November 16, 2009
monday quote
"all i can do is be me, whoever that is."
- bob dylan

"all i can do is be me, whoever that is."
- bob dylan

"keep on rockin' in the free world"
- neil young
(the spectrum's final farewell...10/31/09)
"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…"
- jack kerouac

have a magical monday...
image from flickr.
"be not the slave of your own past. plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."
- ralph waldo emerson

image via ffffound.
“sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” thich nhat hanh

smiling is good to remember on mondays...
"the art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up."
- charles langbridge morgan
brian andreas makes art from old barnwood and incorporates words about a specific moment or memory...

this is my favorite thing about his work, really, as mentioned on his site:
"we believe (fiercely) in the power of stories, not because they're our stories, but because it is valuable & right to protect the precious connections between people."

kind words will unlock an iron door...
turkish proverb
be nice today. be nice every day...
photo by way of ffffound.
some monday affirmation for you...courtesy of a very gentle soul.
"keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. keep your words positive because your words become your behaviors. keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. keep your values positive because your values become your destiny."

so true...