Category Archives: Quotes I Love

More Photo Fun and a Quote

Posted on June 12, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: Spider!: DealDash’s photo Playing Hide and Seek: Forever Awezome Beware: Forever Awezome “There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” –John Holmes (Source: tinybuddha) Love, Russ

Posted in Animals, Children, Compassion, Fun, Health, Heart, Humor, Kindness, Parenting, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Uncategorized | Tagged anumals, cute, DealDash, duck, ducklings, ducks, Forever Awezome, fun, giraffes, hide and seek, humor, humorous, John Holmes, lifting up, people, photos, playing, reaching down, scam, spider, tinybuddha | 8 Comments

A Conversation With The Universe

Posted on June 9, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Harmonious Existence Remembered shared David James Lees quote) Love, Russ

Posted in Quotes I Love, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

They Are Not Gone

Posted on June 9, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: “Rumi’s photo” as seen on FB). “Death has nothing to do with going away. The sun sets. The moon sets. But they are not gone.” -Rumi

Posted in Quotes I Love | Tagged death, moon, quote, Rumi, sun | 19 Comments

Friday Photo Fun

Posted on June 7, 2013 by russtowne

Sources: “When You Align…”: Let’s Be Positive Together Cop & Kids: The Secret To Humor Is Surprise Planting Cats: Kimberly Dowling Bed & Breakfast: The Secret To Humor Is Surprise Love, Russ

Posted in Animals, Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Friendship, Fun, Heart, Humor, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged align, alignment, cats, dogs, fun, heart, humor, humorous, Kimberly Dowling, photographs, photos, quote | 10 Comments

Fun Photo, Quote, and a Brief Update

Posted on June 6, 2013 by russtowne

— A Quote I Love: “Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers.” –Unknown (Source: tinybuddha) By coincidence, this quote actually ties into the updates below, as I’m largely in the “unknown frontiers” part of the adventure. — My learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Creativity, Dreams, Following Your Passion, Growth/Learning, Imagination, Project Updates for Children's Stories/Poems I Wrote, Quotes I Love, Teamwork | Tagged adventure, bear, illustrator, logo, pre-press, publishing, Rusty Bear, safe boundries, tinybuddha, unknown frontiers | 12 Comments

Greatness In Small Things

Posted on June 3, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page shared Hippie Peace Freak’s photo.) When one realizes that the small things in life ARE great they realize they’ve had great things in their life the whole time. And who wouldn’t be grateful about that? –Russ … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Awareness, Breakthroughs, Contentment, Gratitude, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Quotes I Wrote | Tagged great, greatness, Hippie Peace Freak's photo, Karen Robiscoe-Fan, photo, photographs, quote, quotes | 6 Comments

Possessions Can Possess Us

Posted on June 3, 2013 by russtowne

“Every increased possession loads us with new weariness.” –John Ruskin (Source: A.Word.A.Day / Wordsmith.org) I am a believer that less is often indeed more. It is all too easy for me to get loaded with weariness when I have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Joy & Happiness, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts | Tagged A.Word.A.Day, clutter, John Ruskin, material possessions, possessed, possessions, wordsmith.org | 14 Comments

Happenings

Posted on May 30, 2013 by russtowne

“Love is not a matter of what happens in life. It’s a matter of what’s happening in your heart.” –Ken Keyes I also believe that happiness is not a matter of what happens in your life. It’s a matter of … Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Growth/Learning, Joy & Happiness, Life, Loss, Love, Mistakes, Observations, Quotes I Love, Random Thoughts, Suffering, Wisdom | Tagged beloved, child, children, death, failures, gifts, Happiness, Ken Keyes, lessons, Life, Love, setbacks, spouse | 8 Comments

A Simple Shift With Profound Results

Posted on May 24, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: I Stop for Suffering) Thank you, Meg. I whole-heartedly believe in the truth, wisdom, and power of your comment. Russ

Posted in Attittude, Awareness, Beauty, Choices, LIfe Lessons, Miracles, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged attitude, heart, miracle, miracles, profound, profound results, results, shift, whole-heartedly | 9 Comments

Planting Seeds

Posted on May 22, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: A friend shared Farmer Pal’s photo). We can all be the Johnny Appleseed of love when we plant seeds of kindness. If “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”, imagine how much better our world could be with … Continue reading →