“Invest your capital of love to get the best dividend of a beautiful life filled with happiness.” ~Debasish Mridha
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Love Shine a Light – desktop ❤
“And we’re all gonna shine a light together
All shine a light to light the way
Brothers and sisters in every little part
Let our love shine a light in every corner of our hearts” ❤
Much love & light to you! ❤
xoxo Kim
“It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.” ~
George Eliot
Yes, it’s so good to desire, wish for, and hunger for beautiful things! Sunsets and sunrises, beautiful weather, true friendship, a fantastic job, to see a great movie, a sweet adventure, to take pictures, to share with others, marriage, relationships, children, vacations…we can be thankful for all that we currently have, cherish it, love it, and still have a thirst for more. Being content and satisfied doesn’t mean we never want anything else. Part of living is desiring, hungering, pursuing…it doesn’t mean we’re ungrateful or not happy already. Different people and things can coax out different kinds of happiness and joy in us. ❤ ❤ ❤
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“Kissing like a bandit stealing time underneath a sycamore tree.
Cupid by the hour sends Valentines to my sweet lover and me.
Slowly, but surely your appetite is more than I knew.
Sweetly, softly I’m falling in love with you.” ~Terence Trent Darby ❤
Wishing Well – Terence Trent Darby – mobile
“Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of butterfly tears
Wish me love a wishing well
To kiss and tell
A wishing well of crocodile cheers”
I’m wishing you much love & light now & for always!
Xoxo Kim ❤
“Ring the bells that still can ring.
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything.
That’s how the light gets in.” ~ Leonard Cohen “Anthem”
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Let’s not forget to ring those bells, the ones that still can ring. The bad in the world, the bitterness, the pain, the negativity, the shattered bells that no longer ring….that cannot take away the goodness that still exists, the beauty, the love, the togetherness, the light…<3
Not only does the darkness and pain not take away the goodness all around and within us, it can allow us to see an even brighter light if we allow it, a greater strength, deeper wisdom & empathy, a more profound love. ❤
Much love & light to you,
xoxo Kim 😀
“Beauteous art, brought with us from heaven,
will conquer nature; so divine a power
belongs to him who strives with every nerve.
If I was made for art, from childhood given
a prey for burning beauty to devour,
I blame the mistress I was born to serve.” ~ Michelangelo Buonarroti ❤
I found this beautiful quote in the novel, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone.
It's a great quote which I interpret to be about his natural ability to be able to create artistic things, which he further develops through practice. He has a hunger for beauty and to create beautiful things through sculpting. I think his mistress is his untamed passion to create, his rapacious desire for beauty and art.
It’s really more like he is the prey to beauty; it seeks him out to wildly consume him, something that seems beyond his control. An urge, a pull, an immense craving he cannot resist. It overpowers him but in a beautiful way.
However it's meant to be interpreted, it flows so wonderfully and is full of passion and life.
It's beautiful to be so hungry, so full of desire and along with it, have the courage to act on it and the skills to succeed how we intend to.
Do you have an interpretation of this quote? If you want, share it here!
I hope you are having a beautiful day or night wherever you are!:-D
Much love to you,
xoxo Kim ❤
“True beauty is a warm heart, a kind soul, and an attentive ear.”~Ken Poirot ❤
xoxo Kim
“Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn.” ~Quoted by Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You
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xoxo Kim
“Dandelions, like all things in nature are beautiful when you take the time to pay attention to them.”~June Stoyer ❤
This is a picture of me last Spring in June outside a Buddhist center here in Philadelphia after the Avalokiteshvara Empowerment. Avalokiteshvara is said to be the personification of perfect compassion for all sentient beings.
I saw this quote and thought of the picture. It was a beautiful Spring day. Like today! 😀
I hope you are having a lovely day or night wherever in the world you are! ❤
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xoxo Kim
“Find courage to overcome the circumstance.” ~
Lailah Gifty Akita
This is a great reminder that we cannot always choose our circumstances but we can choose to react in a positive way.
Even if we cannot currently choose our emotions, we can choose to think and react positively even if we aren’t truly feeling it just yet.
“Fake it til’ you make it.”
If we act in positive ways and choose positive thoughts, we are more likely to begin to feel and live in positive ways, strengthening and developing positive habits.
This isn’t always easy, it can be so tempting , so easy to give in and succumb to unpleasant situations, emotions, and negativity.
But it’s worth the work it takes to become and remain positive. Even if we’re naturally, generally positive, there’s usually always room to evolve and be even better.
We can choose to do something as simple as stopping to take a few deep breaths instead of reacting in unpleasant ways, reading uplifting quotes, going outside for a walk or to look at the beautiful sky…
Our teacher in Buddhist class tells us to stop after an unpleasant encounter and before reacting, take a deep breath and ask “What would Buddha do?”
We don’t have to be a Buddhist to adhere to this wisdom. Buddha is a symbol of peace, calm, love & compassion….
Even if we don’t know for sure what Buddha would do, we can be certain of what he would not do. He would never react with violence or bitterness or give up and quit his life of compassion, he would never allow problems to wear him out.
I saw this quote today and decided to share here! It can apply to the most minor problems like being stuck in traffic, someone looking at us in unpleasant ways or saying something we don’t like and to more serious problems like depression, physical illnesses, grief, and other difficult situations.
What a great reminder!
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Much love & light to you,
xoxo Kim ❤
“…gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.” ~ Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
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xoxo Kim
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
This is so true! It’s not about what we have but how we perceive this life that contributes mostly to gratitude & happiness. Even with very little, we still have a lot when we have a great attitude.
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I saw this quote today and it's a wonderful reminder!
Much love,
xoxo Kim
