"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

"May your pen happily writes ...™ ©Leah C Dancel

6/23/22

Pietro Aretino - Winter


Home in Orange CA 1996

"Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." ~Pietro Aretino

Quotes Cut from AMO MAMA


Lifted from AMO MAMA/FB

"A family in which everyone has each other's back will always live in harmony and happiness." ~Amo Mama 

"A happy life is only in our hands and does not depend on LIFE COACHES." ~Amo Mama

"A lie may take care of the present,  but it has no future." ~Amo Mama 

"Don't look at the coating. 
It's the filling that matters most." 
~Amo Mama

"Every act of kindness is a drop and when it falls into the ocean of kindness,  it makes waves that reach every shore." ~Amo Mama 

"God always guides you exactly where you need to go, even if you suffer a lot along the way." ~Amo Mama 

"Greed and a cold heart are bad counselors." ~Amo Mama 

"In dark times radiant people shine brightly on your path." ~Amo Mama

"In redemption,  you find the power to
 turn darkness into light." ~Amo Mama


"Kindness is the wings on which a person ascends to God." ~Amo Mama 


"It sometimes happens that people depend on money more than they depend on their conscience." ~Amo Mama 

"Love can SEE through any PRETENSES."
~Amo Mama 

"No material wealth could ever be more precious than human life." ~Amo Mama 

"One SELFISH ACT can ruin the lives of dozens people." ~Amo Mama

Photo taken at John Paul Getty Museum Gardens, Los Angeles, California through the kindness of Marietta Estacio-Vasquez and hubby Engr. Vic Vasquez May 2013

"Our beauty is temporary, but our soul is eternal." ~Amo Mama


"Penny pinching is the vice of those who have no heart." ~Amo Mama 

"Remember, when people who used others as their stepping stones will one day lose their footing." ~Amo Mama 

"The beauty of the soul gives charm even to the plainest of bodies, just as the ugliness of the soul destroys the magnificent creation." ~Amo Mama

"The most beautiful flowers blossom only when they are cared for." ~Amo Mama 

"The most innocuous acts can have an equal power either to hurt or heal a child's soul. Don't disregard your children." ~Amo Mama 

"The most precious quality in a friend is kindness and honesty." ~Amo Mama

"The path to genuine bliss is always the thorniest one." ~Amo Mama 

"The saddest thing about betrayal, it never comes from your enemy." ~Amo Mama


"There are times in your life when it seems like only dark times lie ahead.  But there's always someone who will light your path to the future." ~Amo Mama 

"When a soul leaves this world,  it needs to find peace before it can turn into an angel." ~Amo Mama

"When the time is right, the Lord will make it happen." ~Amo Mama 

"You're alive not just when your heart keeps beating,  but when the memory of you lives on in the hearts of others." ~Amo Mama 



6/21/22

JONA HANS HAROLD Quotes



"Diamonds are hard to find, but rocks are everywhere." ~Jona Hans Harold 


From the Isle of Emerald
Millmount Observation Tower

"𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚." ~Jona Hans Harold

"Weekends are like the rainbows that break through five days of rain." ~Jona Hans Harold 




6/20/22

Petros K. Veloudas - Life

"Life is the sunshine soul with the beauty of kindness!" ~Petros K. Veloudas (Πέτρος Βελούδας), Greek Poet, The Response of Silence

6/18/22

Adora Carrillo Russ - LIfe is a Gift

"Waking up everyday and still able to take care of my mind body and spirit is a gift!" ~Adora Carrillo Russ

6/17/22

SEEDS of SEASONS

Featured Verse


"When seeds are sown,
watered with kindness and fondness; 
No matter what the season,
It will grow healthy and strong."
~Leah C. Dancel, October 2018‬

S. Ajna - Sun

Photo Credit to Mel Bradford
At Bribie Island Queensland 
Cover Photo: Sunsets and Sunrises, FB

"The sun is a daily reminder that we too can rise again from the darkness, that we too can shine our own light.” ~S. Ajna

6/16/22

Mike Norton - Valuable friend

"Never hold resentments for the person who tells you what you need to hear; count them among your truest, most caring and most valuable friend." ~Mike Norton

6/15/22

Sigurd Olson - Wilderness

"Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium." ~Sigurd Olson, Former council member, The Wilderness Society

ANNETTE NASSER Quotes





"As soon as the pen hits paper, or tablet (smiling), our hearts begin to write and the words/lines flow freely as rivers of ink, fluidly and fluently." ~Annette Nasser

Photo: S Attenborough
Wonboyn NSW

"Face the world. Look toward the earth's vastness." ~Annette Nasser

"rain or shine, and downcast days
does it matter to set ablaze
Your fiery pen will find all ways
to write in brightness and the grays
and still, we'll read in fervent praise."
~Annette Nasser 

"Suppose such power
brightens expressions:
The eyes see
even the tiniest minuscule 
grain upon the sand;
Telescopic to some
and barely noticeable to others
yet quite distinct,
the world 
and time."
~Annette Nasser

"The elements of seasons, the climate, the reflections of its beauty, the reminiscing moments of life and love while gazing at the moon, all such beautiful remembrances." ~Annette Nasser on Gazing at the Moon From Balcony

"Whatever you choose in life, having a positive attitude, will take you further. Be committed and always persevere, even if stones are thrown on your path, or what seems like endless winding roads preventing you from moving on, you must keep going forward." ~Annette Nasser



6/14/22

F. Matthias Alexander - People

“People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” ~F. Matthias Alexander

Minh D. Tran - Design

"Great design is eliminating all unnecessary details." ~Minh D. Tran

Abbie M. Dale - Life

"To decide to be at the level of choice, is to take responsibility for your life and to be in control of your life." ~Abbie M. Dale (lifted from LS Onyah)

Featured Quote: Dorothy Lange on Photography



“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” ~Dorothea Lange 

Photo: A steady shot inside a fast running train towards Auburn Station, January 13, 2022 ©Leah C. Dancel

6/10/22

Featured Quote: Me, the world and the sunrise

Lifted from the Higher Perspective


Inset Photo: Marco at 3
Wollongong Beach

"I love every mornings when it feels like the rest of the world is still fast asleep and you're the only one who's awake and everything feels like it isn't real and you kind of forget about all your problems because for now, it's just you, the world and the sunrise."
~Higher Perspective

6/8/22

Eric Jerome - Ego

"A man's ego is as fragile as a womans heart." ~Eric Jerome

Marc Middleton - Aging

"The key to aging is to not mourn what's lost but to celebrate what remains." ~Marc Middleton

6/7/22

Anatoli Boukreev - Mountains

“Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion.” ~Anatoli Boukreev

6/5/22

Mary Mie Verdida-Cowan Sounds of the waves



"Despite the sun fighting the clouds to come out, I'm enjoying my peaceful solitude walk with nothing but the sounds of the ocean waves rolling in." ~Mary Mie V. Cowan

Lauren Hutton - Passage of life

"Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be." ~Lauren Hutton

6/4/22

William Least Heat-Moon - Open road

“The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” ~William Least Heat-Moon

William Hjortsberg - Views

“Of all the memorable views, the best have been framed by Montana windows.” ~William Hjortsberg

Rey Behan - Imagination

"You have more potential open to you, than your limited imagination will allow you to enjoy." ~Rey Behan