Helen Keller

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 12-11-2014

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It is not what you see today…

What is possible in the future…

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. – Helen Keller

Hafiz

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 27-05-2014

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“How did the rose ever open it’s heart 


and give to this world all of it’s beauty?


It felt the encouragement of light 


against it’s being,


otherwise we all remain too frightened.”


— Hafiz

Thich Nhat Hanh

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 26-05-2014

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“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence.

When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh

What is a Mother?

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 11-05-2014

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What is a Mother?

“[Motherhood is] the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge and scary–it’s an act of infinite optimism.” —Gilda Radner

“Love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark … to have been loved so deeply .. will give us some protection forever.” —J.K. Rowling

“Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.” —Oprah Winfrey

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” —Lady Gaga

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to return to our hearts.
~Washington Irving

A mom’s hug lasts long after she lets go. ~Author Unknown

God could not be everywhere, so he created mothers.

Because I feel that in the heavens above
The angels, whispering one to another,
Can find among their burning tears of love,
None so devotional as that of “Mother,”
Therefore, by that dear name I have long called you,
You who are more than mother unto me.
~Edgar Allan Poe

From our conception, we are connected to our mother. She is the soil we were grown in, her blood flowed through us until we were born. We have the deepest connection with our mother- even if circumstance led her to having us adopted, or we were mistreated in a real or perceived way, a deep connection remains.

If your mother is alive, Mother’s Day is a great day to call and express love. If she lives close. it’s a great day to visit or have a meal together. If you do things together ;do something.

If there is baggage, make peace with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 17-04-2014

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C.S. Lewis

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 17-04-2014

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What is your Destiny?

Albert Einstein

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 16-04-2014

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“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” ― Albert Einstein

Pema Chödrön

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 15-04-2014

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“The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and the respect to look at ourselves honestly and gently.”

— Pema Chödrön

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 13-04-2014

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“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”

― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Rumi

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 13-04-2014

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Only from the heart can you touch the sky —  Rumi

C. G. Jung

Posted by Suzanne Holmes | Posted in Inspiration | Posted on 13-04-2014

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“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” 

~ C. G. Jung