thought for today

Born Makers

“We are born makers. We move what we’re learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands.” — Brené Brown Today’s artwork is called A Walk in the Park with a New Camera. It’s exactly what the name says.

Mystical Power

“We carry within us all the mystical power we need to transform our world.”― Anthon St. Maarten

Hope Begins in the Dark

“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work: you don’t give up.” – Anne Lamott

Something Better Awaits Us

“Hope is that thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us if we have the courage to reach for it and to work for it and to fight for it.” —Barack Obama

Dark Enough to See the Stars

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. We are returning to daily blog posts. New posts go up at 3:00 AM Central Tiime unless I make a typo when scheduling. Please stop by and begin your day with a little espiration. You mayContinue reading “Dark Enough to See the Stars”

A Holiday Extra

Today I am doing the prep work for the Thanksgiving meal. The cranberry sauce is in the fridge and eggs are sitting in hot water on the stove waiting to be deviled. Earlier in the week I baked and dried cornbread for the dressing and sometime today will bake either a pumpkin pie or carmelContinue reading “A Holiday Extra”

The Friday Affirmation

“I rejoice in the love I encounter every day.” — Louise Hay

A Miracle and a Mystery

“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” — H.G. Wells

I am Realistic

“I am realistic – I expect miracles.”― Wayne W. Dyer

This Earth is Our Only Home

“This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.” Ban Ki-moon In December, just a few weeks before Christmas, large tree removing equipment rolled onto the property where we live. They stayed for days removing trees, as many as 10 inContinue reading “This Earth is Our Only Home”