The Universe Is Smiling: "Stepping Out"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Dare to step out of your comfort zone - with a smile :)

"Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie."
 - Herbie Hancock
"Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience."
- Masaru Ibuka  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Playfulness"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Play and be joyful :)

"It is a requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."
- Thomas Aquinas
"Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature."
- Tom Robbins 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Treasure"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "You have all you need, cherish and treasure every moment - with a smile :)"

"To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not."
- Akhenaton
"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."
- Lao Tzu

The Universe Is Smiling: "Dream"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 

A:"Make your dreams come true ....! "

 "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today." 

- James Dean 

"Dream and give yourself permission to envision as You choose to be."

- Joy Page

"Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men."

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Universe Is Smiling: "Joy Bubbles"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Happy Valentine's Day to you, every day of the week! :)

I asked the question, "what is the message for Valentine?" and the answer that emerged on the paper came out as a bubble bath of joyful colors. My interpretation: Bring joy into your life, love yourself, and make someone else smile. And so it is :)

 

"Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows."

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

"One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others."

- Robert A. Heinlein  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Joy-Fish"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Be like a fish of joy swimming easily in your element."

"Joy is not in things; it is in us."

 - Richard Wagner

"Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy."

- Thich Nhat Hanh

 

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    

The Universe Is Smiling: Dreaming

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be."

- Joy Page 

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

- Dr. Seuss

The Universe Is Smiling: Today I embrace life!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom in the face of earthquakes, tsunamis, and other man made disasters?

A: "We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey."

- Kenji Miyazawa

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but to embrace it."

- Kevyn Aucoin 

The Universe Is Smiling: Daily Wisdom

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

- Lao Tzu