Treasures and Dreams

I found a treasure today.

Seventeen years ago, my mom made a booklet for me for Valentine's Day. It was filled with inspirational quotes and pictures of me and my siblings in our childhood. It was a precious gift at the time - one that filled me with hope when I was a frightened freshman in college.

I found it again today. (And you know I don't believe in coincidence.) The quotes in the booklet speak directly to my heart again. The pictures of myself as a child remind me who I really am. It is again a precious gift during a time requiring hope, faith, creativity, and courage.

I wanted to share a few of the quotes and pictures. I hope something in here speaks to you too.


"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it." ~Helen Keller.

(Ann sitting in Great Grandpa Wright's Ford)

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic it it." ~Goethe

"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." ~Aristotle

(Ann, Robyn, Kenneth, and Kevin commanding the boat on a camping trip)

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." ~Albert Einstein

"Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps." ~David Lloyd George

(Robyn, Kenneth, Megan, Ann, and Kevin in San Francisco)

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." ~Thoreau

(Ann before her first dance recital)

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." ~Carl Jung