Ani-QUOTES and POEMS

Winter is the best time to find out who you are.

2012-02-07T23:46:00.002-05:00

Winter Is the Best Time

by David Budbill

Winter is the best time

to find out who you are.

Quiet, contemplation time,

away from the rushing world,

cold time, dark time, holed-up

pulled-in time and space

to see that inner landscape,

that place hidden and within.

"Winter Is the Best Time" by David Budbill, from While We've Still Got Feet. © Copper Canyon Press, 2005

A Dream Within a Dream

2012-02-05T00:51:00.004-05:00

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow—

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand—

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep—while I weep!

O God! Can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! Can I not save

One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

"A Dream Within a Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe.

..government big enough to take everything you have.

2012-01-19T09:54:00.000-05:00

NO SOPA NO PIPA - contact your congressman before Jan 23!

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is also a government big enough to take everything you have" Gerald R Ford, former president in an address to a joint session of congress 1974

...without a single footprint.

2012-01-17T09:05:00.001-05:00

New Year's

Let other mornings honor the miraculous.
Eternity has festivals enough.
This is the feast of our mortality,
The most mundane and human holiday.

On other days we misinterpret time,
Pretending that we live the present moment.
But can this blur, this smudgy in-between,
This tiny fissure where the future drips

Into the past, this flyspeck we call now
Be our true habitat? The present is
The leaky palm of water that we skim
From the swift, silent river slipping by.

The new year always brings us what we want
Simply by bringing us along—to see
A calendar with every day uncrossed,
A field of snow without a single footprint.

"New Year's" by Dana Gioia, from Interrogations at Noon. © Graywolf Press, 2001

Things to give besides presents....

2011-12-25T22:47:00.002-05:00

A star, a star, dancing in the night..

2011-12-15T00:15:00.001-05:00

Early 20th Century Star of Bethlehem Quilt

Said the night wind to the little lamb
Do you see what I see
Way up in the sky little lamb
Do you see what I see
A star, a star
Dancing in the night
With a tail as big as a kite
With a tail as big as a kite

Said the little lamb to the shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
Ringing through the sky shepard boy
Do you hear what I hear
A song, a song
High above the tree
With a voice as big as the sea
With a voice as big as the sea

Said the shepard boy to the mighty king
Do you know what I know
In your palace wall mighty king
Do you know what I know
A child, a child
Shivers in the cold
Let us bring him silver and gold
Let us bring him silver and gold

Said the king to the people everywhere
Listen to what I say
Pray for peace people everywhere
Listen to what I say
The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light
He will bring us goodness and light

The child, the child
Sleeping in the night
He will bring us goodness and light

...one must be winter to be here...

2011-12-11T22:21:00.001-05:00

If it’s winter, one must have a mind of winter, indeed, one must be winter to be here. That is, not thinking of spring, not longing for summer, for something that doesn’t exist now, here. This mind isn’t reaching for some other place. And if it’s summer, one must have a mind of summer. There is no other place. We’re forever here.

STEVE HAGEN

We shall get there some day

2011-11-29T23:47:00.001-05:00

Kanuti River Alaska

Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.

-A. A. Milne author (1882-1956)

The whole world belongs to you

2011-11-24T20:02:00.001-05:00

Be content with what you have;
Rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is
nothing lacking,
The whole world belongs to you.

Lao Tzu

...happy life...

2011-11-06T09:53:00.000-05:00

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself,

in your way of thinking.

MARCUS AURELIUS Roman emperor (26 April 121 – 17 March 180 AD)

Best of Friends

2011-11-03T23:04:00.003-04:00

The Best of Friends

Jeannie Hand-Stuart

There's nothing as nice

As a new Teddy Bear.

To tickle and cuddle

And take everywhere

To share all your secrets,

Your laughter and tears

To keep by your side

Through seasons and years.

There's nothing as nice

As a new Teddy Bear...

Except for an old one

With memories to share.

A very special person is having a give-a-way on her blog for a very special little bear on new years eve this year. Click here to find out the details >BEAR

… I know nothing else but miracles …

2011-11-02T22:55:00.000-04:00

… I know nothing else but miracles …

To me every hour of the light and dark is

a miracle,

Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,

Every square yard of the surface of the earth

is spread with miracles,

Every foot of the interior swarms with miracles.

excerpt from "Miracles" by

~WALT WHITMAN (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)

American poet, essayist and journalist

... crazy for power, for things..

