LA FIN ~ 2011

                              HOPE ~ RENEWAL ~ TRANSFORMATION

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall.”  ~  Confucius

“The great renewal of the world will perhaps consist in that, that man and maid, freed of all false feelings and reluctance, will seek each other not as opposites, but as brother and sister, as neighbors, and will come together as human beings.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

                                           HOPE

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”   ~   Louis Pasteur

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between 2 “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.” The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which wolf wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

“Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”  ~  Carl Sagan

TRANSFORMATION

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” ~  Maya Angelou

“Transformation literally means going beyond your form.”   ~ Wayne Dwyer

“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”  ~  Napoleon Hill

                                                                                                  RENEWAL

“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”  ~  Carl Gustav Jung

“Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.”  ~   Pearl S. Buck

“It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it.”   ~  Anais Nin

As we move forward into 2012 there is great sorrow and pain for the unknown around the world who have made their precipitous passage, due to bloodshed, famine, illness, poverty, turbulent weather and war.

Bob Marley expresses transition best in “No Woman No Cry”

Wishing you a Peaceful and Loving 2012!

Nefertiti

All photographs by Nefertiti

©Nefertiti 2011