Tallulah

Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers

but to be fearless in facing them.

Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain

but for the heart to conquer it.

Let me not look for allies in life's battlefield

but to my own strength.

Let me not crave in anxious fear to be saved

but hope for the patience to win my freedom.

~ Rabindranath Tagore

Cloudy

... with a chance of rain ...

Rocks

If your compassion doesn’t also include yourself it’s incomplete.

~ Jack Kornfield

Gravel

Normality is a paved road: it comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.

~ Vincent Van Gogh