Wisdom and Growth through Pursuit of Beauty and Truth

"Through the storm, through the night, through the struggle, through the fight, you are seen, you are known, in the darkness there is light" -Gerry Baird, How it Feels to Be Me

"in the cosmic dance between fate and circumstance learn to let life lead" -Gerry Baird, Childlike Simplicity

"deep down where it matters most there is an anchor of stillness a placid quiet an inner world more real than the outer where problems on the surface are swallowed up  by the steadiness within" -Gerry Baird, Childlike Simplicity

"Once you've endured your deepest sorrow You can live for the hope Of a better tomorrow" -Gerry Baird, A Single Ray of Sunlight

"I would rather be true to myself and risk failure than have a starring role in someone else’s dream." -Gerry Baird, Surrendering to the Music

"My openness and willingness to surrender invites the creativity of an infinite universe to flow through me." -Gerry Baird, Surrendering to the Music

"Every heartbreak contains within itself the seeds that will heal us. Every loss creates space for something new." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"Revenge is never as sweet as forgiveness." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"Differences of class, income, race and language melt away when we embrace the truth that what happens to one of us happens to all of us." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"Seeds of joy are planted in seasons of pain." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"By making gratitude a priority, we can feel better about every aspect of our lives. We can peacefully watch our possessions shrink and grow, our health ebb and flow, and our loved ones come and go. We can allow the winter to come as well as the spring, and we can find joy in everything." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"To believe that self-interest is the only force in this world is to ignore mountains of evidence to the contrary." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"A spiritually healthy human has a deep reverence for life and creation, a healthy sense of self as both insignificant and eternal, and a recognition that everything in this world is temporary." -Gerry Baird, Turn Your World Around in 80 Days

"Kindness doesn't require government approval. You can pick up your phone right now and text someone you love, or say something kind to a friend. You can walk up to a co-worker and express appreciation. You can do something for your neighbor. (In the final analysis, we are all neighbors.)" -Gerry Baird, The Empathy Guidebook

"When we respond with empathy we allow others - even those with whom we disagree - to be authentic, and to live without fearing our judgment or condemnation." -Gerry Baird, The Empathy Guidebook

"The shadows in our lives are cast by light. No life is without light." -Gerry Baird, Portals to Joy

"The very change we are now protesting against with all our might may take us, in time, to the place where we most long to be." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"I want to allow joy to coarse through me like a drug, permeating my inner being, emanating from my pores and leaving a bright and beautiful mark on everything and everyone I touch." -Gerry Baird, Portals to Joy

"The great lie we are all taught is that love comes from a source outside ourselves." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"No matter how stuck, lost, dark or confused you may be, the light of love can cut through the clouds and reach you in your hour of need." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"No one sees who you really are. They only see a projection in their minds. That's what they are hurting when they lash out and attack. The real you is safe from view. They are sleepwalking, and they don't like the version of you they see in their dreams. If they were awake, they would replace their hate with love, no matter what you may have done." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"There is a simple test you can use to decide if you are worthy of love. It can be done in two steps: 1)  Ask yourself if you are alive. 2)  If the answer is yes, you are worthy of love." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"When we rely on others to give us our sense of worth, we may see that they cannot fully accept every part of us and wrongly assume there are parts of us that aren't acceptable." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

" In our search for what we feel will complete us, we may fail to notice that we are already complete. In our search for a perfect moment, we may fail to realize that every moment is perfect. The gap between where we are and where we want to be is an illusion. Every moment is just what it needs to be." -Gerry Baird, 94 Days of Fierce Self-love

"Life's a dance between our will and divine will, accompanied by love notes from the universe." -Gerry Baird

"Imagine how much better your life would be if you learned to love yourself half as much as you love others." -Gerry Baird

Today I woke in the dark and was busy making lunches during the sunrise, though surely it happened. And I drove   in the low morning light along the San Miguel River for half an hour, not once noticing the color of the water,   the scent on the banks, though past experience leads me to believe that there were thousands, millions,   of tiny beautiful miracles happening there in that half hour alone. How much beauty is lost on me every day, every moment?   Though as I stepped out of the car to walk into work, I saw, stuck to my boot, one brilliant orange aspen leaf outlined in gold,   and for a whole minute, I stared at it, marveled at its symmetrical veins, its delicate stem, the astonishing intricacy   of its edges. How easily gloriousness finds us, sticks to us even. How wholly available, this art of meeting the glittering, luminous world.         Rosemerry Wahtola ...

“ When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists -- as it surely will. Then act with courage ” -Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800's to 1914)

I. I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. II. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. III. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. IV. I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. V. I walk down another street. By: Portia Nelson