Lower My Defenses

God, help me to lower my defenses today, to be open to the good in the people around me and to the good that I have to offer them. Melody Beattie

Web of Life

All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. Chief Seattle

Thoughts

The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Dee Hock

Freedom

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. Nelson Mandela

Good Traveler

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu

Preparing

If one asks for success and prepares for failure, he will get the situation he has prepared for. Florence Shinn

Giving

Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. John D. Rockefeller

Daring

To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. To not dare is to lose oneself. Soren Kierkegaard

Enough

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

Being Loved

Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. Fred Rogers