"If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate.  Give in to it."

-Mary Oliver-

"I found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

-Elliot Erwin-

"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look."

-Jodi Picoult-

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to  nature.  

It will never fail you."

-Frank Lloyd Wright-

"Sometimes reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey."

At other times, it is allowing another to take yours."

-Vera Nazarian-

"There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground."

-Rumi-

"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which loveliness arises."

- Pedro Calderon de la Barca -

"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature."

-Gerard De Nerval-

Just living is not enough...

one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

-Hans Christian Anderson-

"When you remember me, it means you have carried something of who I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on you.  It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless years and miles may stand between us.  It means that if we meet again, you will know me.  It means that even after I die, you can still see my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart."

-Frederick Buechner-

"There is nothing that art cannot exposes."

-Oscar Wilde-

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are.  Let me learn from you, bless you before you depart.  Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow."

-Mary Jean Irion-

"People are like bicycles.

They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving."

Albert Einstein,

in a letter to his son Eduard

(February 5, 1930)