2011-10-28T09:26:00.002-04:00

Have you ever seen 
anything 
in your life 
more wonderful 

than the way the sun, 
every evening, 
relaxed and easy, 
floats toward the horizon 

and into the clouds or the hills, 
or the rumpled sea, 
and is gone-- 
and how it slides again 

out of the blackness, 
every morning, 
on the other side of the world, 
like a red flower 

streaming upward on its heavenly oils, 
say, on a morning in early summer, 
at its perfect imperial distance-- 
and have you ever felt for anything 
such wild love-- 
do you think there is anywhere, in any language, 
a word billowing enough 
for the pleasure 

that fills you, 
as the sun 
reaches out, 
as it warms you 

as you stand there, 
empty-handed-- 
or have you too 
turned from this world-- 

or have you too 
gone crazy 
for power, 
for things?

~Mary Oliver

All is a miracle

2011-10-21T10:36:00.001-04:00

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

...be good for something

2011-10-18T23:34:00.000-04:00

Sacred Rain Arrow bronze by Allan Houser 1988

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality.

Be not simply good; be good for something.

-Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862)

They light the way......

2011-10-12T00:01:00.001-04:00

There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.

-Hannah Senesh, poet, playwright, and paratrooper (1921-1944)

Our truest life...

2011-10-10T23:48:00.000-04:00

"Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake" -Henry David Thoreau

More to Life....

2011-10-09T18:08:00.000-04:00

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

Bird singing in my heart

2011-09-05T12:04:00.000-04:00

Chinese proverb

2011-08-27T10:55:00.000-04:00

Serious? NOT!

Seriousness is an accident of time. It consists in putting too high a value on time. In eternity there is no time. Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

HERMANN HESSE

Power of LOVE

2011-04-10T23:38:00.000-04:00

For what reason do you pass this way?

2011-03-27T08:52:00.000-04:00

Humans born into this floating

world

quickly become like dust on

the roadside.

At dawn, small children,

by sunset, already white-haired.

Without real understanding,

they struggle without end.

I ask these children:

for what reason do you pass

this way?

RYŌKAN

Implacable grandeur of this life....

2011-03-17T22:12:00.000-04:00

If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life. -Albert Camus, writer, philosopher, Nobel laureate (1913-1960)

-this is for the Japanese who lost their lives in the tsunami-

The new year cometh! Are you ready?

2010-12-31T22:24:00.000-05:00

I bid all a wonderful, fulfilling new year ahead. Here are some of my favorite Mary Oliver passages:

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

"Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and spread it over the fields...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness."

"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable."

"Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed."

"Love yourself. Then forget it. Then, love the world."

"Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it."

Best, Ani

LOVE, give some away today.

2010-12-21T23:49:00.001-05:00

I hope that all in blogland and beyond are giving thought to how their love could touch and change the life of someone else. And not just during the holidays, but everyday. Love cannot be seen or touched BUT it can be felt in the heart of the recipient. Please consider sharing your love with those less fortunate.
All manner of faiths of the world center on a central belief of love and caring for one another. I am not a follower of any one faith but take something from them all to help myself on my journey in this time and place on earth. A passage from the bible that I like to refer to on love is from the first book of Corinthians, chapter thirteen:

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. ⁸ Love never fails.

How beautiful is that? I send LOVE out to the world this holiday season. I hope those reading this will do the same. Remember the song, What the World Needs Now Is Love? Here it is:

Many blessings to all,
Ani

Who must do the hard things?

2010-11-12T20:56:00.000-05:00

"Who must do the hard things? Those who can.
Who must do the impossible things? Those who care."
-- CAROLYN ROBERTSON PAYTON (1925-2001) former Peace Corps Director

Remember those in this world, near and far, in need this Thanksgiving. If you have much to give thanks for please think about sharing your good fortune with someone less fortunate.

TRUE COLORS

2010-11-05T22:20:00.000-04:00

You with the sad eyes

Don't be discouraged

Oh I realize

It's hard to take courage

In a world full of people

You can lose sight of it all

And the darkness inside you

Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors

Shining through

I see your true colors

And that's why I love you

So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors

True colors are beautiful,

Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,

Don't be unhappy, can't remember

When I last saw you laughing

If this world makes you crazy

And you've taken all you can bear

You call me up

Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors

Shining through

I see your true colors

And that's why I love you

So don't be afraid to let them show

Your true colors

True colors are beautiful,

Like a rainbow

~Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper~

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way...

