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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent http://youtu.be/0_yXDVCDugQ

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” — Helen Keller

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.  To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. ~Calvin Coolidge, 1927

“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”  John Burroughs

Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering. ~Pooh’s Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne  

“If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god” Napoleon Bonaparte

“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” ― Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ode to the West Wind

Who has not been awed by the beauty of the city or countryside covered in snow? The serenity and whiteness of snow attracts us. We. We sense the purity of snow when we wake up in the morning and the … Continue reading →

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth… not going all the way, and not starting. -Buddha

(Skt. kamala; Tib: pad ma chu skyes): This signifies the original nature and purity of the heart (hrdya). It is the lotus of love, compassion, passion and all other qualities of the heart. It is the flower of Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion.