Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word
--Eleanor Farjean

Blue and vivid orange sky by God.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare

Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle.

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live unreflectively and begins
to devote himself to his life with reverence in order to raise it to its true value.
To affirm life is to deepen, to make more inward, and to exalt the will to live.
- Albert Schweitzer

There are places and moments in which one is so
completely alone that one sees the world entire.
-Jules Renard

The beginning of wisdom is silence.
The second step is listening.
-- Unknown

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success,
his influence, his power for good.
Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
-James Allen

When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me, then, thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea.
- Baron E. G. Bulwer-Lytton, 1803 - 1873

Life can only be understood backwards,
but it must be lived forwards.
--Soren Kierkegaard

Our waking hours form the text of our lives,
our dreams, the commentary.
--Anonymous

I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for
me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous
judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but
unto all them also that love his appearing.
--II Timothy (ch. IV, v. 7)