Ride the wind

 If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.  ~ Toni Morrison

- How willing are you to let go and experience some situations as they arise?

Garden wonders

The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: the soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden.  ~ Thomas More

- How vibrant is your garden (literal or metaphorical)?

Inner motivation

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.  ~ Aristophanes

- What central principles guide your life?

Sides of the mountain

To live for some future goal is shallow.  It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.  ~ Robert M. Pirsig

- To what extent are you actively engaging with your daily life?

Who are you?

We are what we believe we are.  ~ C. S. Lewis

- What understanding do you have about yourself?

A little weakness

It's a hard life if you don't weaken.  ~ Stephen King

- Where could you show some vulnerability?

Turn of the tide

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide.  ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

- In what area of your life could you restore hope?

Going forward

We are asleep with compasses in our hands.  ~ W. S. Mervin

- What helps you to chart your course?

Getting better

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better; it's not.  ~ Dr. Seuss

- About what things should you be concerned? 

Celebrate the past

We celebrate the past to awaken the future.  ~ John F. Kennedy

- What do you cherish about your past which can provide direction for the future?

Good now days

People are always asking about the good old days.   How about the good now days?  ~ Robert M. Young

- What are the good things in your life right now?

Life to everything

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.  ~ Plato

- In what ways could you enrich your appreciation for music?

A mark above

If you do things well, do them better.  Be daring, be first, be different, be just.  ~ Anita Roddick

- Where could you show some initiative?

Quotes and Questions for the Journey

Looking back over the last hundred entries I have asked some diverse questions to stimulate reflection around some pivotal quotes.  These questions are meant to provide enrichment and personal growth.   Consider them meditation nuggets.

- What makes your life rewarding?
- What enriching opportunity awaits you?
- For what are you striving?
- What lies within you to give?
- Where could you spark some warmth?
- How can you get the most out of each day?

My next volume for reflection is 365 Pivotal Quotes and Questions for the Journey.

Care to share my quote quest with others?

On the bright side

Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ~ Elbert Hubbard

- What positive action/thought could you provide today?

A worthy goal

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.  ~ Andrew Carnegie

- What worthy goal could you set?

Before you

The most sublime act is to set another before you.  ~ William Blake

- To whom could you be an encouragement/support?

The power of 3

Live, let live, help live. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

- In what ways could you live to the power of 3?

Making a life

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.  ~ Maya Angelou

- How do you make a life?

Tearful eyes

My eyes were glued on life
and they were full of tears.  ~ Jack Kerouac

- What about the world causes you some concern and sadness?

Hope and heroism

I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete.  It's so heroic.  ~ George Carlin

- What little seed of hope could you sow?

Toward the light

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.  ~ Helen Keller

- How do you remain positive?

Find the energy

Ride the energy of your own unique spirit.  ~ Gabrielle Roth

- What gives you energy and enthusiasm for life?

Purpose of life

The purpose of life is to live, learn, and love.  ~ Christine Rice

- How well are you living up to the three l's?

True wealth

No one becomes rich unless he enriches others.  ~ Andrew Carnegie

- In what ways could you reach out?

Striving

We work to become, not to acquire. ~ Elbert Hubbard

- What are you becoming?

Focus

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.  ~ Jim Rohn

- What areas deserve your focused pursuit?