Quotation--19

"Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured."  

Proverbs 13:18, King James Version of the Bible

Happy Easter!

Quotation--18

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit."

Napoleon Hill

Nature Art--57

Art Show

Yoko Ono is the 85-year-old widow of the former Beatle, John Lennon.  She is an award-winning artist with a show currently on display in Toronto at the Gardiner Museum.

The show is an interactive one called "Yoko Ono:  The Riverbed" [until June 3]; and it features a lot of smooth stones which can be held in the hands while focusing on different thoughts or feelings...there's some broken pottery which people can repair...and people can help to create a web of strings which signifies our connections to other people....  I think this is a fascinating and very meaningful exhibit!

For more information, people can go to:  www.gardinermuseum.on.ca

Quotation--17

"As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others."

Audrey Hepburn

Quotation--16

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."

Robert Louis Stevenson

Nature Art--56

Quotation--15

"The best things in life are nearest:  breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you.  Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life's plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life."

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a well-known writer from Scotland...he lived from 1850-1894, dying at the age of 44 years.  He was sickly from a young child but he enjoyed writing--and was good at it--and his father encouraged him.

The above quotation may seem a little old-fashioned but I believe it has some points to make....  I wouldn't say we should never "grasp at the stars," but unless we can afford to hire servants and staff to help with our daily duties we can't get away from them....  And I believe we can find satisfaction and self-respect in doing our daily duties well.

Quotation--14

"Wise men speak because they have something to say, fools because they have to say something."

Plato

Quotation--13

"Everything has beauty, but not
everyone sees it."

                                Confucius