2010-10-20T08:32:00.000-04:00

Somehow I cannot believe that there are any heights that cannot be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C's. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of all is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable. ~Walt Disney

The joy of living

2010-10-03T19:42:00.000-04:00

When you arise in the morning, give thanks for the morning light, for your life and strength. Give thanks for your food and the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. —Tecumseh 1768 – 1813 Native American, leader of the Shawnee tribe

Two possibilities

2010-09-29T23:54:00.000-04:00

Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

- Arthur C. Clarke

Become a 'possibilitarian'

2010-08-21T21:14:00.001-04:00

Wolves - Marc Franz

"Become a 'possibilitarian'. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities. Always see them, for they are always there." - Norman Vincent Peale

Spread your love light

2010-08-02T21:08:00.000-04:00

There are two ways of spreading light:

be the candle

or the mirror that reflects it.

- Edith Wharton

A single rose can be my garden...

2010-07-29T22:35:00.000-04:00

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. -Leo Buscaglia, author, speaker and professor (1924-1998)

Integrity of your own mind

2010-07-27T20:33:00.000-04:00

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)

The animal shall not be measured by man....

2010-06-03T23:05:00.000-04:00

The animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth. -Henry Beston, naturalist and author (1888-1968)

WANDERER...

2010-05-30T19:28:00.000-04:00

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost.

JRR Tolkien

No one is useless

2010-03-31T21:23:00.000-04:00

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else. -Charles Dickens, novelist (1812-1870)

What you LOVE

2010-02-20T11:30:00.003-05:00

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi - Persian poet and philosopher 1207 - 1273

I wish you LOVE

2010-02-19T19:37:00.003-05:00

I wish you sunshine on your path and storms to season your journey. I wish you peace in the world in which you live... More I cannot wish you except perhaps love to make all the rest worthwhile... ~ Robert A. Ward

Humans think they are smarter....

2009-10-31T21:16:00.002-04:00

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons. -Douglas Adams, writer, dramatist, and musician (1952-2001)

...listen to silence...

2009-10-14T08:16:00.003-04:00

Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.
-Oscar Wilde, writer (1854-1900)

(Oscar and I could have been great friends. This quote conveys my exact feelings on death - that it is nothing to be afraid of, it is something to look forward to.)

ANSWERS

2009-10-10T10:07:00.004-04:00

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back..

–Charlie Brown

Evolution of Consciousness

2009-08-26T21:48:00.003-04:00

There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has a quality impossible to describe. - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

I'll tell you a secret

2009-08-15T09:40:00.005-04:00

Music Pink & Blue II ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

"I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed."

- Achilles to Briseis, the virginal Trojan priestess
~from Wolfgang Peterson's "Troy"

Miracles

2009-08-08T10:37:00.002-04:00

Miracles don't happen overnight.
Sometimes they take the whole weekend.

...sense of time...

2009-07-29T23:07:00.002-04:00

An unhurried sense of time is in itself a form of wealth.

-Bonnie Friedman, author (b. 1958)

Not every man really lives

2009-07-07T21:44:00.003-04:00

“Every man dies, not every man really lives.”

William Ross Wallace

(LOTR - Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn)

the hour of living

2009-07-03T20:26:00.004-04:00

He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic

who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
-Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE)

....life and wealth and power that enslave men....

2009-06-07T14:05:00.002-04:00

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power. -Buddha (c. 563-483 BCE)

Life's most urgent question

2009-05-26T21:01:00.003-04:00

Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others? -Martin Luther King, Jr , civil-rights leader (1929-1968)

He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it. -Dante Alighieri, poet (1265-1321)

These two quotes though uttered almost 700 years apart have the same impact as if uttered just today. They are very important statements - there are so many living beings in need on this planet. Think of ways you can help besides giving money. Perhaps volunteer at a local senior center, an animal rescue group, a children's literacy group, Habitat for Humanity, a hospital - I could go on and on the list is endless in ways to help others. All able bodied persons on this Earth should strive to help others in any way they can, when they can and as much as they can. We all will be better for it and giving of ourselves is one way to be lifted up from our own problems as well - it FEELS GOOD to help others!!

BFN,
Ani

2009-05-23T00:05:00.001-04:00

Some men of a secluded and studious life have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that have agitated courts and revolutionized kingdoms; like the moon which, though far removed from the ocean, and shining upon it with a serene and sober light, is the chief cause of all those ebbings and flowings which incessantly disturb that restless world of waters. -Charles Caleb Colton, author and clergyman (1780-1832)

The Peace of Wild Things

2009-05-11T21:42:00.004-04:00

The Peace of Wild Things

When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life
and my children's lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water,
and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things
who do not tax their lives with forethought
of grief. I come into the presence of still
water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars
waiting with their light. For a time
I rest in the grace of the world, and am
free. - by Wendell Berry

BFN ~ Ani

there is only the dance

2009-03-18T22:04:00.002-04:00

At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless;

Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is,

But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity,

Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards,

Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the still point,

There would be no dance, and there is only the dance.

