The Looking Glass

Reflections

“Untilled soil, however fertile it may be,
will bear thistles and thorns;

and so it is with man's mind.”

~Saint Teresa of Avila

Living

As we struggle to make sense of things, life looks on in repose.
~Author Unknown

Chicken

Here's looking at you

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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