These are my favorite quotes from Alexandra Stoddard's book, "Choosing Happiness." I suggest you first scroll down and click on the stunning arrangement of Joy, then scroll back up and read the quotes. Have a beautiful, happy weekend!
"Is there anything as sensuous or as beautiful as being outside in a garden in full bloom?"
"Houses, like gardens, need our watchful eye, sunshine and nurturing. The houses where we live don't thrive on benign neglect. Living abundantly requires lots of loving energy."
"Your home as a garden is a private refuge."
"This is the tiny space you occupy and maintain on earth, your soil to cultivate. It is sacred."
"Make your home a garden so breathtakingly beautiful that you inspire happiness in everyone you welcome in."
"Plant your seeds and cultivate your own garden. Everyone who does so is wise, because happpiness is centered here."
"We might not have Monet's talent for painting masterpieces, but we can transform our personal environent into a sensuous, happy, colorful retreat, a place that is so pretty, so cheerful and pleasing, that our personal environment becomes our sanctuary."
"Our house becomes a home when we love it. Our home can always be in bloom, full of springtime, fresh beginnings, plants growing and happiness flowering."
"Paradise is right here, right now, day by day."
"Our homes are our ideal earthly paradise. Give your home your all, feed it with beauty, color and light; treat all your objects with respect and dignity, knowing you are only a temporary caregiver."
All quotes are from one of my favorite books, Choosing Happiness by Alexandra Stoddard. Click the book to learn more about it.
I don't know who this is, but this gorgeous arrangement of Joy is played by ear with no score.
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