love

"...love is the last 30 lb bale, when you
load it on, the boat tips over..."


-Rumi

growth

pain

"People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous ... Pain is meant to wake us up ... You feel your strength in the experience of pain ...Your feelings are part of you ... If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you're letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain."

Jim Morrison

blue roses

flight

'Come to the edge', he said.
"They said, 'We are afraid.'
"'Come to the edge,'" he said.
They came. He pushed them.
....and they flew."

Guillaume Apollinaire

birds