"Remember this season, it's OK if... your idea of festive is more of the 'all is calm, all is bright' variety" -Nanea

"The Western mind almost refuses to be in awe.... It’s ...seemingly incapable of rejoicing in what is...good & true & beautiful. The surest way out of that trap is thru a new imagination and new cosmology, often created by positive God-experience." --R Rohr

Only 10 more days til Christmas? No! How did this happen? I thought I had everything under control!

"Be attentive. Allow your wonder to wander.... The inspiration we feel in the presence of beauty causes us to transcend ourselves...." -Center for Action and Contemplation <[email protected]>

#Coffee #WednesdayMotivation #CoffeeTime

""The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention" — Thich Nhat Hanh

"The whole world is a series of miracles, but we’re so used to them that we call them everyday things." -Hans Christian Andersen

Walked in high 40s temperature this morning and played golf in near 60 degree weather this afternoon. I know winter is still on the schedule for my little part of the world, but I'm enjoying the mild weather right now. But, we sure could use some rain.

"Perhaps it is time to choose clarity over productivity, presence over perpetual motion, human beings over human doings." — Tijn Tjoelker

Don't give the publishers any ideas!

Plastic Madness.

"Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." --James Baldwin

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"Let us be quicker to praise than to find fault. Let us be quicker to thank others than to complain." --Desmond Tutu

Sharing a post from one of my fave Twitter friends

""Happiness is a direction, not a place." — Sydney J. Harris

"It is the heart that gives; the fingers just let go." --Nigerian proverb

"Change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things." --Barack Obama

"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy." --Thomas Merton

"We always have a choice.... Sometimes that choice may simply be to think a more positive thought." --Tina Turner