irie blossoms

From May 23 to July 18, we will be living in Kingston, Jamaica and working for Marigold orphanage that seeks to empower youth through education and mentoring. During the eight weeks, we will be teaching art classes, creating a library, and completing a myriad of other smaller projects. We seek to collaborate with Marigold and the surrounding community to ensure longevity. We hope to provide a rich, loving, colorful, and nurturing space for the children to foster a promising and bright future.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

1 comment:

MaryKay said...: LOVE the murals! Beautiful job Gil and Tiffany. I can't believe the transformation. You guys are the best. The place is unrecognizable.; July 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM

seeds of thought

Friday, July 9th:

"Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But losing your purpose to the journey is a fate far more cruel."

Thursday, July 8th:

"Light a candle, don't curse the darkness"

Wednesday, July 7th:

"You only make a once-in-a-lifetime buddy, once in a lifetime" -Little Rascals

Tuesday, July 6th:

"an inheritance that can never perish, spoil, or fade-kept in heaven for [me]...in this [i should] greatly rejoice, though now for a little while [I] may suffer grief and all kinds of trails." (1 Peter 1:3)

Monday, July 5th:

"you don't have a soul. you are a soul. you have a body" -C.S. Lewis
Sunday, July 4th:

"if you wish to experience peace, provide peace for another." -the 14th Dalai Lama

Saturday, July 3rd:

"When you love people and have the desire to make a profound, positive impact upon the world, then will you have accomplished the meaning to live." -Sasha Azevedo
Friday, July 2nd:

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting 'Holy shit...what a ride!"-Hunter S. Thompson
Thursday, July 1st:

"Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine" -Anthony J. D'Angelo
Wednesday, June 30th:

"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom"-Bob Dylan
Tuesday, June 29th:

"We should not permit intolerance to degenerate into indifference" -Margaret Chase Smith
Monday, June 28th:

"We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting"-Kahlil Gibran
Sunday, June 27th:

"make a conscious decision to find obscurity"-Mara Truslow
Saturday, June 26th:

"We cannot build our own futures without helping others to build theirs" -Bill Clinton
Friday, June 25th:

"Nothing yields more pleasure and content to the soul than when it finds that which it may love fervently, for to love and live beloved is the soul's paradise" -John Winthrop
Thursday, June 24th:

"The act of compassion begins with full attention" -Daniel Goleman
Wednesday, June 23rd:

"Insha'Allah" -"God Willing" in Arabic
Tuesday, June 22nd:

"Do not stip thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of a competence." -Eleanor Roosevelt
Monday, June 21st:

Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest aspiration ought to be to set off that spark in one another. -Mark Albion

Sunday, June 20th:

Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else -St. Therese

Saturday, June 19th:

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. -Mark Twain

Friday, June 18th:

Let sorrowful longing dwell in your heart.

Never give up, never lose hope.

Allah says, "The broken ones are my beloved."

Crush your heart. Be broken.

-Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Kheir, Son of Nobody

Thursday, June 17th:

Make a conscious decision to find obscurity-Mara Truslow

Wednesday, June 16th:

We live only to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting-Kahlil Gibran

Tuesday, June 15th:

All things are impermanent;

They arise and cease.

In understanding this timeless truth,

There is peace.

-Buddhist Chant

Monday, June 14th:

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -Irish Proverb

Sunday, June 13th:

If you want to build a ship, don't herd people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -Antoine de Saint Exupery

Saturday, June 12th:

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. -Albert Einstein

Friday, June 11th:

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Thursday, June 10th:

All of life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Wednesday, June 9th:

Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity-Buddha

Tuesday, June 8th:
"Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger; think big and act big, and we'll get smaller." -Herb Kelleher
Monday, June 7th:
You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination. --Ralph Marston
Sunday, June 6th:
"I've met some go-getters. Some difference-makers. Small-town heroes, and big chance-takers. I've met some young hearts with something to prove." - Carrie Underwood
Saturday, June 5th:
"My wish overall is to see everyone in the world live as one." -Elin's Poster
Friday, June 4th:
"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be." - Horace Bushnell
Thursday, June 3rd:
"...nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do that which will comfort other souls than thine; complete this dear unfinished tasks of mine, and I, perchance, may therein comfort you." -E. Bronson Ingram
Wednesday, June 2nd:
"May the good lord be with you down every road you roam. And may sunshine & happiness surround you when you're far from home. And may you grow to be proud and dignified and true. And do unto others as you'd have done unto you. Be courageous and be brave. And always in my heart you'll stay. Forever young" - Rod Stewart
Tuesday, June 1st:
"Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight." - Ben Franklin
Monday, May 31st:
"Be the change you wish to see in the world" - Gandhi
Sunday, May 30th:
"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." - William Arthur Ward
Saturday, May 29th:
"Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world."
Friday, May 28th:
"Be resolutely and faithfully what you are; be humble what you aspire to be."
Thursday, May 27th:
"If you want happiness for an hour- take a nap; for a day - go fishing; for a year- inherit a fortune; for a lifetime- help someone."
Wednesday, May 26th:
"Now is the time. Needs are great, but your possibilities are greater." - Bill Blackman
Tuesday, May 25th:
"Be the love you hope to see in the world"
Monday, May 24th:
"When the night is darkest, you will see the stars"
Sunday, May 23rd:
"Lets make the land we love a place of love"