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Thursday
Jul302009

« love thursday:  tranquility »

Photographed with Nikon D300, 60mm macro lens.

I came across this quote, and I believe it has become my new mantra:

You owe it

to everyone you love

(including yourself)

to find pockets of

tranquility in your

busy world.

-- George Bernanos

 

If you need to, feel free to take it as your mantra too, of course.

 

* * * * * * *

Happy Love Thursday, everyone. Please leave your stories or links to your images or words of love in the comments below.

And don't forget to gift yourself a moment's peace today.

Song:  Lullaby by Alana Davis

Posted on DateThu, July 30, 2009 | Comment29 Comments | | |

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    Response: Love finds the recipe
    at Woulda Coulda Shoulda on July 30, 2009
    I’ve been thinking a lot about the conversation with my daughter that I wrote about yesterday. I’ve been fixated on this notion of making your own happiness, because—let’s face it—for a lot of years I wasn’t a partic...
  • Response
    Response: Love Thursday
    by Artemis Ogg at Our Deer Baby on July 30, 2009
    Sibling love

Reader Comments (29)

*exhale*
Just what I needed, siiting here after midnight with a sleepless baby.
My Love Thursday is about baby love. Baby loving her own feet.
http://kiwords.blogs.com/kiwords/2009/07/love-discovers.html

Happy Love Thursday.

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKira

What a great quote..and one I'm going to have to remind myself of whenever I'm feeling pressured to be constantly busy.
Here's a little love and happiness for today.
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/index.php?showimage=863
Happy Love Thursday!!!

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterDaily Practice

Beautiful picture and quote :) My Love Thursday post is Friends

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSunnymama

Lovely quote! My Love Thursday was subtle — I think I've passed by it a million times and never noticed!
http://secretnotebookswildpages.blogspot.com/2009/07/love-thursday.html

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterm. heart

Lovely mantra--I will try to remember!!

Happy Love Thursday!! http://busymomma66.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-love-thursday_30.html

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterbusymomma66

Happy Love Thursday. My post is about winning and then giving the prize away ...

http://www.soeursdujour.com/2009/07/winner-love.html

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterkath

I'm feeling slightly sad today. But want to wish you happy Love Thursday anyway.

http://lifesignatures.org/wordpress/2009/07/july-30-a-piano-without-a-player/

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPuna

Yeah. I'm definitely taking that on for myself...
My post is about the little things we remember that touch us and make us who we become. Happy Love Thursday!
http://sara-quesarasara.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-golden-hour.html

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterSara

My moment's peace will come in about twelve hours when I fall into bed exhausted. Not that I'm counting or anything. I figure, any day that starts at 4 a.m. with a tornado warning HAS to move towards tranquility at some point, right?

On a semi-related note, I wrote this week about trying to find the happy even when it seems like your week is full of mayhem, chaos, and tears. http://cantgetthere.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/love-sometimes-means-looking-a-little-closer/

Happy Love Thursday!

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKatie in MA

Thank you for sharing your mantra. My first Love Thursday image was found in an unlikely place by two of my favorite people. http://capturedbyourcameras.blogspot.com/2009/07/love-thursday.html

July 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPam
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