I can only say, there we have been: but I cannot say where.

And I cannot say, how long, for that is to place it in time.

The inner freedom from the practical desire,

The release from action and suffering, release from the inner

And the outer compulsion, yet surrounded

By a grace of sense, a white light still and moving.

--T.S. Eliot

your place in the family of things

2009-03-12T21:07:00.005-04:00

You do not have to be good.

You do not have to walk on your knees

for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.

You only have to let the soft animal of your body

love what it loves.

Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.

Meanwhile the world goes on.
marc franz, tiger

Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain

are moving across the landscapes,

over the prairies and the deep trees,

the mountain and the rivers.

Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,

are heading home again.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,

the world offers itself to your imagination,

calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -

over and over announcing your place

in the family of things.

Mary Oliver - The Wild Geese

TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

2009-03-10T22:51:00.002-04:00

Government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
Thomas Jefferson

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1957 (read this book!)

Conscience is a man's compass

2009-03-08T19:06:00.007-04:00

Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one's course by it, one must still try to follow its direction. -Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)

Young stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, image from the Hubble website

Man of VALUE

2009-03-07T17:53:00.003-05:00

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value - Einstein

POETRY HEALS

2009-03-01T17:59:00.003-05:00

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason. --Novalis

SPIRIT OF THE TREE

2009-02-22T22:50:00.002-05:00

Sticks in my back yard

Approaching a tree we approach a sacred being who can teach us about love and about endless giving.
She is one of millions of beings who provide our air,
our homes, our fuel, our books. Working with
the spirit of the tree can bring us renewed energy,
powerful inspiration, deep communion.
- Druid Tree Lore

DISCOMFORT OF THOUGHT

2009-02-19T21:19:00.004-05:00

Nuerons inside the human brain (TRIFFIDS?)

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion
without the discomfort of thought.
-John F. Kennedy, 35th US president (1917-1963)

PLEASE NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY

2009-02-17T23:29:00.006-05:00

(*miss you muchly Kurt, love ani)

"I urge you to please notice when you are happy,
and exclaim or murmur or think at some point,
'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
~Kurt Vonnegut

FREE YOUR MIND

2009-02-16T20:31:00.002-05:00

Meditation

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;

None but ourselves can free our minds.

- Bob Marley~ musician, singer, songwriter

WORDS ARE THINGS

2009-02-15T14:05:00.002-05:00

City of Words, Lithograph by Vito Acconci

But words are things, a small drop of ink, / Falling like dew upon a thought, produces / That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.

-Lord Byron, poet (1788-1824)

HUNGER FOR LOVE

2009-02-14T00:49:00.003-05:00

Peaceful World Foundation

"There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread." - Mother Teresa

YES NO

2009-02-12T20:27:00.003-05:00

Pythagoras' Lute Quilt based on Pythagoras' Golden Triangle

"Yes and no are the oldest and simplest words, but
they require the most thought."
Pythagoras, Greek mathematician and philosopher

LOOKING AT THE STARS

2009-02-11T20:44:00.002-05:00

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars"
Oscar Wilde

GARDEN OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

2009-02-09T21:39:00.001-05:00

In the common words we use every day, souls of past races, the thoughts and feelings of individual men stand around us, not dead, but frozen into their attitudes like the courtiers in the garden of the Sleeping Beauty.

-Owen Barfield, author (1898-1997)

WINDOW OF THE WORLD

2009-02-08T15:01:00.003-05:00

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw, writer, Nobel laureate (1856-1950)

MY SOUL REMAINS QUIET

2009-02-07T18:30:00.002-05:00

You ask why I live in the mountain forest,
and I smile and am silent,
And even my soul remains quiet,
It lives in the other world
Which no one owns.
The peach trees blossom.
The water flows. - by Li Po

OUT ON THE EDGE

2009-02-06T17:50:00.004-05:00

Maxfield Parrish - Stars

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over.
Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr, writer (1922 - 2007)

2009-02-05T09:21:00.006-05:00

http://flickr.com/people/sundance73/

One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. Passersby see only a wisp of smoke from the chimney and continue on the way. -Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)

