~The Dream~

I grew up with winnie the pooh, and still have a deep affection for him. I've often thought in the past that he is a great role model when it come to living a more simple and care free life. I still believe that.

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“Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement, [to] get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed. Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power… Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.” ~ Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

[h/t Ian Sanders]

These are cool, wouldn't mind owning a handful.

It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance, admire what is beautiful. – Vincent van Gogh

The cool bookshop at the National Gallery’s Trade Fair Palace 📚 😍

What a creative way to display a painting; it really takes you on a journey as if you were on an airplane.

This was beautifully worded, well done

I have a really complex relationship with religion, but here’s something positive

These are beautiful, can we have a film made from this artwork please.

Little oil  -   https://www.facebook.com/littleoil.s?_rdr=p  -  http://littleoil.tumblr.com  -  https://instagram.com/minayuyu

“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.”

Anna Sewell, “Black Beauty”

Edgar Allan Poe

Sylvia Playh

Neil Gaiman

I want this

Book of the Day

“Bestiary: An Anthology of Poems about Animals” edited by Stephen Mitchell