"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."
—Jalaluddin Rumi (translated)
This is (Chocolate Chip) Cookie. One of three, her Mum and the other two died. She’s a sassy little lamb, very independent and determined. She’s adopted me. We’re having lots of cuddles and I’m bottle feeding her.
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
—Henry David Thoreau
Had the flu for just over a week. A bad dose. Peaked on Wednesday, the worst day. This morning, although not 💯 %, finally feeling an improvement.
"Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you."
—Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
—Buddha (Dhammapada, traditional rendering)
"If you want to fly, give up the things that weigh you down."
—Toni Morrison
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music"
—Friedrich Nietzsche
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
—Antoine de Saint‑Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars (commonly cited)
"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become"
—Carl Jung
"I will not die an unlived life. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing."
—Dawna Markova (from a widely quoted poem)
"For all that has been, thanks. For all that shall be, yes."
—Dag Hammarskjöld, from Markings
"Be joyful though you have considered all the facts"
—Wendell Berry, "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front"
