Lessons

When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Buddhist Proverb

Say "Cheese"

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
~Raymond Chandler

Solar power

There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. ~Annie Dillard

Awakening

We become aware of the void as we fill it.
~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943

Exhale, relax

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.
~John Updike

Togetherness

Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree ~Astrid Alauda

First chair

If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ~Buddhist Saying