Drowning In the Sea of Love...

Drowning in the sea of love

Where everyone would love to drown

But now it's gone

It doesn't matter what for

When you build your house

Then call me home

"Sara" Fleetwood Mac

French Quarter, NOLA * 2016 NDM

Most Difficult Times

“The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves.” 

― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice For Difficult Times

Ocean Springs, MS * NDM 2016

Fear & Truth

“Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth” 

― Pema Chödrön

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

We have the key...

Well, I know it wasn't you who held me down

Heaven knows it wasn't you who set me free

So oftentimes it happens that we live our lives in chains

And we never even know we have the key

Already Gone, The Eagles

NOLA * 2016 NDM

Now

The time is now, the place is here. 

Stay in the present. 

You can do nothing to change the past, 

and the future will never come exactly as you plan or hope for.

Dan Millman

Ocean Springs, MS * NDM 2016

Saying No

Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes.

~Dan Millman

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

Late Lament

"Late Lament"

Breathe deep the gathering gloom,

Watch lights fade from every room.

Bedsitter people look back and lament,

Another day's useless energy spent.

Impassioned lovers wrestle as one,

Lonely man cries for love and has none.

New mother picks up and suckles her son,

Senior citizens wish they were young.

Cold hearted orb that rules the night,

Removes the colours from our sight.

Red is grey and yellow white.

But we decide which is right.

And which is an illusion?

Moody Blues, "Nights In White Satin"

French Quarter, NOLA * NDM 2016

Faith

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.

Dan Millman

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

Dog & Butterfly

Well I stumbled upon your secret place

Safe in the trees you had tears on your face

Wrestling with your desires frozen strangers

Stealing your fires, the message hit my mind

Only words that I could find...

Heart, "Dog & Butterfly"

French Quarter, NOLA* NDM 2016

Solitude

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; 

that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it. 

Rainer Maria Rilke

Mobile, AL * NDM 2016

Coming Together & Falling Apart

“We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.” 

― Pema Chödrön

Payphone* MS* NDM 2016

Explorers

“Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without 

knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.” 

― Pema Chödrön

Ocean Springs, MS * NDM 2016

Perfection

“Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.” 
                                                                                        – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Mobile, AL * 2016 NDM

This Moment Is Your Life

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Omar Khayyam

Mobile, AL * NDM 2016

You are the Sky

“You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the weather.” 

― Pema Chödrön

Ocean Springs, MS * NDM 2016

Within You

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; 

the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.

Dan Millman

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

Let My Soul Smile

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, 
that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Sweet Home Alabama * NDM 2016

Happy

Act happy, feel happy, be happy, without a reason in the world. 

Then you can love, and do what you will.

Dan Millman

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

Crazy On You

I was willow last night in my dream

I bent down over a clear running stream

I sang you the song that i heard up above

And you keep me alive with your sweet flowing love…

Heart, Crazy On You

Wilmer, AL * 2016 NDM

To Be Alive

“To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.” 

― Pema Chödrön

Ocean Springs, MS * NDM 2016

Before We Speak

Before you speak, ask yourself:  

Is it kind, 

is it necessary, 

is it true, 

does it improve upon the silence?

Sai Baba

Dallas 2016* NDM

Sowing Seeds of Success

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Mobile, AL *2016 NDM

A Hair Divides What is False and True

A hair divides what is false and true.

Omar Khayyam

Mobile, AL * NDM 2016

Ordinary Moments

There are no ordinary moments.

~Dan Millman

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, AL * NDM 2016

Freedom As Understanding

Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem.

Krishnamurti

Dauphin Island, AL**NDM 2016

Assertion of Belief

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.

Krishnamurti

Alabama* 2016 NDM

Tradition

Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.

Krishnamurti

Dauphin Island, AL * 2016 NDM

The Thoughtful Soul

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Omar Khayyam

Mobile, AL * 2016 NDM

Transformation

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.  ---Krishnamurti

Dauphin Island, AL * 2016 NDM

Defining Yourself

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. ---- Alan Watts

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM