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1 Sep 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 5–2

Twilight Trees, 2016
Twilight Trees, 2016




"Check out any celebrity magazine to look for examples to disabuse you of thinking that being beautiful, successful, or rich will make you happy.”

—Shawn Achor

15 Aug 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 5–1


"Within moments of logging on to social media, we have instant access to others’ accomplishments, vacations, job promotions, home upgrades, and culinary creations. It’s hard to be happy if we constantly concern ourselves with how we measure up to those around us.

Gratitude has the opposite effect of social comparison — it redirects our attention to the many wonderful things we already have in our lives that we have likely taken for granted.”

—Timothy Bono, Ph.D., Psychology Professor, Washington University in St. Louis









Cloud Surf, 2018
Cloud Surf, 2018
1 Aug 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–24

Elm Leaves, 2014
Elm Leaves, 2014




   "The art of being happy lies in the    power of extracting happiness from     common things."

—Henry Ward Beecher


15 Jul 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–23






               patio fountain—
               a drop of water marks
               my page

               —rmh²

Garden Fountain, 2016
Garden Fountain, 2016
1 Jul 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–22

Silver and Gold, 2020
Silver and Gold, 2020




"Adversity has the effect 
 of eliciting talents, which, 
in prosperous circumstances, 
             would have lain dormant.”            
          
—Horace

14 Jun 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–21


[ Creative Chaos ]

"When the going gets chaotic, the creative get going!"

—rmh²

Twilight Waves, 2020
Twilight Waves, 2020
31 May 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–20

Shifting Winds, 2020
Shifting Winds, 2020





 "With every challenge 
comes new opportunities.
With every opportunity comes 
new challenges."

—rmh²

15 May 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–19


               "The Theory of Rhythm"
                          [ r h² ]

                           "Over time,
                    routines (r) create a 
                personal momentum (m
            that transforms ones’ life into
               a rhythm of harmony (h
                   and happiness (h)."

                  —Robert M. Hopkins
                          (aka rmh²)

Flowing Dawn, 2020
Flowing Dawn, 2020
2 May 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–18

Twilight Silhouette, 2017
Twilight Silhouette, 2017

 





"Do or do not. 
There is no try." 

  —Yoda 

15 Apr 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–17






"A journey of
ten thousand miles  
begins with but
   a single step."   

—Lao Tzu 

Great Wall at Mutianyu, 2015
Great Wall at Mutianyu, 2015
2 Apr 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–16

Twilight Glow, 2015
Twilight Glow, 2015






"Faith is taking the 
first step even when you 
don’t see the whole 
staircase."

—Martin Luther King, Jr. 

15 Mar 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–15






"For death is no more 
than a turning of us over  
from time to eternity."

—William Penn 

Twilight Flow, 2017
Twilight Flow, 2017
29 Feb 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–14

Moonstone Beach, 2007
Moonstone Beach, 2007


         "For life and death are one, 
        even as the river and the sea 
                        are one."

                 —Khalil Gibran

18 Feb 2020

Seeds of Wisdom: Vol 4–13

 



"I believe that faith 
might be precisely that ability 
to trust the river, to trust the flow and 
the lover. It is a process that we don’t 
have to change, coerce, or improve. 
We need to allow it to flow."

—Richard Rohr

Sunset Flow, 2018
Sunset Flow, 2018
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