Morning desire

I wake up every morning with a great desire to live joyfully.

~ Alexandra Stoddard

Confidence

(Dressed for the beach.  Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida)

Real confidence comes from knowing and accepting yourself — your strengths and your limitations — in contrast to depending on affirmation from others.

~ Judith M. Bardwick

The hour that passes

(Sun dog.)

See, if you can, eternity in the hour that passes.

~ Arabian proverb

A mirror

(Colorado River.  Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.)

Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth, renewal, and transformation in our lives.

~ Mary Ann Brussat

Plain sailing

(Sunrise.  Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida)

The unknown is what it is.  And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that …  Accept that it’s unknown, and it’s plain sailing.

~ John Lennon

Simple happiness

(First-day rainbow.  Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida.)

The wonder of a moment in which there is nothing but an upwelling of simple happiness is utterly awesome.

~ Regina Sara Ryan

Eternity

What nature delivers to us is never stale.  Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

~ Isaac Bashevis Singer