Happy New Year!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and I leave you with this quote by Paulo Coelho:

“If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.”

Always show your best side!

“Love who you are, embrace who you are. Love yourself. When you love yourself, people can kind of pick up on that: they can see confidence, they can see self-esteem, and naturally, people gravitate towards you.”

Lilly Singh

Trump mentioned God three times today!

I don’t recall ever hearing Mr. Trump invoke the name of God during his campaign. Today at inauguration he thought he should mention the almighty in order to make us all feel a little better. Nevertheless, I found the speech poor, lacking of personality and credibility with lots of big promises that very unlikely he will be able to maintain. In the end it all comes down to what we, the people, can and will do about it. Everybody deserves a chance, so let’s keep this door a little open and see what happens….

 “The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That’s the only difference.” Ralph Nader

My gut feelings and my faith tell me that until God shuts a door, no human can shut it.

Olusegun Obasanjo

Sketch of the day – be yourself!

Ink on paper sketch of a woman sitting.

The self is not something one finds, it is something one creates. Thomas Szasz

Filling the space…

“Nothing great has ever been achieve without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday mixed media painting: Thoughts for Paris

A painting says more than a thousand words….

“Our baggage includes everything from once valid beliefs and practices that have outlived their usefulness, to misinformation and misconceptions that we have accepted and even embraced without much examination or thought.” Harvey Ventura

Sketch of the day: forms of a woman…

For happiness, how little suffices for happiness! The least thing precisely, the gentlest thing, the lightest thing, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a wisk, an eye glance – little maketh up the best happiness. Be still.” Friedrich Nietzsche