The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.

~ Emily Dickinson

Mellow Sunset, Pacific City, Oregon 2018

The will to do, the soul to dare.

~ Sir Walter Scott

Velella Velella, Neskowin, Oregon 2018

Life can only take place in the present moment.

~ Buddha

Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla), Pacific City, Oregon 2018

I am here to live out loud.

~ Emile Zola

American Robin fledgling, Bismarck, North Dakota 2010

Don’t push the river, it flows by itself.

~ Chinese proverb

River, Yellowstone National Park, 2008

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

~ Hans Christian Andersen

White Flower, Tucson, Arizona 2008

Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
~ James R. Sherman

Javelina mom with two “reds”  Tucson, Arizona 2010

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you’re right.

~ Henry Ford

Military Macaw (Ara militaris), Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2015

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

~ G.K. Chesterton

Millipede, Petroglyph National Monument, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2006

It is better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring.

~ Marilyn Monroe

Bobcat, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona 2014