January Celebration 15

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. — Anton Chekhov

January Celebration 14

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. — Anne Bradstreet

January Celebration 13

“The broken will always be able to love harder than most. Once you have been in the dark, you learn to appreciate everything that shines.” – Zachry K. Douglas

January Celebration 12

 “’There’s always a sunrise and always a sunset and it’s up to you to choose to be there for it,’ said my mother. ‘Put yourself in the way of beauty.’” – Cheryl Strayed

January Celebrations 11

“The earth is rude, silent, incomprehensible at first, Nature is rude and incomprehensible at first, Be not discouraged, keep on, there are divine things well envelop’d, I swear to you there are divine things more beautiful than words can tell.” — Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

January Celebration 9

“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

January Celebration 6

“There is just wonder right in front of us, and we don’t spend enough time thinking about it.” — Michael Pollan

The Journey

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” Tony Robbins