Pray Hard. Live Easy.

day three o seven. add color to my sunset sky. , uploaded by ::reflecting truth:: . “ My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement. -Joe vs. the volcano (via simply.present - closertotheocean - breathsoftruth )

worth gold , by hkvam Every situation, every moment - is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

notting hill photo by one of my favs,  Steve Ullathorne Milestones make life feel so real, surreal at times! It's the eve of my 25th, and after an thrilling weekend of tromping this stunning city to visit favourite places, new faces, and 5 special stateside embraces, I'm completely awe-inspired. More to come, just need a little time to soak in the million little miracles of this past year. A thousand thanks to open-soul friends near and far, past, present, future . There's no hobby I cherish more than watching lives blooming before our eyes! Hope you have a fabulously fascinating week. xx

Desire Strikes,  by colbyhanks "How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone." Coco Chanel

photo from Kate Towers “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mohandas Gandhi

image via Rainier "The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do." ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

image via Toast "I love how it makes me feel. It's like my heart is trying to hug my brain!" Kenneth, 30 Rock ...oh yes, a quote on coffee...

Image from Kristina Love is love. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is, everything exists, only because I love. ~ Leo Tolstoy

"Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be."  Ralph Waldo Emerson Seek and ye shall find. 

Cherish. Reminisce.  Mock  . Send an  eCard  . Whatever you enjoy .   Stir , excite, humor , warm someone's day . Find someone (something?) to love. There world is full of surprises for every open heart... Cheers to yours .

小綠櫻綻 Pink Bloom , by John&Fish . "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." ~ Maya Angelou ..now I'm curious about your rules for life!

Scrumptious, swoon-able quotes and ideas from Marta . "I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon." ~Author Unknown

Manhattan bridge Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun. ~ George Scialabba

one (snow)man-planet , originally uploaded by HamburgerJung . More snow in the forecast this week... !!

Thrilled, blessed, humbled, inspired to be working with kids again at last!

"Smooth waters makes a poor sailor." -Charlie Jones “If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts.” Francis Picabia via The Impossible Cool

“Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world.”  Charles Eames

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

May Anne Frank's unfailing love and courageous faith reach you in your corner of the world today, no matter how sunny, free, or confined. Faith surpasses circumstance. All is not only relative, all is related. I set off to pull one of her quotes and found about 50. I hope at least one inspires you, right where you are.  We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? ...And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.... Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we