Wake Up Call

Wake Up Call

Pay Attention

To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.

~ Mary Oliver

Hands (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/technowannabe">Todd Baker</a>.)

on 09.23.10 at 08:05 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

Leap First!

The more you reason the less you create.

~ Raymond Chandler

Leap! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bexwalton/4069814840">Bex Walton</a>.)

on 09.22.10 at 12:28 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Danger

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

~ John le Carré

Jump! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thearchive/7857406">Crinity</a>.)

on 09.21.10 at 12:11 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Good Action

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

~ Plato

Fly Like an Eagle (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/2446871523/">Jurvetson</a>.)

on 09.19.10 at 11:02 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

Be Thine Own Palace

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

~ John Donne

Family Portrait (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/192401120/">Striatic</a>.)

on 09.19.10 at 11:47 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Acceptance

Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.

~ Nikola Tesla

Bully! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trixer/3531445744">Trix0r</a>.)

on 09.17.10 at 07:47 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Character

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

~ James A. Michener

Steady! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/question_everything/2874730255">Let Ideas Compete</a>.)

on 09.15.10 at 10:38 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Kneeling

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

Praying (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethcanphoto/49731985">Beth Rankin</a>.)

on 09.15.10 at 08:35 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Being a Champion

You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.

~ Jack Dempsey

Rafa 2010! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/22240293@N05/4963684770/">Francisco Diez</a>.)

on 09.13.10 at 11:31 by Oliver | Comment

Wake Up Call

On Grasping

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

Stretch! (Via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethcanphoto/2929840415">Beth Rankin</a>.)

on 09.12.10 at 10:30 by Oliver | Comment



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