming to balance work with play this weekend,

How about you? Maybe a visit to a local pumpkin patch??

Do tell!!!

Have a good one! xo

off the fence

Never, never be afraid to do what's right, 

especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. 

Society's punishments are small
compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul 

when we look the other way.

~ Martin Luther King, Jr.  

off the fence sock pattern designed by me

in BMFA RSC 'hope springs eternal' (March kit)

rest

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. 

 ~ Ovid  

note to self

No matter what looms ahead, 

if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today 

enjoy it and bless God for it.

~ Henry Ward Beecher  

being better

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. 

Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors.

Try to be better than yourself.

~ William Faulkner  

pixels 'n prose

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.

~ John Burroughs 

optimism

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

~ Helen Keller   

pixels 'n prose

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. 

 ~John Ruskin  

happiness

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have,

but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

~Frederick Keonig  

regarding play

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.

~E.E. Cummings  

pixels 'n prose

In the cherry blossom's shade

there's no such thing

as a stranger.

~Kobayashi Issa  

pixels 'n prose

April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

~William Shakespeare