The Universe Is Smiling & Asking for Your Participation

This week's drawing doesn't have a theme nor a quote. I want YOU to find a title for the drawing & a matching quote.

The 1. winner will get a print of the drawing mounted on a 6"x6"x2' hand painted woodblock, with YOUR winning title & quote on the back panel.
The 2. winner will get a print of this drawing (6" x 6").
The contest will end February 13th.

Have fun, feel inspired and let your creative juices flow - with a smile :)
Send me an email with your suggestions.

The Universe Is Smiling: "Make a wish!"

Dear Visitors from across the planet,
Thank you for frequenting this site last year. Going forward, today's drawing suggests that you make a wish for the New Year for yourself.
  ----  take your time ----
My wish for you is: May this year bring you health, prosperity, joy, strength, and the humor needed to overcome any challenges with a sense of ease!
Keep smiling :)

"Write it on your heart that eery day is the best day in the year."
 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right."
 - Oprah Winfrey
"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
- Eleanor Roosevelt

The Universe Is Smiling: "Evolution"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: We are on the path of evolution - let's make it a gentle and creative journey, one small turtle step at a time.

"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives to others as it transforms."
- Lao Tzu
"The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an organ which it doesn't know how to use."
- Arthur Koestler

The Universe Is Smiling: "Play"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Don't hesitate to play :)

"Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it."
- Sai Baba
"In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play."
 - Friedrich Nietzsche
"To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it."
- Charlie Chaplin

The Universe Is Smiling: "Companions"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Pick a good companion and enjoy the time together.

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."
 - Saint Augustine
"If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere."
- Loretta Young

The Universe Is Smiling: "Reflection"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Take time out to relax and reflect.

 "If you use your mind to try and understand reality, you will understand neither your mind nor reality.
If you try and understand reality without using your mind, you will understand both your mind and reality."
- Bodhidharma

The Universe Is Smiling: "Floating"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Taking a break by floating above the clouds of concern.

"Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them." 
 - Joseph Henry
"At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you the the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space."
- Natalie Wood

The Universe Is Smiling: "Conversation"

Q: "What is today's wisdom?"
A: "Get your inspiration through silence and good conversation."

 "A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of book."
 - Chinese Proverb
"Silence is one of the great arts of conversation."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Universe Is Smiling: "Story Time"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: It's time for a story :)

"Listen to this the story...," said the Mouse. 
" Upon meeting a Zen Master at a social event, a psychiatrist decided to ask him a question that had been on his mind. 'Exactly how do you help people?' he asked. 'I get them where they can't ask any more questions', the Master answered."
story quoted from 8 Zen Master Stories

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