There are two lasting bequests we can give our children
One is roots, the other is wings.
- Hodding Carter
Those who can see value only in tradition,...
deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
- Stephen Bayley
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
- Theodore Bikel
Continuity gives us roots; change gives us branches,
letting us stretch and grow and reach new heights.
- Pauline R. Kezer
Honor tradition, but
Do not be constrained by tradition.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Embrace Change
Life is an Adventure
Conformity
Beyond Your Comfort Zone
I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein
Start living now.
Stop saving the good china
for that special occasion.
Stop withholding your love
until that special person materializes.
Every day you are alive is a special occasion.
Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.
- Mary Manin Morrissey
Life isn't about finding yourself.
Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw
Let your light shine. Fulfill the promise that is within you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
A Happy Life
Life is a Song
Being Fully Present in TODAY
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Lord, grant comfort, joy and health
to those I call friend,
to those I call enemy,
and to those I have cursed by my indifference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Calm provides clarity. Pause to consider
the gifts you have been given,
the difference you have made
and the direction in which you are headed.
- Anonymous
Further reading:
The Secret of Happiness
Giving Unconditional Love
Offering Comfort
Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation
We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.
We are spiritual beings having a human experience.
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
We live in a spiritual Universe.
God is in, through, around and for us.
- Ernest Holmes
Religion asks us to believe in someone else's experience of the Divine,
while spirituality invites us to have our own.
- Timber Hawkeye
Miracles are a retelling in small letters
of the very same story which is written across the whole world
in letters too large for some of us to see.
- C. S. Lewis
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein
Today's affirmation:
I see the miracle in all of life.
I am thankful for all creation.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading:
Where there is Great Love
Stillness
Love is Everything
Know that You have been Blessed
Only put off until tomorrow
what you are willing to die having left undone.
- Pablo Picasso
Don't Wait!
Start on your dreams, your impulses,
your longings, your special occasions today.
Because this is your moment.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured,
it may never arrive.
Mountains will not be climbed, races won,
or lasting happiness achieved.
- Maurice Chevalier
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, Begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it, Begin it now.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Yesterday is ashes.
Tomorrow is green wood.
Only today does the fire burn brightly.
- Inuit Proverb
Further reading:
Later is Never
Cherish This Moment
The First Day
Take Action Today
Mastering Time
Do It Now
