Friday, December 14, 2012

It’s all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.Charles de Lint

Thursday, December 06, 2012

Watch with glittery eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. 
Roald Dahl

Monday, November 05, 2012

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

I never read. I just look at pictures.
Andy Warhol

Tuesday, October 02, 2012


There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.
C. S. Lewis

Monday, September 24, 2012


I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.
George Bernard Shaw 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish. The time will pass anyway.
Earl Nightengale

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.
Max DePree

Friday, August 31, 2012


One of the most important, and most neglected, elements... is the ability to respond to reality, to see the value and the beauty in ordinary things, to come alive to the splendor that is all around us.
Thomas Merton

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Wednesday, August 08, 2012


Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.
Nora Ephron

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
Pablo Picasso

Friday, July 13, 2012

Collect moments, not things.

Monday, July 02, 2012

And then the dreams break into a million tiny pieces. The dream dies. Which leaves you with a choice: you can settle for reality, or you can go off, like a fool, and dream another dream.
Nora Ephron

Thursday, June 28, 2012


Thursday, June 21, 2012


There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Steve Jobs

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

We lose ourselves in the things we love.
We find ourselves there, too.
Kristin Martz

Monday, June 11, 2012

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

A good deed brightens a dark world.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012


Being loved deeply by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lau Tzu

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Love it or leave it

So stoked that my Phoenix post is LIVE over at DesignSponge!

Monday, April 30, 2012


You are a perishable item.
Live accordingly.

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Friday, April 06, 2012

Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Never let the cloudiness of what is seen take your attention from the unseen. There is a whole other world at work. If we lose sight of that, we lose sight of everything.
Ramon Vidaurri

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
Walt Whitman

Monday, February 27, 2012

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Ideas will not keep. Something must be done with them.
Diane Aldworth

Monday, January 30, 2012

An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.
Edwin Land

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

A year from now you will wish you had started today.
Karen Lamb

Friday, January 13, 2012

Monday, January 09, 2012

The most beautiful people we have known are those that struggle, known loss and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross