Attitude is Everything
Posted on Apr 29th, 2008
by
Tonya
The
last of the
human freedoms
is to choose one's attitude
in any given set of
circumstances,
to choose one's
own way.
~ Viktor Frankl
last of the
human freedoms
is to choose one's attitude
in any given set of
circumstances,
to choose one's
own way.
~ Viktor Frankl
Passionately Curious
Posted on Jan 27th, 2007
by
Tonya
I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.
~ Albert Einstein
Join the Broken
Posted on Jan 21st, 2007
by
Tonya
Love the world
as if weaving cotton:
add to the thin,
and join the
broken.
~ Moroccan Proverb
as if weaving cotton:
add to the thin,
and join the
broken.
~ Moroccan Proverb
A Single Act of Love
Posted on Dec 17th, 2006
by
Tonya
The truth is
that, no matter
what kind of game
you find yourself in,
no matter how good or
bad the luck, you can change
your life completely with a single
thought or a single act of love. For this
is what we do: Put one foot forward and then
the other. Lift our eyes to the snarl and smile of
the world once more. Think. Act. Feel. Add our little
consequence to the tides of good and evil that flood and drain
the world. Drag our shadowed crosses into the hope of
another night. Push our brave hearts into the promise
of a new day. With love: the passionate search for
a truth other than our own. With longing: the
ineffable yearning to be saved. For so
long as fate keeps waiting, we
live on. God help us.
God forgive us.
We live on.
~ Shantaram
Tranquil Chaos
Posted on Nov 30th, 2006
by
Tonya
I like to live in the sound of water,
in the feel of the mountain air.
A sharp reminder hits me:
this world is still alive;
it stretches out there shivering
toward its own creation, and I'm part of it.
Even my breathing enters into this
elaborate give-and-take, this bowing
to sun and moon, day or night,
winter, summer, storm, still --
this tranquil chaos that seems to be
going somewhere, this wilderness with a
great peacefulness in it, this motionless
turmoil, this everything dance.
The Fire Inside
Posted on Nov 18th, 2006
by
Tonya
One can live at a low flame.
Most people do. For some, life is an
exercise in moderation (best china saved
for special occasions), but given something
like death, what does it matter if one
looks foolish now and then, or tries
too hard, or cares too deeply?
~ Diane Ackerman
Expect Good
Posted on Nov 11th, 2006
by
Tonya
Try with all your might and work very, very hard
to make the world a better place. But if all
your efforts are to no avail --
no hard feelings.
- The Dalia Lama
Loving One's Fate
Posted on Jun 14th, 2006
by
Tonya
Amor fati - The virtue of loving one's fate
I am a Romantic.
I don't mean that I am sentimental, I mean that I have an attitude and point of view in which my imagination, emotion, and individuality are primary. I take my idea of romanticism from the romantic poets who stressed intimacy, beauty, ordeal, the ordinary life, and nature.
I want my romantic life to be rich and complex, to be thick with images, dreams, paintings, music and words. I want to reach out to others and share my zest for life.
Today I want to remember that love, and not intellect, is the way to the spirit. I want to embrace and love my fate.






