Jimmy G. Owen, LPC-S

Another glorious day in Saugatuck

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it - Paulo Coelho

If God is a DJ
Life is a dance floor
Love is the rhythm
You are the music
-Pink

“Hope is not about proving anything. It's about choosing to believe this one thing, that love is bigger than any grim, bleak s**t anyone can throw at us” ― Anne Lamott

“Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone” ― Alan W. Watts

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet - Thich Nhat Hanh

“How do you spell 'love'?" - Piglet
"You don't spell it...you feel it." - Pooh” - A. A. Milne

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.” ― Elie Wiesel

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. - Mother Teresa

“Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, and propel us, on occasion, to greatness.” - R.J. Palacio

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ― Joseph Campbell

“Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist.” ― George Carlin

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” --Neale Donald Walsch

Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters. Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome. Terrify and terrific. Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation -Alan Cohen

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. -Gloria Steinem

“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these.” - GautamaBuddha

“Relax. Refresh. Renew. Play. Sing. Laugh. Enjoy. Forgive. Dance. Love. Hug. Share. Kiss. Create. Explore. Hope. Listen. Dare. Trust. Dream. Learn. TODAY!” ― Steve Maraboli

Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again. ― Thich Nhat Hanh

Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark. - Anonymous

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. - Carl Rogers

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. -Seneca

We get to make a living; we give to make a life. - Winston Churchill

Joy is the feeling of grinning inside. - Melba Colgrove

“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
― Anne Frank

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ― Mother Teresa

“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” ― Maya Angelou

Trust the journey. Embrace the uncertainty. Live wholeheartedly.