Part of getting over it
is knowing
that you will never get over it.

-Anne Finger

If we want things to stay as they are,
things will have to change.

-Giuseppe di Lampedusa

Most people are about as happy
as they make up their minds to be.

-Abraham Lincoln

These are the words I carry in my heart this weekend.

I am not good at forgetting, letting go of things. I am comforted by the notion that I do not necessarily need to forget, so much as move on.

I think the di Lampedusa applies to many, many things today. I’ll probably be trotting that one out quite a bit.

I also hear the voice of my father:

“An elephant never forgets, but then,
what does an elephant need to remember?”

Thanks, Dad.

Do any of these speak to you?
Or do you have any good thoughts or quotes on memory, forgiveness, happiness?

Conscience:
the inner voice which warns us
someone may be looking.

-H.L. Mencken

Giving you a break from bug photos today!

No one who lives in the sunlight
makes a failure of his life.

-Albert Camus

Today, turn your face to the sun.

No, really. Do it for me.
Take a moment, close your eyes, and feel the sun on your skin.

I don’t meditate or anything like that, maybe I should. This is as close as I get.
Sunshine on my face. A second to breathe.

How do you step outside the chaos of the day-to-day?
Do you set aside time to just be?

(Do you like this dragonfly’s cute little teddy bear nose?)