“When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive presence, inevitably you think your art, whatever it may be, as the gift you have made to the world in acknowledgement of the gift you have been given, which is the life itself….That work is not an expression of the desire for praise or recognition, or prizes, but the deepest manifestation of your gratitude for the gift of life.” ---- Stanley Kunitz
"There is a soul force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results". ---- Mahatma Gandhi
"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my
vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." -- Audre Lorde.
Thoughts have the peculiar quality of becoming their physical equivalents -- Napoleon Hill
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Thanks to everyone who has sent me a kind word. When I'm feeling down...they are like food for my soul. I am forever greatful.
