Blind to all but beauty

ON THE FIELDS, ON THE HORIZON

On the fields, on the horizon

On the birds’ wings

And on the mill of shadows

I write your name.

(Paul Éluard)

September 16

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.

–Norman Vincent Peale (1898 – 1993)

“Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.”

“If you spend more time asking appropriate questions rather than giving answers or opinions, your listening skills will increase.”

–Brian Koslow

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

–Benjamin Franklin

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

–Rabindranath Tagore