Put your heart at ease

via Arianna

I've been remiss dear reader, but as the faint breathe of spring touches the New York air, perhaps so will be time on this blog x

Meet me in the field

via Serendipitous Romance

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing

and rightdoing there is a field.

I'll meet you there.

-- Rumi

Do not be afraid.

via Serendipitous Romance

Do not be afraid of your difficulties.  Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are. For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity.

- H.P. Blavatsky

Grace

via Arianna

Rumi is my favourite.  This quote makes me think of a beautiful set of lines from a song in Little Women (which my friend Elise appeared in a few years back in Sydney): 

"Some things are meant to be, the tide turning endlessly,
the way it takes hold of me, no matter what I do..."   

Tell me.

via Serendipitous Romance

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver, The Summer Day.

(Thanks Tick Tock for this one.)

My heart dances

via Arianna

It's so rare to add another quote to my list of favourites.  But when one hits you, it does.  And Rumi tends to be pretty high on the list.  It's an incredibly powerful time when you have presence of soul and a dancing heart.  It's been a while and it's good to be here.  New York, I love you.  

Whitman

via someone's Tumblr somewhere

Une motto: Leave it all behind

 

via Serendipitous Romance

Never were truer words spoken.  One for the list.

Shadows

via Note to Self

You are astonishing

via A Cidade Branca

 

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. - Hafiz

You tie me up in knots, Tyler Knott

 Credit: Tyler Knott, via tylerknott.com

UPDATE: Also - when you have a moment today - you have to watch this little gem I stole just now from TK's site.  Your heart might just smile a little.  It's kind of what Devour Beauty is all about: http://vimeo.com/20843746  

For those of you who haven't heard of Tyler Knott, you simply must visit his blog and get a dose of this self-described "photographer, poet, artist, exploitable genius, thought translator, boy with faraway eyes...and Buddhist."  I stumbled across his Tumblr, and am now besotted by his beautiful way with words and visuals.  I particularly love his darling Daily Haikus on love, not to mention his poetry and his collection of quotes and songs.  Ok, so I like it ALL.  You should absolutely check out his page - firstly, he's incredibly talented and second, he's really quite adorable!  The former is of course a thing of beauty, and the latter, just an added bonus!

Thunder and hearts

via Forever on the Hips

I just love this quote...and just listened to the Kate Bush song it comes from 'Running Up the Hill'.  She is pretty magnificent, old school video effects aside.  Placebo also covered it a few years back.

Have a little faith

“‎Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is like when you trust yourself to the water. You don’t grab hold of the water when you swim, because if you do you will become stiff and tight in the water, and sink. You have to relax, and the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging, and holding on. In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe becomes a person who has no faith at all. Instead they are holding tight. But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be.”

—	Alan Watts  (via human-voices)

Bursting with desire

 Venice Twilight via OilPaintings

Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.

- Claude Monet 

 

You have so much inside you

You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself.

 

— Albert Camus, A Happy Death  (via musingsinfemininity)

For all the beautiful people I know

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

via Saudade

Look again.

via Ali Edwards

Don't edit yourself

Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

- Kafka

Can't take my eyes off of you

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”

- Maya Angelou

via http://dangerouslydebonair.com/



Survivin' and thrivin'

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
― Maya Angelou

(Thanks Vili!)