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Favorite Things

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world"

- Mahatma Gandhi

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"Always do right. This will gratify some people,

and astonish the rest". - Mark Twain

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My favorite Things

A good cup of coffee in the morning. A nice long walk by the lake in the early morning sun or under the stars at night. A cozy evening at home with someone special. Candles and fresh flowers. My “Karunesh”, “Vas”, "Dead Can Dance", Lorenna McKennitt, and "Peter Gabriel" CD's. Hot bubble baths. My big TV. Good food, a good glass of wine, good conversation, reading a great book, and having time to write. But most importantly, spending time with loved ones, as well as spending time outdoors, alone, meditating.

Favorite colors: Black, crimson red, purple

Favorite foods: Italian, Indian, Thai, French

Favorite flowers: This is a hard one. So many beautiful ones! But, at the top of the list : Lilies, tulips, orchids, camelias, roses, gardenias.

Favorite season: Winter and even more Spring, when nature is reborn and temperatures are still cool.

Favorite traits in a man: Sweetness, kindness, courage, loyalty, openness, humility, honesty, consideration, chivalry, affection, flexibility, intelligence, a romantic soul. ;-)

Favorite actors: Ray Stevenson, Gerard Butler, Sean Connery and Mathew MacFadyen.

Favorite poem:

The Invitation

It does not interest me what you do for a living,

I want to know what you ache for,

and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It does not interest me how old you are,

I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love,

for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive.

It does not interest me what planets are squaring your moon,

I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow,

if you have been opened by life's betrayals or

have become shriveled, bitter and closed from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain, yours or mine

without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, yours or mine,

if you can dance with wildness and let ecstasy fill you

to the tips of your fingers and toes

without cautioning us to be careful, be realistic,

or to remember the limitations of being human.

I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself;

If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul

I want to know if you can see beauty

even when it is not pretty every day

and if you can source your life from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours or mine

and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, YES!

It does not interest me to know where you live or how much money you have

I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair,

weary and bruised to the bone,

and do what needs to be done for the ones who love you.

It does not interest me who you are, how you came to be here

I want to know if you will stand in the center

of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It does not interest me where or what or with whom you have studied

I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else fades away

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself,

and if you truly like the company you keep

in the empty moments.

- Oriah Mountain Dreamer

(An Indian elder)

Some more favorite quotes:

"To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle that any human being can fight--and never stop fighting". - E.E. Cummings

"The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart, head and hands".

- Robert M. Pirsig

“Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one”. - Socrates

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it". - Voltaire

"Love truth, and pardon error". - Voltaire

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly". - Buddha

"Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child". - Ron Wild

"Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference". -Voltaire

"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by healthy child, or a garden patch, to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The goal of life is living in agreement with Nature”. - Zeno of Citium (Greek Philosopher)

“Peace is the fairest form of happiness” - William Ellery Channing

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared

to what lies within us". - Oliver Wendall Holmes

"Don't hold on to anger, hurt or pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love". - Leo Buscaglia

"A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on". - D.L

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which

does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."

- Kahlil Gibran

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre

minds." - Albert Einstein

"Know, oh beloved, that we were not created in jest or at random, but

marvelously made and for some great end.” - Al-Ghazzali, 1058-1111

(Arab Philosopher)

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the

winds long to play with your hair.” - Kahlil Gibran (Lebanese Poet and

Novelist)

"I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or

catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me,

to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it

becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance;

to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next as blossom and

that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit." - Dawna Markova

"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury;

and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable; and

wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act

frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to

bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasion, hurry never; in a word,

to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious grow up through the common.

This is to be my symphony." - William Henry Channing

"Meditate. Live purely. Be of quiet spirit. Do your work with mastery.

Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine". - Buddha

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."- David Carradine

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing

is a miracle. The other is as if everything is." - Albert Einstein

"To carry life lightly, and have the capacity for enjoying it deeply, that IS the sum of all wisdom" - Tibetan wisdom

"Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared."- Buddha

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