Friday, May 31, 2013

Daily Zen - Friday, May 31




I sound my barbaric yawp over the rooftops of the world.

~ Walt Whitman





It's Friday AND it's Uncle Walt's birthday. Yawp it up! 

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Daily Zen - Thursday, May 30




Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

                                ~ Walt Whitman

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Daily Zen - Wednesday, May 29




Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

                               ~ Melissa Etheridge

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 28




A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

~ George Bernard Shaw

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Weekend Zen, May 25-26




Nothing ever gets anywhere. The earth keeps turning round and gets nowhere. The moment is the only thing that counts.

~ Jean Cocteau

Friday, May 24, 2013

Daily Zen - Friday, May 24




Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. 

 ~ Eckhart Tolle

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Daily Zen - Thursday, May 23




The greatest gift you can give (yourself or anyone else) is just being present

                                  ~ Rasheed Ogunlaru

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Daily Zen - Wednesday, May 22




If you’re hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time.

~ Art Buchwald

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 21



Life is better when we don’t try to do everything

Learn to enjoy the slice of life you experience, and 
life turns out to be wonderful.

~ Leo Babauta

Monday, May 20, 2013

Daily Zen - Monday, May 20




If you wish to see the truth, then hold no 
opinions for or against anything.

         - Sosan

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

Daily Zen - Friday, May 17




Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
        ~ Ernest Hemingway

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Daily Zen, Wednesday May 15





Most worthwhile achievements are the result of many little things done in a single direction.

~ Nido Qubein

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Daily Zen - Tuesday, May 14





The little things in life are as interesting as the big ones. 

~ Henry David Thoreau

Monday, May 13, 2013

Daily Zen - Monday, May 13




To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. 

~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Friday, May 10, 2013

Daily Zen (Mom Week) - Friday, May 10





Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

~ Judy Garland



Did your mom or grandma ever share an utterly quotable pearl of wisdom with you? If so, leave it in the comments below and you might just find that sage advice featured in the Daily Zen!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Daily Zen (Mom Week) - Thursday, May 9




Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

~ Grandma Moses





Did your mom or grandma ever share an utterly quotable pearl of wisdom with you? If so, leave it in the comments below and you might just find that sage advice featured in the Daily Zen!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Daily Zen (Mom Week) - Wednesday, May 8




For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair.

                               ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh




Did your mom or grandma ever share an utterly quotable pearl of wisdom with you? If so, leave it in the comments below and you might just find that sage advice featured in the Daily Zen!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Daily Zen (Mom Week) - Tuesday, May 7




When I get logical, and I don't trust my instincts,
that's when I get in trouble.

                ~ Angelina Jolie




Did your mom or grandma ever share an utterly quotable pearl of wisdom with you? If so, leave it in the comments below and you might just find that sage advice featured in the Daily Zen!

Monday, May 6, 2013

Daily Zen (Mom Week) - Monday, May 6




        Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.

                  ~ Rose Kennedy





Mother's Day is Sunday, May 12. In celebration of moms everywhere, we'll feature quotes all week from famous women who are known (at least in part) for being a mother or grandmother.

Did your mom or grandma ever share an utterly quotable pearl of wisdom with you? If so, leave it in the comments below and you might just find that sage advice featured in the Daily Zen!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Weekend Zen, May 4-5



Why shouldn't things be largely absurd, futile, and transitory? They are so, and we are so, and they and we go together.

               ~ George Santayana

Friday, May 3, 2013

Daily Zen - Friday, May 3




Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.

                 ~ Kahlil Gibran


Thursday, May 2, 2013

Daily Zen - Thursday, May 2

 


Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself. True happiness is born of self-reliance.
                           ~ Manu

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Daily Zen - Wednesday, May 1




When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.
                      ~ Lao Tzu