“No matter who we are, where we live, what we look like, the circumstances of our birth or the situations we face; each of us has gifts within us. Strength, beauty, courage, compassion, hope, joy, talent, imagination, reverence, wisdom, love and faith are among them. They are not like material presents we unwrap and hold in our hands. We can’t see these gifts with our eyes. But they are real and powerful. When we open ourselves to them, they can enrich every aspect of our lives. They can help us transform challenges into opportunities and tragedies into triumphs. They can help us make a difference in the world.” InspirationJoyFaithHopeHealingCompassionBeautyCourageTalentStrengthTriumphReverenceInner GiftsImagiantionWisdom Love Book:The Twelve Gifts for Healing: An Illustrated Gift Book of Inspiration and Encouragement for Triumph Over Adversity Source: The Twelve Gifts for Healing: An Illustrated Gift Book of Inspiration and Encouragement for Triumph Over Adversity
“Not like Dante discovering a commedia upon the slopes of heaven I would paint a different kind of Paradiso in which the people would be naked as they always are in scenes like that because it is supposed to be a painting of their souls but there would be no anxious angels telling them how heaven is the perfect picture of a monarchy and there would be no fires burning in the hellish holes below in which I might have stepped nor any altars in the sky except fountains of imagination” ParadiseImagiantion Book:A Coney Island of the Mind Source: A Coney Island of the Mind