Pray Hard. Live Easy.

Chianti vineyards in Tuscany , originally uploaded by B℮n . “People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” – the Dalai Lama

Urban Safari , originally uploaded by Linda's Many Muses . We have mansions of imagination within us, yet we leave them unattended for so long. - @megganwatterson

The stage is set -- just waiting for the actors. , originally uploaded by algo . ‎"Don’t worry about achieving. Don’t worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can." Pema Chodron

On My Side , originally uploaded by Boy_Wonder . ‎"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future." - Paul Boese

Emerald Harbor , originally uploaded by Linda's Many Muses . I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. - Sufi Proverb

London Eye , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . "Recognize that there are ties between us, all men and women living on the earth, ties of hope and love, sister and brotherhood. We are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children can grow free and strong. We are bound together by the task that stands before us and the road that lies ahead. We are bound. We are bound." -James Taylor, Shed a Little Light

Untitled , originally uploaded by ryantatar . "Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

swimming pools , originally uploaded by SARAΗ LEE . ‎"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -James Thurber

Untitled , originally uploaded by mister sullivan . "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe." ~Saint Augustine

Hobbit Road? , originally uploaded by algo . "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has." ~Epictetus

Inner pleas , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Eckhart Tolle

Faithful Stewards , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . "A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune." - Andrew Carnegie Frequent reflections in Skibo Castle (the place where I tap away today) shaped and refreshed Mr. Carnegie, a man with millions of wishes and billions granted. Inspired by faith, his vision was lit with an ever-lasting flame and surrounded by a crowd of heroes. The blessing of stepping foot on the trail has etched a crevice of desire in my soul to be filled with purpose in brave pursuits, as day by day we're shown the Way. "My chief happiness as I write these lines lies in the thot that even after I pass away the welth that came to me to administer as a sacred trust for the good of my fellow men is to continue to benefit humanity for generations untold, under your devoted and sympathetic guidance and that of your successors, who cannot fail to be good and able men." - Andrew Carnegie

Adventure Time , originally uploaded by Boy_Wonder . "Confidence, like art, never comes from having all the answers, it comes from being open to all the questions." -Early Grey Stevens

Olympic moments , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . "The soul has been given its own ears to hear things that the mind does not understand." ~ Rumi

Oscar Pistorius , originally uploaded by Karva Javi . You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have." - Oscar Pistorius

Pommel_5616 , originally uploaded by Peter Warne-Epping Forest . “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius

Fairy tale , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . "You and your beloved are walking a path never walked in exactly the same way by anyone else who has ever lived. You do not take a breath, think a thought, have a wisp of feeling that existed before, and the intimacy you build together will never be known again." - Deepak Chopra, on sacred love

Victory , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . "When I despair I remember that throughout history, truth and love have always won." --Gandhi

High rise , originally uploaded by colby hanks - pray hard. live easy. . Each day that we surrender to sacred love, it grows. - PH.LE.

“Without knowing its extraordinary power one cannot give THE HEART the preponderant influence it should have.” -I. S. DeLubicz,

Untitled , originally uploaded by IrenaS . King once said - "I do not say burn baby burn. I say organize, organize, organize." via Sean Carasso, Falling Whistles

Stairway in the Green , originally uploaded by Atychiphobia . "Be silent. That heart speaks without tongue or lips." ~ Rumi

London 2012 Opening search lights , originally uploaded by Ray Wise . Lifetimes of preparation cashing in; historical boundaries wildly surpassed; the crowds cheer proudly and for a moment, everyone feels connected to the win. What a glorious feeling, sharing vicotry with the world.