Next Year ~ Arnold Bennett

“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life.You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.”

― Arnold Bennett

More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Bennett

Artwork from Jane LaFazio http://janelafazio.com/

Our to-do Lists ~ Monica

"There is a selfishness inherent in busyness. When the preoccupation with our to-do lists and the constant focus on our own interests take over, can we spare time to look outside of our families, our house, our own little worlds and extend love to others? I struggle with finding a balance when duelling priorities come knocking at the door.......Part of finding balance, I think, is noticing what you can do and finding some satisfaction in knowing that there is something you often do well. It makes up for the chronically un-swept porch or leftovers that went to waste. There's no perfection this side of eternity, but there are certain things that you do well. It's the heavy weight on your scale..'LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.' Psalms 39:4"

~ Monica

More at http://www.blueskiesandshooflypies.com/

Artwork from Sarah Kirby http://www.leicesterprintworkshop.com/studio/artists/sarah_kirby_1/

Things That Have No Place~ Tove Jansson

“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything that’s a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that don’t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everything’s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleep—then they appear.” 

~ Tove Jansson

More at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Jansson
Artwork from Lynton Lamb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynton_Lamb

Recognize Cruelty for What It Is ~ Rachel Carson

“Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is... we cannot expect things to be much better in this world... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity.”

~ Rachel Carson

More at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson

Artwork from Mark Hearld http://www.stjudesprints.co.uk/collections/mark-hearld