Daily Inspiration - August 11th

Photo by Missy

"I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever." - Amy Tan

Who caught you, falling stars?

Always,

Penelope ♥

Daily Inspiration - July 14th

Photo by Kerry Pitt-Hart

"Sometimes you fall, spinning through space, grasping for the things that keep you on this earth. Sometimes you catch them. They can be the hands of the people you love. They can be your pets- pups with funny names, cats with ferocious old souls. The thing that keeps you here can be your art. It can be things you have collected and invested with a certain sense of meaning. A flowered, buckled treasure chest of secrets. Shoes that make you taller and, therefore, closer to the heavens. A suit that belonged to your fairy godmother. A dress that makes you feel a little like the Goddess herself.

Sometimes you keep falling; you don't catch anything.

Sometimes you fall, spinning through space, grasping for the things that keep you here. Sometimes you catch them. Sometimes you don't.

Sometimes they catch you."

- Necklace of Kisses by Francesca Lia Block 

Always,

Penelope ♥

Daily Inspiration - June 14th

Photo by Cinnamon

"My mind wandered. I thought of this: I thought how everyday each of us experiences a few little moments that have just a bit more resonance than other moments- we hear a word that sticks in our minds- or maybe we have a small experience that pulls us out of ourselves, if only breifly- we share a hotel elevator with a bride in her veil, say, or a stranger gives us a piece of bread to feed to the mallard ducks in the lagoon; a small child starts a conversation with us in a Dairy Queen- or we have an we have an episode like the one I had with M&M cars back at the Husky station. And If we were to collect these small moments in a notebook and save them over a period of months we would see certain trends emerge from our collection- certain voices would emerge that have been trying to speak through us. We would realise that we have been having another life altogether, one we didnt we know was going on inside us. And maybe this other life is more important than the one we think of as being real- this clunky day-to-day world of furniture and noise and metal. So just maybe it is these small silent moments which are the true story-making events of our lives."



- Life After God by Douglas Coupland

Always,

Penelope ♥