Sacred Space

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.

Joseph Campbell

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Joy

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Joseph Campbell

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Thriving

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. 

Maya Angelou

NDM

The NOW

I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, 
which is what there is and all there is.

Alan Watts

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Join the Dance

The only way to make sense out of change is 

to plunge into it, 

move with it, and 

join the dance.

Alan Watts

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Dreamer

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. 

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and 

the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. 

Harriet Tubman

Cafe Brazil, Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Passion

There is no passion to be found playing small --
in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. 

Nelson Mandela

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Don't Believe

Don't believe everything you think. 

Abraham-Hicks

Dauphin Island, AL* NDM 2016

The Life Waiting for You

"You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you. If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's"

- Joseph Campbell

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Advocate

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, 

be an advocate for myself and others like me. 

Maya Angelou

Pittsburgh, PA * NDM

A Mind All Logic

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Salem, MA * 2010 NDM

Internal Optimism

I have become my own version of an optimist. 

If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door - 

or I'll make a door. 

Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present. 

---------Rabindranath Tagore

Kiev, Ukraine* NDM

Candle in Your Heart

“There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.

There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.

You feel it, don’t you?”

― Rumi

Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX * NDM 2014

Lovers

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Rumi

"Spring"* 2015 NDM

Compassion

“Compassion is not religious business, it is human business; it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.”

- Dalai Lama XIV

Village, Western Samoa* 2015 NDM

Peace

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

14th Dalai Lama

Morning in Western Samoa* 2015 NDM

The Good In Life

“The good in life does not depend on life’s length, 

but upon the use we make of it. 

It is possible, or rather usual, for a man who has lived long, lived too little.” 

– Seneca the Younger

Indian Shores, FL* NDM 2016

Seek

“Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart." Rumi

NYC * NDM 2013

Being Fearless

Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Texas Senate * NDM 2013

Heartbeat of Nature

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

Joseph Campbell

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

Counting Moments

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore

Kiev, Ukraine * NDM

Simple Religion

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

--The 14th Dalai Lama

Fijian Bus Stop * 2015 NDM

Privilege of a Lifetime

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.    

Joseph Campbell

Dallas, TX * 2016 NDM

The Wound

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

― Rumi 

"Courage"* NDM2013 

The Freedom of the Tree

Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree. 

Rabindranath Tagore

Choosing Joy

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. Khalil Gibran

 ndm * 2015

A Revolutionary Act

During times of universal deceit, 

                           telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

George Orwell

Indian Shores, FL *NDM 2016

Acting Small

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”

― Rumi

Austin * NDM 2014

The Story Inside

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.  Maya Angelou

Austin, TX * 2013 NDM

Grateful for Others

“Be grateful for whoever comes, because 

each has been sent as a guide from beyond.”

― Rumi

Austin * NDM 2014

Travel

“Travel brings power and love back into your life.”

                                                                        ― Rumi

Redington Shores, FL * NDM 2016