The Universe Is Smiling: "Friendship"

On January 9th I had put up this drawing for a contest, asking for a title and a matching quote. The contest ended on February 13th. I got a lot of great quotes to chose from but left it to the voters on Facebook and an independent jury of friends that hadn't sent in any submissions. The first winner got the print of the drawing mounted on a 6"x6"x2" wood block with the winning quote on the back panel, while the second and third winner got a print of the drawing. It was a lot of fun, and we'll do another contest in the Fall.
The wood block is available on my ETSY store "TheUniverseIsSmiling".

1. winner: "Friendship" "There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you."  - Paramahansa Yogananda

2. winner: "Sentience"  “Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened.” 
- Anatole France

3. winner: "Trust "You are Loved. All is Well." - Abraham-Hicks  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Dreams"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: "Listen to your dreams!"

"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams."
 - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Dreams are illustrations ... from the book your soul is writing about you."
 - Marsha Norman
"Do not lose hold of your dreams or aspirations. For if you do, you may still exist but you have ceased to live."
- Henry David Thoreau 
 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Learning"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

 A: "Learning happens: earth & star nations communicate"

"Let us not look back in a anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness."

 - James Thurber

"One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching."

- Gerard Way 

The Universe Is Smiling: "Pick a Star!"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "Pick a Star - the universe is sending you messages every day."

"Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you."

- Aberjhani

"When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts."

- Author unknown     

The Universe Is Smiling: "Skywalker"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A:  "The universe is wider than our views of it."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Look at the sky. We are not alone, the whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work."

- Abdul Kalam Azad

The Universe Is Smiling: Moon Child

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Moonrise

by Margaret P. Gallagher  

Under the white moon rising

Night sings a magic song

Beauty this one brief night time

Beauty the whole night long

Follow the silver shadows

Under a silver sky

Capture the night bird's singing

Enchanted time passing by

Over the changing landscape

Watch as the slow white

moon

Gathers the night past magic

Sinks in a soundless tune.