"In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong." ~ Pip, in 'Great Expectations' byCharles Dickens Have you ever done something just to impress someone? Have you ever made an assumption about what other people [...]
"Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve..." ~ Coco Chanel Have you ever thought about how people get the expressions they wear on their faces? Do you ever notice how so much of someone's personality shines through their [...]
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!" ~ The White Queen in 'Through the Looking Glass' by Lewis Carroll What are some of your closely held beliefs? Which part of reality do you take for granted, and what do you constantly question? Have you ever had one of those moments of realization [...]
" Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time" ( Don Miguel Ruiz) Have you ever really had to restrain yourself? Do you sometimes have to hold back on an impulse? When is second guessing yourself a [...]
"Perfection is the enemy of excellence." (derived from Voltaire) Have you ever been stuck on the edge of a decision? Do you ever spend so much time making a choice that an opportunity slips by? How does it feel when a spur of the moment impulse turns out to be exactly the right move? Summer’s here [...]
"Summertime, and the livin' is easy..." ~ George Gershwin What does a holiday weekend represent to you? How do you make the most of time off when you get it? Do you have any traditions from long ago that you hold on to today? Here in America, where the warm weather of summer happens during these middle months [...]
"There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings” ~ Goethe Does it ever seem like things are different now than when you were a kid? What are some of the generational shifts you’ve noticed? What’s new that is better, and what are some of the things you’re glad we’ve left behind? Generations [...]
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that’s why we call it the present.” ~ anon Have you ever considered your place in the grand scheme of things? Do you give your eventual legacy much thought? What are your cultural reference points? Sometimes you’ll hear the phrase that “history repeats itself” but more recently [...]
Have you ever coined a term? Does your family or social group have some special inside language? Have you ever thought about how language our vocabulary comes into existence? Language is a fascinating thing. It’s almost like a living, breathing, ever-evolving entity. Metaphysically, the word is where it all begins. The path of manifestation begins with a [...]
How do you define art? Is there a creative bone somewhere in your body? Does your definition of artist include you somewhere? Creativity is a funny thing. Life gives us all three dimensions of a material universe to exist in, and a soul with which to find inspiration and enact our will upon it. Some of [...]
