The Universe Is Smiling: "Caring"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Take care of yourself and others with a joyful heart!
 
"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."
 - Leo F. Buscaglia
"So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it."
 - Jiddu Krishnamurti

The Universe Is Smiling: "Budding"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: We are ever unfolding buds - ready to blossom :)

"And the day came when the risk to remain in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
 - Anais Nin
"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Growing up"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "It's time to grow up and to leave old patterns behind - with a smile"

"The trick is growing up without growing old."
 - Casey Stengel
"The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt."
- Max Lerner 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Inner Child"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
I was looking through a pile of papers and found this drawing which I had done years ago and had long forgotten about. It seemed to wave at me saying, "Hey, I am your inner child". I cracked up laughing and I thought you might enjoy it too.

"Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play."
 - Heraclitus
"One must ask children and birds how cherries and strawberries taste."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Tenderness"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Tenderness of heart brings a smile to every situation."

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart."
- Jane Austen
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become."
- Louis Pasteur 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Light"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?

 A: Strive towards the light!
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."
 - Plato
"To love beauty is to see light."
- Victor Hugo  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Inner Child"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Awake the inner child!
"The most important muse of all is our inner child."
- Stephen Nachmanovich
"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again."
- C.S. Lewis
"Whoever wants to understand much must play much."
- Gottfried Benn  

The Universe Is Smiling: Protection

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

I was listening online to a live stream of HH Karmapa's teaching, given at the Buddhist monastery in Woodstock today. The Karmapa is one of the most highly revered reincarnations in Tibetan Buddhism. When he talked about refuge to the Buddha and his teachings of compassion,  I kept drawing in good old Inner Voice Drawing fashion of "not-knowing-what-to-expect" and - voila this rather funny bird appeared :) Even though the drawing may look a bit bewildering, it evolved during the teaching session, and may therefore carry some blessing right to you.

A: "The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your day."

 - Lao Tzu

"I wish I'd seen you as a little girl, without your armor to fend off the world... I would have kept you underneath my wing... I would protect you from everything."

- Source unknown 

The Universe Is Smiling: Fly a Kite!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

- Heraclitus

"Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with the wind."

- Hamilton Wright Mable    

The Universe Is Smiling: Moon Child

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Moonrise

by Margaret P. Gallagher  

Under the white moon rising

Night sings a magic song

Beauty this one brief night time

Beauty the whole night long

Follow the silver shadows

Under a silver sky

Capture the night bird's singing

Enchanted time passing by

Over the changing landscape

Watch as the slow white

moon

Gathers the night past magic

Sinks in a soundless tune.