The Secret to Happiness and Contentment

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

– Lao Tzu

The whole world belongs to you . . . pay attention.
The whole world belongs to you . . . pay attention.

Every Little Thing We Do Is Important

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

– Blessed Mother Teresa

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Turn Your Face to the Sun

Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you.

– Maori proverb

You can see what happens when the sun is at your back!
You can see what happens when the sun is at your back!

Develop the Capacity to Appreciate

Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy.

– Abraham H. Maslow

Grocery shopping with fresh eyes
Grocery shopping with fresh eyes – a fun thing to do at Pike’s Market in Seattle

The Closeness of God

Will you ever understand how near God is to you?

Lalla, fourteenth century C.E.

How do you sense God's closeness?
How do you sense God’s closeness?

Helen Keller’s Words of Wisdom

So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.

– Helen Keller

So much has been given to me!
So much has been given to me!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Family

Truly, Earth is our family, and we need to help her to flourish as much as diligently as we prepare our children for the future.

We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.

– Native American Proverb

And our earth family awaits our reply
And our earth family awaits our reply

Finding a Way to Peace

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

– A.J. Muste

Wherever we walk, let us walk in peace
Wherever we walk, let us walk in peace

To See Afresh

The freshness of my eyes is given to me in prayer.

– Attributed to the Prophet Muhammad

Looking at the clouds with fresh eyes
Looking at the clouds with fresh eyes

Wisdom from Galileo

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.

– Galileo Galilei

Ripening grapes in Sonoma, California
Ripening grapes in Sonoma, California