Find your teachers.

Sometimes you must stay through the pain. There is a pleasure in this. Keep going.

Words are deep when etched deeply.

Oliver, Mary. New and Selected Poems: Volume One. Beacon Press,1992,  p. 110.  

Melody carries us in many ways. Sometimes we carry it with us.

Time to explore your secret worlds, and the secret worlds of others.

Become a word minimalist.

In the external world and in your own mind, let go of the tight grip of control.

Reference:
Suzuki, Shunryu. Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Shambhala Publications, 2011, p. 15- 16.

Simple is best. So is just being yourself.

Reference:
Struck Jr., William and White, E.B. The Elements of Style. 3rd edition. Macmillan Publishing Co.,1979, p.69

Sleep is awesome. But how do you feel in the morning?

The beauty of being read to.

Reference: 
Chodron, Pema. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times. 2001, p. 3-5.

How to prevent the mind from wandering.

Reference:
McKinnon, Lilias. Musical Secrets. Oxford University Press, 1936, p.1.

Creative and silly pursuits may fill the edges of your life with the stuff worthy of your biography.

Reference:

Simmons, Sylvie. I’m Your Man. HarperCollins, 2012, p. 1. 

Find space to play and space to be silent.

Reference:
Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching. HarperPerennial, 1992, p. 68.