“I'm thinking of writing a children's story about a leaf on a tree who arrogantly insists he's a self-made, independent leaf. Then one day a fierce wind blows him off his branch and to the ground below. As his life slowly ebbs away, he looks up at the magnificent old tree that had been his home and realizes that he had never been on his own. His entire life he had been part of something bigger and more beautiful than anything he could have imagined. In a blinding flash, he awakens from the delusion of self. Then an arrogant, self-centered kid rakes him up and bags him.” ThinkingWritingLooksChildrenMadeSelfStoriesHomeKidsBeautifulRealizingTreeWindOne DayBiggerIndependentBlowBranchesLook UpBagsDelusionArrogantFierceFlashMagnificentLeafsSelf CenteredSelf MadeRakesOld Trees Author:Chuck Lorre
“Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other. Throw it in the garbage and it springs up clean. Try to root it out and it only flourishes. Love is a weed, a dandelion that you poison from your heart. The taproots wait. The seeds blow off, ticklish, into a part of the yard you didn't spray. And one day, though you worked, though you prodded out each spiky leaf, you lift your eyes and dozens of fat golden faces bob in the grass.” LoveTryingHeartEyeFacesWaitingSidesLove IsOne DaySpringRootsCleanBlowSeedsFatsGoldenLiftsGrassPoisonGoing AwayWeedDozenBobYardsLeafsGarbageCreepsSprayDandelionsTicklish Author:Louise Erdrich
“Letters crossing in the post, unfamiliar tunes heard three times in one day, the way that blows of fate descend upon the same bowed shoulders, and the beams of good fortune glow perpetually upon the blessed. Fairy tales, as I said, are lived out daily. There is far more going on in the world than we ever imagine.” WorldWayLifeSaidThreeFateImagineHeardOne DayLettersBlessedFortuneBlowShouldersTalesPostsFairyTunesFairy TaleThree TimesGood FortuneCrossingsBeamUnfamiliar Author:Fay Weldon
“One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death? The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.” PeopleKnowsWorldMaySaidPhilosophyEnjoyWaterWindMastersBrokenOne DayProtectTablesGlassesBlowIllnessHarmRingsLoved OnesSunlightBeing HappyShelvesImpermanenceBrokennessElbowsBroken GlassGlistenEnjoy It While It Lasts Author:Ajahn Chah
“I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.” KnowsWayLife IsSportsFateOne DayBlowBoxingDoomed Author:Mike Tyson
“Nothing can happen more than once, but everything must happen one day; Over hill and dale, wood and stream, my dying voice will blow away. . .” HappensVoiceDyingOne DayBlowWoodsHillsStreams Author:Michael Ende