Our Backyard - Words Are Superfluous

“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.”
~Mahatma Gandhi

“Dreams grow holy when put into action.”
~Adelaide Ann Proctor, 1859

Rae, what are you looking at?

"Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?"
~Life of Pi by Yann Martel

"Despite our efforts to keep him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities: a virgin's womb and an empty tomb. Jesus entered our world through a door marked 'No Entrance' and left through a door marked 'No Exit.' "
~Peter Larson

"There is always some madness in love. But there is always some reason in madness."
~Jeffrey Fisher

How My Students Learned To Use Chopsticks

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
~Albert Einstein

“The journey is the reward.”
~Taoist Saying

"The Cockroach"

Capri - The most beautiful place I've ever been

"There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment."

~Thomas C. Halliburton

So what does this constitute - the kiss of death?

Turbulent Yet Beautiful - The Sea

Could anyone legitimately be this happy about eating escargot?

"All I need is a reindeer..."
the Grinch looked around.
But since reindeer are scarce,
there was none to be found.
Did that stop the old Grinch?
No! The Grinch simply said,
"If I can't find a reindeer,
I'll make one instead!"
So he called his dog Max.
Then he took some red thread
and he tied a big horn
on top of his head.
~How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Suess

"The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."
~William James