Glass with Sunlight & Water

lone petal in a glass

"Without alienation, there can be no politics."
~ Arthur Miller

Water, Glass, Sunbeam

"The windy day is not the day for scallops." - Old Irish saying

This one is often misinterpreted. 'scalloping' is thatching a roof. You wouldn't wait for a stormy day to repair your roof, or for bad timing to debate a point with someone, ask for a favor. Timing is important.

Glass Jar

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.
C. S. Lewis

frosted & etched glass behind glass door

The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.

Flora Whittemore

reflection in glass

There's nothing that keeps its youth,
So far as I know, but a tree and truth.


Oliver Wendell Holmes



this is a photo of a car window.

Skyscraper on Park Avenue, NYC

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.

Mark Twain

Unfolding

Reflect upon your blessings, of which every man has plenty,
not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Dickens

Objects

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

Charles Dickens

Springtime

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you


Hawthorne

Stung

To carry a grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.

(anon.)

Idea

Share your inspiration with others

RL Stevenson

sadness

happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind

Proust

Old

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists,
unless laughter can be said to remedy anything

K Vonnegut