The Universe Is Smiling: "Father and Son"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Son, listen, what I wanted to tell you ..."
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
- William Shakespeare
"Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be."
- Ramakrishna  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Discernment"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Discernment.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant."
- Robert Louis Stevenson  

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: "Perception"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Between distraction and reflection, open the doors of perception!"
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to men as it is, infinite."
- William Blake
"As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquility of the waters in which we see it."
- Charles Horton Cooley
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought."
- Buddha  

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: "Calm as a Seahorse"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Roam the sea of your life with calmness"

Symbolic of the Seahorse Written by avenefica on August 21st, 2007
"A relatively calm, and mild-mannered creature, the seahorse is seemingly content to roam the seas.  Their bodies are geared for ambling-type motion – not for speed.  Thus, they are symbolic of patience and contentment – they are happy with being where they are, and are in no hurry for advancement.
Further testimony to these attributes is the lack of evolution of the seahorse’s body style.  They have remained with this body style without change since their inception.  Content to be who they are, and not feeling the need to change – these are a few profound lessons the seahorse provides us.
However, along with a resistance to change, and a carefree approach to progress, the seahorse can be a symbol of inflexibility or stubbornness.  To wit, the seahorse wraps its tail around the nearest object in order to anchor itself in turbulent waters.  This is a lesson to be persistent in our goals, but be mindful that we are not too inflexible or stubborn in our achieving them.
A unique aspect of the seahorse is that the male is impregnated by the female and carries the offspring to term.  This is a message of sharing the load in the home, and gaining perspective of both sides (genders) of an argument or situation."