Lift up your heart and seize the good.
- Suzy Shepard
This garden was donated to the Benedictine Sisters’ neighborhood arts program in Erie, Pennsylvania (www.eriebenedictines.org). Poor children can come and pour out their greatness by doing good works.
Honor that part of you that is poor and be empty enough to receive good from others and humble enough to donate what is truly great within yourself. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
This child is discovering what exists beyond the playroom. I pondered what I could do to bring myself out of the familiar and into something new and inspiring.
Change your outlook, explore, move beyond the old world, and find extraordinary possibilities ignored because the gaze was on things previously outgrown. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
This is all that is left of a particular rock formation. I wondered what would be left of me after many years of exposure to life.
Your authentic, true self is a strong structure that will stand as a monument to your endurance amidst the winds of change, aggravations, and toil. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
There is nothing more beautiful than a father helping his child get a sense of balance. Soon she will be able to skate on her own.
As you get your grip on inner strength and power, you will discover your own equilibrium. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
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Life seems to be one big puzzle. Disease, war, poverty, and strife just don’t seem to fit with peace, affluence, and harmony. When my family has a puzzle, they work together until the picture can be deciphered — kept, or thrown away.
Gather the pieces of your life’s puzzling and enlightening moments to reveal the big picture. Then understand how you fit and the difference you can make as a puzzle piece maker or solver. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
“Can I paint that chair?” a four year old asked. ”Sure”, I said, hoping she would escape from a boring summer day. The magic happened and I was transformed by the results. My insides seemed painted as well — a central nervous system colored with positive feelings.
Escape from boredom. Take the blank canvases of life and create something awesome. The external expression will revitalize and color your internal voids with great feelings. You will be lifted out of boredom and into relevance. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
There is a light at the end of this tunnel! However, the end doesn’t look good. The lights signal I am nearing a very small hole and the van certainly won’t fit through. Yes. Right? Of course this is an illusion. Artists know these secrets and paint in perspective.
The economy, the state of the union, world peace — today just about everything important looks like it is headed toward implosion, smallness, extinction. Keep up your pace and never fear the consequences of moving towards the light at the end of the tunnel. Paint your thoughts in perspective. You will fit. This is my flashback of good for today. Suzy Shepard
The aspen tree is a study in resilience. Thousand year old aspen roots survive forest fires and send up new trunks. When traumatic life experiences burn on the surface, remember the aspen. Your deep roots will survive and grow into a life not wasted - a life worth living. You will have flashbacks of good.
