The Universe is Smiling: Unfolding

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Shine! Get a handle on life by rising above your emotions and breaking the shell of self-absorption, like a flower unfolding in the morning light.

The Universe is Smiling: Fearlessness

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is fearlessness?
A: "To dream anything that you want to dream. That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human mind. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed."  
- Bernard Edmonds

The Universe is Smiling: Freedom

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is freedom?
A: "Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from."
- Vernon Howard 

The Universe is Smiling: Improving the Universe?

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
 A: "There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self."
- Aldous Huxley

The Universe is Smiling: Come Alive!

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

A: "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Howard Truman 

The Universe is Smiling: You - Here - Now

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
 A: "Let the clock and the earth do their own thing...  Let the comings and goings of life continue... But YOU stay HERE and NOW. This exercise is to bring you to the Eternal Present where it all is."
- Ram Das

The Universe is Smiling: Reinvent Yourself

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
 A: Reinvent yourself! Take heart and be creative! 

The Universe is Smiling: Unlocking Creativity

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: How to unlock creativity?
A: Be "dareful", not careful. 

The Universe is Smiling: Life & Death

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Three dear friends of mine lost their mothers within the last two months. This lead to the following drawing question:

Q: What is the difference between life and death?
A: It continues ... 
 

The Universe is Smiling: Not Knowing

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?
 A: Relax! There is no need to understand everything.
 "Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle."
- Lao Tzu