Faith

"You can work miracles by having faith in others. By choosing to think and believe the best about people, you are able to bring out the best in them."

-Bob Moawad

A challenge we all must face each day without judgement and without ego.

Spark

"Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not at all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."

-Ayn Rand

Walk the path and cross the bridge out of the forest and into the light...it is waiting there for you with open arms.

Power

"We all have the power to give away love, to love other people.  And if we do so we change the kind of person we are, and we change the kind of world we live in."

-Harold Kushner

Give it away.

Places

"You have to pick the places you don't walk away from."

-Joan Didion

Usually the places you don't walk away from are the difficult ones...walking away is the easy part.

Kindness

"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment.  We can start now, start slowly, changing the world.  How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make a contribution toward introducing justice straightaway.  And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!"

-Anne Frank

as of late, this is so important to remember in a city like Los Angeles...a little kindness and consideration goes a long way....

How it works

"If you want trust, trust others. If you want respect, respect others. If you want help, help others. If you want love and peace in your life, give them away. If you want great friends, be one. That's how it works."

-Dan Zadra

its true...for sure...i have the most amazing friends in the world...its an amazing two way street.

Risk

"To enjoy the journey is to leap into people's lives. To enjoy the journey is to give until the stretch is a sacrifice. The question always is: what is it in life that will pull you out of your seat to be brave, risk and serve?

-Janie Jasin

The daily struggle to stand up out of your seat and risk..to be brave...to serve...to live.

Treasure

"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."

-Thornton Wilder

Wake up and live the day with treasure in mind.

Wonder

I wonder what it's like to be a child and observe everything going on all at once not knowing what it all means but simply taking it in each moment?  

Today is about wonder.

Election

"...let's have some fun now that all this crap is over with."

-Me

Life

"The life you have led doesn't need to be the only life you have."

-Anna Quindlen

Whew....let's have a bunch.

Songs

".....everything in life responds to the song of the heart."

-Ernest Holmes

Keep singing.