“In our relationships, creative lives, personal development, and work, we can promote this advancement in two ways– expanding our breadth (what we do: the skills we acquire, the topics we talk about, the avenues we explore) and our depth (how well we do what we do: the quality of our listening, our level of engagement with the world).” – Susan David
This picture of a Chinese theatre party is one of the most exciting cross stitch patterns I have ever stitched. The traditional blue-white pattern, the very characteristic Chinese figures and lanterns take you back in time and you almost feel like you are there attending this beautiful, traditional sceneđź’™
Personally, I would be very happy to post something blue every day. Have you ever thought about why blue is one of the most popular colors? Blue is calming, elegant, the color of the sky and the seas. It feels encompassing. Gorgeous in combination with white and red too. Why do you like blue?đź’™
“I don’t believe I shall ever leave Giverny.” – Monet
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” “As melhores e mais belas coisas da vida nĂŁo podem ser vistas nem tocadas. Elas devem ser sentidas com o coração.” – Portugese proverb
“The life and love we create is the life and love we live.” “A vida e o amor que criamos sĂŁo a vida e o amor que vivemos.” – Portugese proverb
Inside and outside, azulejo murals decorate the most important monument of the city, SĂ© do Porto, the Cathedral of Porto.
What a welcome, Porto! Walking out of the metro station, first sight falls on the majestic Capela das Almas (Chapel of Souls) covered withe beautiful azulejos. The blue-white tiles depicts scenes from the lives of saints.
“This most great, this fathomless and surging Ocean is near, astonishingly near, unto you. Behold it is closer to you than your life-vein! Swift as the twinkling of an eye ye can, if ye but wish it, reach and partake of this imperishable favor, this God-given grace, this incorruptible gift, this most potent and unspeakably glorious bounty.” – Bahá’u’lláh
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