Anyone can carry his burden, however heavy, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, until the sun goes down. And this is all that life really means.
~ Robert Louis Stevenson
Full Moon, Tucson, Arizona 06-2013
One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.
~ Goethe
Central Park, New York, New York 2012
Shout out to Big O’s for the handy toileting tutorial!
Toilet Instructions, Beaverton, Oregon 2018
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Male Mallard, Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Arizona 2008
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
