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

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

What would you do if you weren't afraid?

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

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

C. S. Lewis

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 

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

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

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

Cat naps in the sun...

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

Nora Ephron

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

Collect moments, not things.

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

There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Steve Jobs

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

A good deed brightens a dark world.

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

Lau Tzu

Always learning something new...

Love it or leave it

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

You are a perishable item.

Live accordingly.

Final logo selection

Logo concepts for Rosemary & Thyme photography

Creativity takes courage.

Henri Matisse

On my mind...

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

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

Walt Whitman

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Diane Aldworth

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

Edwin Land

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

Karen Lamb

Celebrating new mercies

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