"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf." — Albert Schweitzer Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just… Continue reading

Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as it were, for the first time. — Arnold Bennett Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated… Continue reading

Stop and listen to the heart, the wind outside, to one another, to the changing patterns of this mysterious life. It comes moment after moment, out of nothing, and disappears into nothing. Live with less grasping and more appreciation and caring. — Jack Kornfield Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me… Continue reading

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them. — G. K Chesterton Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories… Continue reading

Perception … is a constant communion between ourselves and the living world that encompasses us. — David Abram Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my Treasures for the past week. Purple bougainvillea, red… Continue reading

It's your life that you are living. Don't pick and choose when you'll be there. All of it is yours. No one else suffers more if you waste it than you. Be patient with yourself and make every effort to be fully attentive so that you don't waste any of it. — Angel Kyodo Williams… Continue reading

Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. Here are "the rest" of my Treasures for the past week. (I'm changing to a Monday-Sunday collection interval.) An apt and timely comic from Lynn Johnston's "For Better or… Continue reading

Gratitude is an act of awareness. Without awareness, there is no recognition of anything and, therefore, no love of anything. — Tae Yun Kim Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my Treasures for… Continue reading

God created memory so that we might have roses in December. — Italo Svevo Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my Treasures for the past week. A naptime snuggle with Raven (I'll lie… Continue reading

The moment one give close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself — Henry Miller Treasures are positive things that strike my fancy, that make me feel happy or thankful or interested. Treasures are memories encapsulated in just a few words. These are my… Continue reading