The Universe Is Smiling: "Stillness"

Q: What is this week's wisdom?
A: A moment of stillness brings us in contact with our true, divine Self. Enjoy some stillness this week - with a smile :)

"Learning ho to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance."
- Morgan Freeman
"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."
 - Deepak Chopra
"How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony."
- William Shakespeare

The Universe Is Smiling: "Transformation"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Even if we might dream of being someone or something else, we are perfect the way we are.

"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."
- Napoleon Hill
"Transformation literally means going beyond your form."
- Wayne Dyer

The Universe Is Smiling: "Day & Night"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Keep smiling - day and night :)

"Our emotions are only incidents in the effort to keep day and night together."
 - T.S. Eliot
We invoke the Sun God who incessantly works day and night and rises daily without showing any kind of lethargy."
 - Rig Veda
"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and nicht to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."
- E.E. Cummings

The Universe Is Smiling: "Curiosity"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Stay curious - and make someone smile.

"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect."
 - Samuel Johnson
"Love is three quarters of curiosity."
- Giacomo Casanova
"Judge a person by their questions rather than by their answers."
- Voltaire

The Universe Is Smiling: "Spirit Animals"

Welcome to the Chinese New Year of the Wood Horse. In the spirit of the changing years and the changing animals, may I ask, what is your spirit animal, your power animal? Here are some power animals to get you into the right spirit with some quotes about "power" and "spirit" :)

"I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens."
- Epictetus
"Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time."
- C.S. Lewis

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: "Love"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
"All you need is Love. Love is all you need..."
- John Lennon & Paul McCartney

"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."
- Thomas Carlyle
"I love you not because of who your are, but because who I am when I am with you."
- Roy Croft

The Universe Is Smiling: "Inspiration"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Open your heart to the inspiration of the day!

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
 - Albert Einstein
"You won't realize the distance you have walked until you take a look around and realize how far you've been."
- Source unknown 

The Universe Is Smiling: "SPRING"

Drawing CHALLENGE and the winning entry by Shirley:
 “Spring in my Step”
“She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbor:
‘Winter is dead.’”
― A.A. Andy Milne

Thank you ALL for participating by sending THEMEs & QUOTEs and by voting. It was tough and there were several great ones, like the one from Oly & from Meredith. I also loved the German title that my mother sent: "Teddys Frühlingsstimmenwalzer" (Teddy's waltz of spring voices), and the German children's song "Alle Vögel sind schon da..." ("all the birds are already here..."), posted by Frauke.

While "SPRING" was the overruling theme for the drawing, it looked very different, when I stepped out of the house this morning. But spring is in the air ... :)

This challenge was so much fun, we'll do it again.

The Universe Is Smiling: "Yin-Yang of Life"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Keep your balance in the yin-yang of life!"

"We are the yin and yang of the creative process."
 - Cynthia Weil
"It is usual to think of good and evil as two poles, two opposite directions, the antithesis of one another... We must begin by doing away with this convention." 
- Martin Buber

The Universe Is Smiling: "Holding"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
Drawing's Answer: Who is holding whom? :)

"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go."
 - Hermann Hesse
"Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love you will find that you are left holding only yourself."
- Leo F. Buscaglia 
 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Reflection"

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

A: Enjoy a day of reflection!
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter."
 - Confucius
"When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness."
- Joseph Campbell 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Freedom"

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

A: Freedom is ...
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
 - Hans Christian Anderson
"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
- Albert Camus 
 What does freedom mean to YOU? I would love to see your comments.

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: "A Matter of Style"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Know your style and live it joyfully :)

"On matter of style swim with the current, on matter of principle, stand like a rock."

 - Thomas Jefferson

"Only great minds can afford a simple style."

 - Stendhal

"Fashions fade, style is eternal."

-Yves Saint Laurant  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Confidence"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Confidence comes with dignity and vice versa. Be confident, you can do it :)

"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence."

- Vince Lombardi

"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot."

- Eleanor Roosevelt 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Listening"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "The beauty of showing up."

"The first duty of love is to listen."

 - Paul Tillich

"Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around."

- Leo Buscaglia

The Universe Is Smiling: "Contrast"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Let's live our contrasts and contradictions with ease :)

"But someone once described the contrast between a good life and a godly life as the difference between the top of the ocean and the bottom. On top, sometimes it's like glass -- serene and calm -- and other times it's raging and stormy. But hundreds of fathoms below, it is beautiful and consistent, always calm, always peaceful."

- Bill McCartney

The Universe Is Smiling: "Birds of a feather..."

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

 Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Birds of a feather flock together - we are all birds of a feather"

"We are already one. But we imagine that we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. What we have to be is what we are."

- Thomas Merton

"A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living."

- Rudolf Steiner   

 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Let your energy of love soar!"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Let your energy of love soar!"

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life."

- Aristotle

"To be awake is to be alive."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Energy and persistence conquer all things."

- Benjamin Franklin 

"Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy."

- Sai Baba