leap.

faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land.
{carter heyward}

paradise.

venus&mars.

women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself - like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks.
{jean kerr}

animals.

in dwelling, live close to the ground.  in thinking, keep to the simple.  in conflict, be fair and generous.  in governing, don't try to control.  in work, do what you enjoy.  in family life, be completely present.
{lao tzu}

sister.

both within the family and without, our sisters hold up our mirrors: our images of who we are and of who we can dare to be.

{elizabeth fishel}

flag.

a thoughtful mind, when it sees a nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the nation that sets it forth.
{henry ward beecher}

pda.

your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

{jalal ad-din rumi}