The Universe Is Smiling: "Trust - You are in Charge of the Onion of Your Life"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Trust - You are in Charge of the Onion of Your Life :)
I was intrigued by the discussion on the Inner Voice Village on Facebook to the former drawing "Natural Flow". The word that kept coming up was "Trust". This called for a drawing :) Thus I asked, "what does trust mean to me?" and in good old Inner Voice Drawing fashion I let the drawing appear without interfering. The first reaction was (and often is) an exasperated: what does that mean?! However, if I draw about trust, I have to trust that drawing :) And so I did. Here is my interpretation of the drawing, with a slightly Buddhist bend:

PASSION (the person on the handle), AGGRESSION (the bird with his sharp beak), IGNORANCE (the stuck fish) are in a tight knit relationship and  keep this onion shaped life going, creating karma. However, if we trust that we are on the handle of our onion karma, we are also in charge of each onion peel and if we keep peeling away, finally the fish, the bird, and we ourselves will be free from our own self imposed restrictions. YEAH! :)
"Trust your instincts to the end, though you can render no reason."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Natural Flow"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Stay in the natural flow!
"Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like."
- Lao Tzu  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Riding Your Spiritual Dragon"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Ride the Water-Dragon and have a prosperous year 2012
'The Chinese ancients believed that if you breathe life and energy into your spiritual dragon, or your greater self, you create change that breathes life and energy into all, allowing you to ride the dragon's expansive spirit to a zenith of endless possibilities."
- Source unknown 

The Universe Is Smiling: "We are all in it together"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: We are all in it together.
"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success."
- Henry Ford
"We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box."
- Author unknown    

The Universe Is Smiling: Enthusiasm

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A:  Keep your enthusiasm!
"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine through the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."
- Henry Ford

The Universe Is Smiling: Circle

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "If you love someone, put their name in a circle; because hearts can be broken, but circles never end."
- Author unknown  
"Think of the wonderful circles, in which our whole being moves and from which we cannot escape no matter how we try. The circler circles in the circles."
E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Universe Is Smiling: "Breaking out of the Box"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
Q + A: Are you ready to break out of the box?
"Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight."
- Orison Swett Marden

The Universe Is Smiling: Prosperous, joyous 2012 to all of you!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Let your heart dance!
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to."
- Khalil Gibran