Good Morning, Morning!

Verdant, originally uploaded by dandy_fsj.

Peace begins with a smile. ~Mother Teresa

Today was Mother Teresa's birthday!

Good Morning, Morning!

Dreaming............., originally uploaded by Nicolas Valentin.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

~Saint Francis de Sales

(St. Francis de Sales would have turned 442 today!)

*Strike My Fancy*

Claire and I are fond of Sandra Boyton books. This morning Claire picked out a Boyton book called Your Personal Penguin. This book has always been a little troublesome to read because I didn't know the tune that I was supposed to read it to. Comb fixed the problem this morning by pulling up the tune on his computer and playing it on the speakers. Soon Claire and I had a penguin dance going on in the living room. Flap your "wings" and waddle like a penguin to this tune. Have a fun day!

"Your Personal Penguin"

*Strike My Fancy*

Trio of Autumn Woven Baskets for a Nature Table or Children's Purses, originally uploaded by Pictures by Ann.

"Trio of Autumn Woven Baskets for Nature Table or Children's Purses"

This is an idea I wanted to file away to create myself sometime.

Good Morning, Morning!

Singing Chaffinch, originally uploaded by Herzkasper.

Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.

-Dorothy Thompson

Good Morning, Morning!

Unbeeindruckte Natur, originally uploaded by DaAnda.

"Edelweiss"

Most of us think that if we are not suffering from any particular disease or illness, then we are healthy.

But true health is more than the absence of disease.

True health is about our physical health and our emotional, mental and spiritual health.

In fact, it is nearly impossible to be physically healthy if we are emotionally distraught, mentally distressed or spiritually out of touch. Our physical health occurs in the greater context of our mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Gerald Jampolsky M.D., psychiatrist and author, defines health as "inner peace," which comes from an inner sense of unity and wholeness.

It is interesting to note that the words "health" and "healing" both come from the root word "whole," meaning "to be one." In other words, true health and healing embody the notion that we are more than mere physical beings. We have thoughts, emotions and spiritual beliefs that move us far beyond mere physicality.

-Neil Neimark, MD