Dream lofty dreams. In moments of meditation, when you get lost in the joy of what you long to be, you are ascending to the heavens of your own mind. ..Joseph Murphy
6:45am sunrise-NOT from 59th Place in LA
followed by emergence in the backyard’
6:43am sunrise-NOT at 59th Place in LA
followed by emergence when I arrived at work in Brentwood
Let us learn, then, from those in search of what they have not been able to find and hold in the press of humanity around them: peace of mind, gentleness of heart, calmness of spirit, daily joy. Those who are mastering the art of flying solo and soaring to their highest human potential. Who have come to understand that to know and to love and to be of value to others, they first must know and love and value themselves; that to find their way in the world, they have to start by finding themselves. …Lionel Fisher
6:43am sunrise for Donna's Birthday...in LA
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom . ..Anais Nin
6:43am sunrise-NOT in the fog over 59th Place in LA
followed by emergence when I arrived at work in Brentwood
Boredom is the energy it takes to block creativity …Michael Bernard Beckwith
6:42am sunrise-NOT from 59th Place in LA
followed by emergence over Trader Joes in Culver City
Follow your bliss and the Universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. …Joseph Campbell
6:41aam sunrise-NOT at 59th Place in LA
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. …Albert Einstein
6:40am sunrise-NOT down 59th Place in LA. 10 minutes later we were covered in a thick fog
….and then emergence in the backyard an hour later
We invent structure to keep us feeling safe. But safe we ain’t. Real life is too big, too awesome, too dynamic for safety. And that’s quite all right. Safety is over-rated.
6:40am sunrise from 59th Pace in LA
We can't stand the silence because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves. ...Agnes DeMille
6:39am sunrise from 59th Place in LA
Beware how you take away hope from any human being. ..Oliver Wendell Holmes
6:38am sunrise from 59th Place in LA
Keep your behaviors positive because your behaviors become your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny. …M.K. Gandhi
6:38am sunrise over 59th Place in LA
If you can look into the mirror without laughter, you have no sense of humor. …Anonymous
6:37am sunrise over 59th Place in LA
Flawed human being….Oxymoron
6:36am sunrise over 59th Place in LA
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself. ..Albert Einstein
6:36am sunrise from 59th Place in LA
We must re-learn to be alone. Instead of planting our solitude with dream blossoms, we choke the space with continuous music, chatter, and companionship to which we do not even listen. It is simply there to fill the vacuum. …Anne Morrow Lindbergh
6:35am sunrise emerges over Starbucks parking lot in Culver City
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What you see as stagnation is gestation. You have to yield up things so the gift that wants to come through you can emerge. ..Michael Bernard Beckwith
6:34am sunrise-NOT from 59th Place in LA
followed by emergence in the smoky sky…
The soul never acts alone. Whenever the soul undertakes anything, there is immediate and direct assistance from the Supreme. What the soul begins, God will finish. God will cause it to be. …Christian Larson
6:33am sunrise-NOT from 59th Place in LA in a heavy fog
…followed by pink emergence
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. ..Dalai Lama
6:33am sunrise from 59th Place in LA
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Hope only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful. This is your century. Take it and run as if your life depends on it. …From commencement address by Paul Hawken
6:32am sunrise-NOT at 59th Place in LA
If one wishes to spend one's life as a writer, it is a dangerous undertaking on the most primitive level. For, it seems to me, the act of writing with serious intent involves enormous personal risk. It entails the ongoing courage for self-discovery. It means one will walk forever on the tightrope, with each new step presenting the possibility of learning a truth about oneself that is too terrible to bear. …Harlan Ellison