Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Tea is a cup of life.
Why am I here? To help others?
Why are others here? To be helped?


The first bowl sleekly moistened throat and lips,
The second banished all my loneliness
The third expelled the dullness from my mind,
Sharpening inspiration gained
from all the books I've read.
The fourth brought forth light perspiration,
Dispersing a lifetime's troubles through my pores.
The fifth bowl cleansed ev'ry atom of my being.
The sixth has made me kin to the Immortals.
This seventh...
I can take no more.
- Lu Tung, Chinese Poet











Monday, September 14, 2009

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.



Be true to your work, your word, and your friends.



He that can have patience can have what he will.



Monday, August 31, 2009

It is never too late to be what you might have been. It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.












Thursday, August 27, 2009

A state of mind

Mind is all that counts. You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.
More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.


Life is only a state of mind















Thursday, August 20, 2009

I have three precious things which I prize and hold fast. The
first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking
from taking precedence of others.



With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be
liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a
vessel of the highest honour. Tao Te Ching ~ Lao-tzu



Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Wheresoever you go, ... go with all your heart.
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.




Friday, August 14, 2009

Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day of your life.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. They are well learned.
Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.


With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things. Be thankful for what you have, and what you have not, because harmony is somewhere inbetween.





Thursday, August 13, 2009

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

There are many fish in the sea, and many seas to visit.



Wednesday, August 12, 2009

There is always a path to follow whether crooked or straight, and we must find the middle for the smooth walk in balance, never veering left or right, or giving ground to chaos.






All things of nature are made beautiful, and so are you.






The sounds of silence Welcome you!

Only the sounds of water falling on rocks, the chirping of yellow canaries, and thought crossing through your mind.










We must all have a retreat. Some find it in the mind, some find it in the air, while others must have a physical place to call Sanctuary. Through the use of energy turned into digital bits I have produced a home of peace and pleasure to relax and feel secure in one's self in harmony and balance.