The Universe Is Smiling: "Waiting for Spring"

Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Let's go ahead and evoke spring. Something has to give :)

"You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming."
 - Pablo Neruda
"Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems."
- Rainer Maria Rilke
"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"
- Sitting Bull

The Universe Is Smiling: "Budding"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: We are ever unfolding buds - ready to blossom :)

"And the day came when the risk to remain in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom."
 - Anais Nin
"All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson  

The Universe Is Smiling: "You are saying... ?"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
"You have beauty and mother earth who supports you," says the caterpillar, "but I have no home and I am sitting on an empty leaf."
The flower, who had gained wisdom by watching the little bugs and birds and flowers in their daily strife, responded with a quote from the Dalai Lama:
"When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need."
"And besides", the flower continued, "you will turn into a beautiful butterfly. So, be patient!"
And then they both quietly enjoyed the morning breeze. 

 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Time"

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

A: Take your time :)
"Smile, breathe, and go slowly!"
- Thich Nhat Hanh
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the future."
- Anonymous
"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time."
 - Leonard Bernstein

The Universe Is Smiling: "Reminiscing"

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

A: "Cherish your memories but stay in the moment :)"
"Pleasure is the flower that passes, remembrance the lasting perfume."
 - Jean de Boufflers
"A smile happens in a flash, but its memory can last a lifetime."
- Anonymous
"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."
- Tennessee Williams  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Autumn"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Today is the beginning of autumn. May your life be as precious and colorful as this season, and may this season bring you beauty in abundance! :)

"Autumn is like a second spring when every leaf is a flower" 
- Albert Camus

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: "Appreciation"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."

- Voltaire

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness."

- Dalai Lama    

The Universe Is Smiling: Simple and Clear

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

- Leonardo DaVinci

"Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature."

- Thomas Kempis 

The Universe Is Smiling: Looking beyond imperfections

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you have decided to look beyond the imperfections."

- unknown author  

The Universe Is Smiling: Trust Yourself!

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 

A: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else, is the greatest accomplishment."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson    

"Your mind is a garden,

Your thoughts are seeds,

The harvest can be either flowers or weeds."

- Author Unknown

The Universe Is Smiling: It is time for us to kiss the earth again ...

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 

A: "A little too abstract, a little too wise,
It is time for us to kiss the earth again,
It is time to let the leaves rain from the skies,
Let the rich life run to the roots again."
-   Robinson Jeffers 

The Universe Is Smiling: Give Birth to Your Images

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "You must give birth to your images.

They are the future waiting to be born.

Fear not the strangeness you feel.

The future must enter you long before it happens.

Just wait for the birth, 

For the hour of new clarity."

- Rainer Maria Rilke

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.