DOLLS and KINGS

2009-02-04T12:48:00.004-05:00

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of
proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size. -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)

Bye for now, Ani

I AM HERE AND YOU ARE THERE

2009-02-03T09:26:00.006-05:00

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -Yasutani Roshi, Zen master (1885-1973)

Face in rock on walking trail @ N.C. Zoo, Asheboro

2009-02-02T15:04:00.006-05:00

Remember, when life's path is steep to keep
your mind even. -Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE)

BEING YOURSELF

2009-02-01T11:42:00.000-05:00

To be nobody but myself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting. -E.E. Cummings, poet (1894-1962)

Me @ Animazement '07 Durham, NC

STRIPES - big & small

2009-01-31T10:56:00.000-05:00

Nothing is more humbling than to look with a strong magnifying glass at an insect so tiny that the naked eye sees only the barest speck and to discover that nevertheless it is sculpted and articulated and striped with the same care and imagination as a zebra. Apparently it does not occur to nature whether or not a creature is within our range of vision, and the suspicion arises that even the zebra was not designed for our benefit.
Rudolf Arnheim, psychologist and author (1904-2007)

2009-01-30T11:11:00.000-05:00

Hydrangea from my back yard

The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Truth, Goodness, and Beauty - Albert Einstein

Not that I want to be a God or a hero.....

2009-01-29T08:56:00.000-05:00

photo from www.chrisharris.com

Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone. -Czeslaw Milosz, poet and novelist (1911-2004)

NEW EYES

2009-01-28T20:13:00.000-05:00

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust, novelist (1871-1922)

change the world

2009-01-25T14:57:00.001-05:00

image courtesy of http://dryicons.com

I get up every morning determined both

to change the world and have one hell of

a good time. Sometimes, this makes

planning the day difficult.

E.B. White

Bye for now, Ani

New blog just for QUOTES

2009-01-24T10:32:00.000-05:00

I am a geek, you know, the girl in school with glasses who ran the projector and really LOVED reading?! Yep, that's me. I am OCD about QUOTES. I have stickie notes every where with quotes that inspire, make me think, make me laugh etc. I have gazillions saved on this computer so I thought why not share? Hope you enjoy my dailey quotes and pix.

I fear nothing. I hope for nothing.
I am free.

Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer

Bye for now, Ani
also blogging @ http://ani-tings.blogspot.com/

Ani-QUOTES and POEMS

Winter is the best time to find out who you are.

Winter Is the Best Time

A Dream Within a Dream

..government big enough to take everything you have.

...without a single footprint.

Things to give besides presents....

A star, a star, dancing in the night..

...one must be winter to be here...

We shall get there some day

The whole world belongs to you

...happy life...

Best of Friends

… I know nothing else but miracles …

... crazy for power, for things..

All is a miracle

...be good for something

They light the way......

Our truest life...

More to Life....

Bird singing in my heart

Power of LOVE

For what reason do you pass this way?

Implacable grandeur of this life....

The new year cometh! Are you ready?

LOVE, give some away today.

Who must do the hard things?

TRUE COLORS

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way...

The joy of living

Two possibilities

Become a 'possibilitarian'

Spread your love light

A single rose can be my garden...

Integrity of your own mind

The animal shall not be measured by man....

WANDERER...

No one is useless

What you LOVE

I wish you LOVE

Humans think they are smarter....

...listen to silence...

ANSWERS

Evolution of Consciousness

I'll tell you a secret

Music Pink & Blue II ~ Georgia O'Keeffe

Miracles

...sense of time...

Not every man really lives

the hour of living

....life and wealth and power that enslave men....

Life's most urgent question

The Peace of Wild Things

there is only the dance

your place in the family of things

TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE

Conscience is a man's compass

Man of VALUE

POETRY HEALS

SPIRIT OF THE TREE

DISCOMFORT OF THOUGHT

PLEASE NOTICE WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY

FREE YOUR MIND

WORDS ARE THINGS

HUNGER FOR LOVE

YES NO

LOOKING AT THE STARS

GARDEN OF THE SLEEPING BEAUTY

WINDOW OF THE WORLD

MY SOUL REMAINS QUIET

OUT ON THE EDGE

DOLLS and KINGS

I AM HERE AND YOU ARE THERE

BEING YOURSELF

STRIPES - big & small

Not that I want to be a God or a hero.....

NEW EYES

change the world

New blog just for QUOTES

...one must be winter to be here...