Jen's Lists

From “The Syntax of Creation” by John R Rosenberg “Things that mater submit to the syntax of creation.  We grow day by day, line upon line...

"There are heartfelt moments when we are reflective, and they touch us deeply.  But they are so fleeting.  The day will come, brother...

"Educators do all in their power to prepare you to enjoy reading after college. It is right that you should read according to your ...

Pascal Campion We usually think of time as a river, a river like the Nile, with strong, swift current bearing us further and further ...

From the loveliest of blogs: http://www.birdsofashmae.com "The other night I told Carl that I was turning into someone who just want...

"Think about your particular assignment at this time in your life.  It may be to get an education, it may be to rear children, it may...

“ The Lord knows your inner landscape, no matter the painstaking efforts you make to beautify the outside. He knows …the expected yield of ...

“A welcoming home is where real life happens. It’s where personalities are nurtured, where growth is stimulated, where people feel free not ...

 “If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that We Belong to Each Other.” Mother Teresa

"I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those wh...

“I get worried for young girls sometimes; I want them to feel that they can be sassy and full and weird and geeky and smart and independent,...

"Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich tr...

"I think we pay too little attention to the value of meditation, a principle of devotion.  Meditation is one of the most secret, most ...

"When we cultivate a mood of calm repose in our homes, we are scooping out a space of refelction and wonder, for contemplation and reve...

Oh to be this kind of person... "His face was a power of peace; his presence a benediction of peace.  In the tranquil depths of his e...

"In Friendship…we think we have chosen our peer. In reality a few years’ difference in the dates of our births, a few more miles betwe...

"I didn't always know what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be." -Diane Von Furstenberg http:/...

"There's much to learn from the world of children's books. It often seems to be patronised and marginalised, but is in fact at...

the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It’s what happens when you’re thinking about more important things. Climb the m...

"It is aliveness that must be the guiding principle. Joy and happiness in living, a love of all existence, a power and energy for wor...