Love…

July 21, 2020

"Anchor the eternity of love in your own soul and embed this

planet with goodness. Lean toward the whispers of your own

heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates.

Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge.

Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that

the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation

wisely, but when it is your time don't be afraid to stand up, speak up, and

speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to

peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see,

then the poetry of the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to

manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is

finally at peace with itself."

John Lewis

From his book, Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change,

quoted in a Beautiful tribute to John Lewis in Brain Pickings.

Surely he walks with the angels!

©2020 Laine Quinn – Sunrise, St. Augustine Beach
Human Kindness…

July 12, 2020

Humans are hardwired for kindness and cooperation.

That's how we've gotten this far.

That's how we will go even farther.

As far as we can imagine!

Kindness.

Compassion.

Empathy.

Generosity.

We take good care of each other.

Let's be patient and trusting –

Like the good earth that we share.

Shadow and light on the beautiful leaves of the White Bird of Paradise.

©2020 Laine Quinn
The Best Way…

June 30, 2020

A walk on the beach.

Blue sky

Ocean

Sand

Nature stands by.

Peaceful

Beautiful

Sometimes thundering

And what are the humans doing?

Try to be nice!

It is the best way.

©2020 Laine Quinn, St. Augustine Beach, June.
Yoga at the Beach…

June 23, 2020

Full Twist

Alternate leg stretch

©2020, Laine Quinn Snowy Egret, Great Blue Heron, St. Augustine Beach
We Are All Humans…

June 17, 2020

We Are all Humans –

wonderfully diverse –

who emerged from the same continent.

The differences,

Asian, Indian, Eskimo, Indigenous,

so called Whites, Blacks –

are just labels – tags – meaningless.

All Human life on the planet emerged from the continent

now called

Africa.

People dispersed to all parts of the globe

over thousands and thousands and thousands of years,

adjusting to the different environments in diverse ways.

All of the continents on earth are connected

deep in the earth.

All peoples on earth are connected

deep in their hearts.

In a sense,

we are all African!

But truly,

All part of one Human family.

Photo Credit: NASA 1,000,000 miles from earth, Africa and Europe.
Black Lives Matter

June 9, 2020

Yes, we are unfortunately in a time

when we must assert

loud and clear –

that

Black Lives Do Matter.

Yet all true spiritual and religious traditions

and scientific facts

proclaim for all to hear

that

We are all one

and

one with all.

Sure, we are all different colors –

but we are the same race.

In fact there is only the one race –

the human race.

All other differentiations are fairy tales –

they are not real or true.

Black families have taken a beating for hundreds of years

and it is time for all of us

to stand with all oppressed people and say –

NO MORE!

©Laine Quinn 2020 Mexican art photographed without giving credit to the artist, sorry.
Change…

June 3, 2020

Change is in the air.

Compassion and righteous anger are walking the streets of America with Lady Justice.

There will be no turning back these pages of history ourstory –

no matter what the impeached president says or does.

Change is in the air.

This isn't 2 dozen people with automatic weapons

standing on the capitol steps

protesting the lock down because of covid-19.

This is thousands and thousands of peaceful Americans

supporting one another and walking together

to protest the racial inequality that permeates our society.

Protesting militant police who murder innocent people for sport.

Change is in the air

and it's not going away.

Police are on notice.

States Attorneys are on notice.

We are watching now.

And we are many.

Change is in the air.

Stay vigilant.

Stay safe.

Stay together.

In 1953, Rachel Carson penned this…

"It is one of the ironies of our time that,

while concentrating on the defense of our country against enemies from without,

we should be so heedless of those who would destroy it from within."

Amen.

©Laine Quinn 2020
Happy Faces!

May 16, 2020

My, oh my! What more

Can I say; seeing lilies

On the peaceful walk?

Surprise lilies in the neighborhood!

©2020Laine Quinn
Take The Day Off…

May 10, 2020

It's Sunday,

take the day off!

With all of the bad news and incompetence of our government,

and missing being close to our loved ones –

our hearts get heavy.

But that's because of the love in our hearts.

Love and compassion and empathy and sorrow.

So, take a break.

Forget the bad news and focus on the love –

the love inside your Big Heart.

Love is everywhere evident –

even in this pandemic.

Look inside,

past the confusion and pain,

to the love.

That love – your love, my love,

will see us through to the other side of this.

Trust that love.

Feel it.

St. Augustine Beach, Sunrise

©2018 Laine Quinn
A Message From Tom Foolery…

May 4, 2020

I couldn't have said it better…

Here's to the Great Realisation!

To my e-mail subscribers,

just click on the title, "A message From Tom Foolery" to play the video at my blog home page.

Thanks Linda for sharing this with me!