A World in Upheaval...

 

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
Progress Does Not Come Gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress Does Not Come Gently.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

Rejoice in Unexpected Opportunity

 

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
Progress Does Not Come Gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress Does Not Come Gently.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

Welcome Newness

 

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
Progress Does Not Come Gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress Does Not Come Gently.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

A World in Upheaval

 

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
Progress Does Not Come Gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress Does Not Come Gently.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

Progress Does Not Come Gently

 

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
Progress Does Not Come Gently.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress Does Not Come Gently.
 - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

Actions are the Seed of Fate

Actions are the seed of fate.
Deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring,
who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
- B. C. Forbes

Gardening is all about optimism.
I put a seed in the ground.
I consistently tend it,
confident I will see the results, in time,
of the nurture I have provided.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
- Henry Van Dyke

Plant trees for your great-grandchildren -
for future generations.
Create the legacy of a better world.
Leave this world a better place than you found it.
Literally planting trees for
your great-grandchildren is a wonderful idea,
but far more important...
use this symbolism - this imagery -
to represent the kind of legacy
you want to leave to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Do It For Our Grandchildren

Pay It Forward

Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Optimism and Hard Work
     

Rejoice in Opportunity

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Further reading: Knowledge is Soon Changed 

Appreciate the Unexpected

Assumptions

Expectations/Demands

Welcome Newness
     

Every Day Is A Day To Be Thankful

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
- William Blake

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
- Paulo Coelho

A wonderful gift may not be wrapped as you expect;
be open to receiving the bounty of the Universe.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies;
but let the thankful heart sweep through the day
and, as the magnet finds the iron,
so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!
- Henry Ward Beecher

Blessings flow toward gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Feeling Blessed

Gratitude for This Food

Release the Struggle

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life

Appreciating Our Blessings
    

Sow a Few Seeds

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
- Henry Van Dyke

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring,
who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
- B. C. Forbes

Actions are the seed of fate.
Deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

Gardening is all about optimism.
I put a seed in the ground.
I consistently tend it,
confident I will see the results, in time,
of the nurture I have provided.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Plant trees for your great-grandchildren -
for future generations.
Create the legacy of a better world.
Leave this world a better place than you found it.
Literally planting trees for
your great-grandchildren is a wonderful idea,
but far more important...
use this symbolism - this imagery -
to represent the kind of legacy
you want to leave to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Pay It Forward

For Our Grandchildren

Optimism and Hard Work

Tending the Garden of Our Lives
     

With Every Deed You are Sowing a Seed

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

Actions are the seed of fate.
Deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

With every deed you are sowing a seed,
though the harvest you may not see.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple,
but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
- Robert H. Schuller

Plant trees for your great-grandchildren -
for future generations.
Create the legacy of a better world.
Leave this world a better place than you found it.
Literally planting trees for
your great-grandchildren is a wonderful idea,
but far more important...
use this symbolism - this imagery -
to represent the kind of legacy
you want to leave to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The season of failure is the best time
for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Further reading: For Our Grandchildren

Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Pay It Forward

Upheaval
    

Seeds You Plant

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

With every deed you are sowing a seed,
though the harvest you may not see.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Actions are the seed of fate.
Deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple,
but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
- Robert H. Schuller

The season of failure is the best time
for sowing the seeds of success.
- Paramahansa Yogananda

Plant trees for your great-grandchildren -
for future generations.
Create the legacy of a better world.
Leave this world a better place than you found it.
Literally planting trees for
your great-grandchildren is a wonderful idea,
but far more important...
use this symbolism - this imagery -
to represent the kind of legacy
you want to leave to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: For Our Grandchildren

Pay It Forward

Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Upheaval
    

The Seeds You Plant

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring,
who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
- B. C. Forbes

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.
- Henry Van Dyke

Gardening is all about optimism.
I put a seed in the ground.
I consistently tend it,
confident I will see the results, in time,
of the nurture I have provided.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Actions are the seed of fate.
Deeds grow into destiny.
- Harry S. Truman

Plant trees for your great-grandchildren -
for future generations.
Create the legacy of a better world.
Leave this world a better place than you found it.
Literally planting trees for
your great-grandchildren is a wonderful idea,
but far more important...
use this symbolism - this imagery -
to represent the kind of legacy
you want to leave to future generations.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: For Our Grandchildren

Tending the Garden of Our Lives

Pay It Forward

Optimism and Hard Work

Upheaval

A world in upheaval is the breaking of the old sod -
the revealing of rich fresh soil ready for new planting.
Rejoice in the opportunity to sow a new crop.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.
- Roberto Assagioli

This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We will only understand the miracle of life fully when
we allow the unexpected to happen.
- Paulo Coelho

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past
have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
- George S. Patton

Further reading: Appreciate the Unexpected

Welcome Newness

Knowledge is Soon Changed

Expectations/Demands

Assumptions

Optimism and Hard Work

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.
Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
- Helen Keller

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- Winston Churchill

Positive thinking will let you do everything
better than negative thinking will.
- Zig Ziglar

In spite of unseasonable wind, snow and unexpected weather of all sorts –
a gardener still plants. And tends what they have planted ...
believing that Spring will come.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it,
we can never do anything wise in this world.
- Helen Keller

Sow optimism and hard work; reap a harvest of success and joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Is your glass of life half empty? Or half full?

Look on The Bright Side

Attitude is Everything

How to Stop Worrying

Helen Keller - Beyond Disabilities

How to Build Self Esteem and Self Confidence

Reporting "The News"

Plentiful Harvest

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
- William Blake

We must give more in order to get more.
It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.
- Orison Swett Marden

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring,
who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
- B. C. Forbes

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds that you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

With every deed you are sowing a seed,
though the harvest you may not see.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

As you sow, so shall you reap.
- Galatians 6:7

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Further reading: Bounty of the Earth

Watering Your Garden

Optimism

Changing Seasons

Abundance

Be Thankful

Gratitude
 

Bounty of the Earth

Appreciate again and again, freshly and naively,
the basic goods of life, with awe,
pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy,
however stale these experiences may have become to others.
- Abraham Maslow

Our journey into consciousness of wealth begins with the realization
that we have already arrived!
- Michael Bernard Beckwith

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head,
and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Saint Basil

Thank you, God, for this good life
and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
- Garrison Keillor

A Table Grace of Thanksgiving:
We gather today in gratitude for the bounty of the land,
the joyful company around this table,
and all the other blessings of this life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Gratitude for This Food

Gratitude for Everything

Harvest

Thanksgiving

Harvest

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
- William Blake

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap,
but by the seeds that you plant.
- Robert Louis Stevenson

If you plan for a year, plant a seed.
If for ten years, plant a tree.
If for a hundred years, teach the people.
When you sow a seed once, you will reap a single harvest.
When you teach the people, you will reap a hundred harvests.
- Kuan Chung

Have gratitude for the harvest.
Rejoice in the peace that follows,
and prepare for the next planting.

Further reading: A Story of Money

Abundance or Scarcity? Love or Fear?

Renewal and Rebirth - The Great Cycle

Celebration (Point #7 for living an inspired life)

Gratitude Quotes

Autumn Quotes

Time Flies Quotes

Work Life Balance Quotes