The Universe Is Smiling: "Friendship"

On January 9th I had put up this drawing for a contest, asking for a title and a matching quote. The contest ended on February 13th. I got a lot of great quotes to chose from but left it to the voters on Facebook and an independent jury of friends that hadn't sent in any submissions. The first winner got the print of the drawing mounted on a 6"x6"x2" wood block with the winning quote on the back panel, while the second and third winner got a print of the drawing. It was a lot of fun, and we'll do another contest in the Fall.
The wood block is available on my ETSY store "TheUniverseIsSmiling".

1. winner: "Friendship" "There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."  - Paramahansa Yogananda

2. winner: "Sentience"  “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” 
- Anatole France

3. winner: "Trust "You are Loved. All is Well." - Abraham-Hicks  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Comfort"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Enjoy the comfort of friendship - with a smile :)

"There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love."
- Author unknown
"I always felt that the great high privilege, relief, and confort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing."
- Katherine Mansfield

The Universe Is Smiling: "Friends"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Cherish your friends - with a smile :)

"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardener who make our souls blossom."
- Marcel Proust
"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Saying Hello"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Say "hello" to a friend and make it a meaningful day!

"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days, an old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day."
- Dalai Lama  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Friendship"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's insight?
A: Enjoy being a friend to all creatures - with a smile :)

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are."
 - Anonymous
"Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
- Albert Camus  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Support"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Support comes in many forms"

"Support your friends - even in their mistakes. But be clear, however, that it is the friend and not the mistake you are supporting."

- Hugh Prather

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are."

- Source unknown  

 

The Universe Is Smiling: Relationship

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile and leave footprints on our hearts. And we are never, ever the same."

- Author unknown 

"Remember, we all stumble, every one of us. That's why it's a comfort to go hand in hand."

- Emily Kimbrough 

The Universe Is Smiling: Together - Each friend represents a world in us

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

- Anais Nin

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world."

- Buddha    

The Universe Is Smiling: Welcome!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "A smile is the universal welcome."

- Max Eastman

"If I could choose but one friend, it would be you."

- Anonymous"

The Universe Is Smiling: Friendship

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Strangers are just friends waiting to happen."

- Rod McKuen