Category: Encouragement

  •     An old Spring House in San Miguel, Mexico – a reminder to be grounded – in our friendship with ourselves, with nature, with each other.  Grounded in uncertainty, and upheaval, and accepting the times we find ourselves in. Grounded in whatever way you get grounded, for your very own peace of mind.  …

  •     What if you are here on this beautiful, physical, gravity based planet, simply because you want to be here?   You like a challenge!           Reprinted from LainesBlog  ©LaineQuinn 2022

  •     Resembling luminescent jewels, the colors of the ocean at sunset on a calm evening, raise the spirit, like the sails of a great ship filling with a welcome breeze.   Filling the heart with Love!   Happy Valentine's Day!       St. Augustine Beach, 2.10.14. Reprinted from Laine's blog, 2014, with additions!…

  •     Landing gear down… Check.     Landing gear up…     Check.   These Brown Pelicans, up close enough to see the accordion wings against the sky, are proof positive that we live in a very beautiful, complex, and fascinating world.   You are clear for takeoff!       Saint Augustine Beach…

  •         Remember when people used to write letters to one another? A lost art, to be sure.           Love letters on Flagler's Fishing Pier. Reprinted from LainesBlog, February 2015, with additions from Laine!  ©LaineQuinn2022

  •   Does a pelican in the water ever doubt that he can raise his sails and take to the air? In three powerful strokes, this huge bird is airborne and glides away.             ©LaineQuinn 2022, Republished from LainesBlog January 2012.

  •     Coming up for air.               Thanks to Jake for encouraging me to get my camera out, otherwise I would have missed this shot! Cape Charles, Virginia, August, 2010. ©Laine Quinn 2022, Reprinted fro LainesBlog, January 2012    

  •   Grateful for all the people who have come and gone in my life and helped me to become the person I am today – for better or worse!   Grateful for all the things that are going right in my world – and there are many.   Grateful as always for the sun and…

  •     Everything has to do with loving and not loving.                                                                                                           Rumi         From Laine's Blog, November 2018. ©LaineQuinn 2021  

  •       Life can be overwhelming at times – aging parents, sick children, losing a treasured pet. Even joy can flood the heart, so much beauty, so much love, so complex. That's where our friends come in. They walk with us even when we are apart and help us to make sense of our…