Inspirational Poetry
Poetry soothes our souls, feeds our minds, and clears our thoughts. These are a few of my favorites and I will continue to add to them. Memorizing poetry was part of our childhood. Most children are not required to memorize much in school anymore. But many times I have been thankful for the poems I memorized along the way. It is my hope that the poems and pictures here will inspire you. This lens is dedicated to my parents, who often quoted poetry to us. I remember especially "God Forgive M...

Elements of Wholeness
Wholeness Has Many Elements . . .
This lens is NOT about perfection. It is about a person's inside being congruent with their outside, having more enjoyable relationships, and allowing life to flow as smoothly as possible. So what's difficult about wholeness? The biggest difficulty is that wholeness is not an ego thing. Wholeness has nothing to do with image. Wholeness may or may not include monetary or career success, a Beaver Cleaver family, feeling important or special. I haven't found that trying to be whole works very ...

Seven Sentences of Daily Inspiration
Where Do You Find Your Inspiration?
Do you think only artists are in search for inspiration? I don't. I believe that we are given that much time to live on this Earth and that we should be looking to fill each moment with joy, understanding, compassion, creativity; with thoughts, emotions and actions manifesting and multiplying the Love that brought us forth -- or else we might just waste this unique and valuable existence. Life is here and we are here too, but we don't know for how long. Being amazed at life's infinite wonde...