Just being

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Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness
and simply be happy.
(De temps à autre, il est bon de faire une pause dans notre quête du bonheur

et d’être simplement heureux)

Guillaume Apollinaire

photo jim pennucci

A special day

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But if you knew you might not be able to see it again tomorrow,

everything would suddenly become special and precious,

wouldn’t it?

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

 

Sunday Quote: Life passing us by

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Nobody sees a flower really: it is so small

We haven’t time,  and to see takes time

Georgia O’Keefe, American painter

photo abertran

An inner work

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We are more interested in making others believe we are happy

than in trying to be happy ourselves.

de La Rochefoucauld,

In the details

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The secret of happiness

lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life,

and in elevating them to art.

William Morris, English Designer, 1834 – 1896

Sunday Quote: Perspective

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Sometimes one waits too long for the perfect moment before snapping the picture.

You never realize that all you needed was to change perspective.

Miguel Syjuco, Illustrado, 2008 Man Asian Literary Prizewinner