99 red balloons go by

saw this on the way home last night.....Macy took the pictures.
Namaste,
Michele


I want to have a lasting experience with God.
Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world,
but then I loose it because I get distracted
by my petty desires and fears.
I want to be with God all the time.
But I don't want to be a monk, or totally give up worldly pleasures.
I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world
and enjoy its delights, but also elevate myself to God.
-Elizabeth Gilbert

Being Genuine

My birthday dinner with my family at Wasabi.
hope you like the words below.......and have a great day.
Namaste,
Michele




Take care of the problems now,
or else you'll just have to suffer again
later when you screw everything up the next time.
And that repetition of
suffering - that's hell.
Moving out of that endless repetition to a new
level of understanding
- there's where you'll find heaven.


-Elizabeth Gilbert

Letting Go

chalk art by Mira :)

Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future. The past is closed and limited, the future is open and free.
- Dr. Deepak Chopra

Butterfly

Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly...
Suddenly I awoke...
Now, I do not know whether I was then
a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly
dreaming that I am a man.

-Chaung Tzu

Freedom

Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison.
Many are imprisoned by fear.
No one else can liberate them from this prison.
Others may inspire them
but they must liberate themselves.
-Mr. Prophet

On our choices

Dusty is a big baby!!!


The rest of your life is a long time
and whether you know it or not, it's
being shaped right now.
You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate
or on bad luck or bad choices, or you can fight back.
Things aren't always
going to be fair in the real world,
that's just the way it is, but for the
most part, you get what you give.
Let me ask you a question.
What's worse:
not getting everything you wished for or getting it
and finding out it's not
enough?
The rest of your life is being shaped right now
with dreams you
chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be.
The rest of
your life is a long time
and the rest of your life starts right now.

Mark Schwann

true self

My second grade friend, Lily made this......she is an indigo child.
hope you like the words below!!
Namaste,
Michele



“There is something in every one of you
that waits and listens for the sound
of the genuine in yourself.
It is the only true guide you will ever have.
And if you cannot hear it, you will all
of your life spend your days on the ends of strings
that somebody else pulls.”
-Howard Thurman

Diversity

Hidden treasure

The most secure place to hide a treasure of gold
is some desolate, unnoticed place.
and so it is said,
"joy is hidden beneath sorrow."
-Rumi

No Problem!!!

Actually, we have no problems
- we have opportunities for which we should give thanks...
An error we refuse to correct has many lives.
It takes courage to face one's own shortcomings
and wisdom to do something about them.
-Edgar Cayce

Growth

"The purpose of our journey on this precious
Earth is now to align our personalities with our souls.
It is to create harmony, cooperation, sharing,
and reverence for Life. It is to grow spiritually.
This is our new evolutionary pathway.
The old pathway - pursuing the ability to manipulate
and control - no longer works.
It now produces only violence and destruction. "
~ Gary Zukav ~

Sheer Miracles

How do you like this tree house???
This was taken yesterday on our way home from the parade.
Our friends, Holly and Tom are such a big breath of fresh air!!!!
I was thinking of going over
and drawing this tree today....but it is raining :(
maybe tomorrow.
have a great day!!!
and enjoy the quote below.
Namaste,
Michele

Drawing is the discipline by which I constantly rediscover the world.
I have learned that what I have not drawn,
I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing,
I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle.

- Frederick Franck

beautiful!!!

Here is my favorite part of the Memorial Parade today!!!
Hope you are having a great day
and that you enjoy the words below.
Namaste,
Michele

Develop interest in life as you see it; in people,
things, literature, music--the world is so rich,
simply throbbing with rich treasures,  beautiful souls and interesting people. 
Forget yourself.   ~ Henry Miller

Karma

Marko playing ball.


PEOPLE GET INTO A HEAVY-DUTY sin and guilt trip, feeling

that if things are going wrong, that means
that they did something 
bad and they are being punished.
That's not the idea at all. The idea 
of karma is that you continually get
the teachings that you need to 
open your heart. To the degree
that you didn't understand in the 
past how to stop protecting
your soft spot, how to stop armoring 
your heart, you're given
this gift of teachings in the form
of your life, 
to give you everything
you need to open further."

~Pema Chödrön on karma,
from "Start Where You Are"