The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky, –
No higher than the soul is high.
The heart can push the sea and land
Farther away on either hand;
The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.
But East and West will pinch the heart
That can not keep them pushed apart;
And he whose soul is flat — the sky
Will cave in on him by and by.
Excerpt from Renascence by Edna St. Vincent Millay

When you come to the edge of all the light you have known, and are about to step out into darkness, Faith is knowing one of two things will happen There will be something to stand on, or you will be taught to fly. Richard Bach from Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The ocean is a body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man –
who has no gills. Ambrose Bierce

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau

Step with care and great tact
And remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
Dr. Suess, from Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

My writing is like a ten gallon spring. It can issue from the ground anywhere at all. On smooth ground it rushes swiftly on and covers a thouasand li in a single day without difficulty. When it twists and turns among mountains and rocks, it fits its form to things it meets: unknowable. What can be known is, it always goes where it must go, always stops where it cannot help stopping — nothing else. More than that, even I cannot know. Su Shih

When you follow your bliss… doors will open where you would not have thought
there would be doors; and where there wouldn’t be a door for anyone else. Joseph Campbell

into the fire, I’m reunited
into the fire, I am the spark
into the fire, I yearn for comfort.
…I will stare into the sun until it’s light doesn’t blind me
I will walk into the fire until it’s heat doesn’t burn me and
I will feed the fire
Sung by Sarah McLachlan, written by Sarah McLachlan & Pierre Marchand

Fire Escape, San Pedro, California

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. Alan Saporta

Behind the Falls Niagra Falls, Canada

Dreams never hurt anybody if you keep working right behind the dreams to make as much of them become real as you can. Frank W. Woolworth