Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing; the dawn will come…you don’t give up. Anne Lamott. Painting by Edmond dePury.

We have the ability to create purpose out of raw energy. This purpose generates meaning and this meaning helps us make sense of our life. It connects us to the whole world and helps us realize how we fit in the bigger picture. Andréa Balt Quote.

We’re part of a mixed marriage: he’s male, I’m female. Anna Quindlen quote, American author and journalist . Painting by Angelo Morbelli.

If you can’t read the book you want, then you gotta write it. If you can’t find your wonderland, then you gotta build it. You are your way, your life, your truth. Andéa Balt quote. American writer, life alchemist, self-proclaimed Renaissance woman.

I hate fussy-messy criticism because of the potentially shining, gentle, gifted people that it snuffs out every year. It’s a murder of talent. De Scott Evans painting.

Trying to reason with an addict was like trying to blow out a lightbulb. Edouard Manet painting.

Authentic beauty awakens the beauty in others…remove your plastic face and show me your dead scars and your glory. Alfred Stevens painting.

You’ve got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. Briton Rivière painting.

There’s Spirit in you. It’s when the Spirit is free to move through you that miracles are free to happen.