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Friday’s Thought – Earthly Verses

magnolia blossom in DC

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” 

(Rainer Maria Rilke)

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Friday’s Thought – In Pursuit of Beauty

Red hooded walker
“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

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Whimsical Pencil Sketch – Art Imitates Life

Ansel Adams once said…
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” 
Josephine the photographer blog
(Josephine couldn’t agree more!)

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Friday’s Thought – Fellow Adventurers

mosaic subway art

“You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.”

(Richard Bach)

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Friday’s Thought – Mirrors and Mirages

babylon

“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages,
at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.”

(Erica Jong)

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Friday’s Thought – Just in Time

Big Clock

“The time is always right to do what is right.”

(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

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Friday’s Thought – Got Rhythm?

Photo of decorations at Rockefeller Center, taken by Joana Miranda

“To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm.” 
(Michael Jackson)

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Friday’s Thought – Contemplating…

Photo of colorful Adirondack chairs taken by Joana Miranda

“Contemplation seems to be about the only luxury that costs nothing.”

(Dodie Smith)

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Friday’s Thought – True Strength

“There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.”
(Han Suyin) 

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Friday’s Thought – Reflections

Photo of lamppost reflected in a puddle, taken by Joana Miranda

“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.” 
(Margaret J. Wheatley)

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