Pray Hard. Live Easy.

~ Goodbye sun ~ , originally uploaded by ~Fussel~ . Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. ~ Goethe

New hat and a hula hoop , originally uploaded by fd . So, like a forgotten fire, childhood can always flare up again within us. - Gaston Bachelard

"we must take care of our families where-ever we find them." — Elizabeth Gilbert

, originally uploaded by bellarosebyliz . "The more exquisitely and delightfully you can do nothing, the higher your life's achievement." — (Eat, Pray, Love)

Awaiting the wave , originally uploaded by colbyh . The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou

l'équilibre , originally uploaded by Rick Elkins . Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live! Psalm 119:116a

Overflow , originally uploaded by colbyh . If then you are wise, you will show yourself rather as a reservoir than as a canal. A canal spreads abroad water as it receives it, but a reservoir waits until it is filled before overflowing, and thus without loss to itself [it shares] its superabundant water. -Bernard of Clairvuex

Commander in chief , originally uploaded by colbyh . “What this world needs is a new kind of army – the army of the kind.” Cleveland Amory

Revelling Remedies , originally uploaded by colbyh . The richest of all lords is Use, And ruddy Health the loftiest Muse. Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, Drink the wild air's salubrity. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

Daily dusk , originally uploaded by colbyh . One should count each day a separate life. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE3 - 65CE)

Son and Reign , originally uploaded by colbyh . Kindle our sense from above, and make our hearts o'erflow with love; with patience firm and virtue high the weakness of our flesh supply. Far from us drive the foe we dread, and grant us Thy peace instead; so shall we not, with Thee for guide, turn from the path of life aside. Veni, Creator Spiritus

Nourished bliss , originally uploaded by colbyh .