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: "Spring Spirits"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Nature spirits are weaving the fabric of spring: Enjoy!

"My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory. the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipation and joy.

- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star; it is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us."

- John Ruskin  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Riding Your Spiritual Dragon"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Ride the Water-Dragon and have a prosperous year 2012

'The Chinese ancients believed that if you breathe life and energy into your spiritual dragon, or your greater self, you create change that breathes life and energy into all, allowing you to ride the dragon's expansive spirit to a zenith of endless possibilities."

- Source unknown 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Tree Whispers"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence."
- Hal Borland