Sunday 28 December 2014

Approaching the end of this year and sharing my painting with you.

Hi there brothers and sisters and those yet to see our connection. Below are some shots of paintings I have done yesterday or the day before. I cannot say for sure, as at this moment days seem to merge  into one another in a kind of dream state...

I am told its good to feel the feelings of depression over the losses in my life. Deaths of my parents at an early age. The suicide of my first wife and subsequent brain injury. Then the loss of my sons mother - second wife - who ran off with one of our lodgers. (Looking back over this it could appear I mean my second wife died; nope we stopped being married when she decided to be with another man - that relationship {my sons mother and my ex lodger} broke up whilst my youngest son was fighting his winning battle against Leukemia!)

Painting it out is all I can find the energy to do at the moment. The housework has been neglected these last few days. Christmas may be a hard time for many of us who have lost loved ones. If this is the case with any of you then I am saying a prayer for the Almighty everlasting power of Love to hold us up and impart strength to us.




 I`m not proud for the things I`ve done in the past, but I am proud that I took the challenge as a man and faced all my problems.



Begin Each Day Anew


"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew."
Saint Francis de Sales




         It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. ~ Isaac Asimov



 Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again. ~ James R. Cook


 A pearl is a beautiful thing that is produced by an injured life. It is the tear [that results] from the injury of the oyster. The treasure of our being in this world is also produced by an injured life. If we had not been wounded, if we had not been injured, then we will not produce the pearl. ~ Stephan Hoeller


         Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. ~ Helen Keller


 In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus


 Issue a blanket pardon. Forgive everyone who has ever hurt you in any way. Forgiveness is a perfectly selfish act. It sets you free from the past. ~ Brian Tracey   ( I would have to add to this - as its something I find hard to do - forgive our self also. Peter. )


              Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~ Confucius.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. ~ St. Francis of Assisi  ( some of you who have visited my blogs regularly, may have seen some quotes posted before. This is because they are ones I find work for me!) 



Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~ Helen Keller

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~ Chinese Proverb

Stress is a good thing and can only make us stronger. Its distress than can break us and tear us apart. Me.


Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you're going to do now - and do it. ~ William Durant



Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer.~ Dorothy Rowe




The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change his life by changing his attitude of mind. ~ William James

We are near to the new year and I must share with you that there are times I was not sure I would make it..
Once or twice I came close to dying, but thankfully made it through them. You all have a blessed new year and please those of you who pray or even think positive thoughts towards others, then I ask you to remember me..

I really want to be strong for my two teenage sons, as this is a difficult time of life for them!

Blessings love and peace to you and all both created and uncreated.
Your brother Peter.  Ps. I welcome mail from any of you including art. Please send to petgkimb@gmail.com

 Fin

Wednesday 24 December 2014



Have yourselves a merry merry Christmas...

                                                       No probs, ay. did you manage it okay?















All the best for the new year my wonderful peeps. Ya bro Peter

Saturday 20 December 2014



Good day to you my wonderful, spectacular brothers and sisters.

My intention today is to share photos of my art, which I trust you will appreciate and accompanied by sayings from others to benefit both our inner and outer being.
  

 Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward Beecher



 Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams



 Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. ~Pablo Picasso



 The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~William Faulkner


 It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet. ~Kojiro Tomita




 Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in. ~Amy Lowell




 
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts — such is the duty of the artist. ~Schumann



 An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. ~Charles Horton Cooley



 Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. ~Theodore Dreiser, Life, Art, and America, 1917


 The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. ~Paul Strand





Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. ~André Gide



 Let me ask you something, what is not art? ~Author Unknown


This my sisters and brothers is the end of todays blog. You or I can be the Author Unknown. We can be unknown only to some but not all. When we realize the connection always present, then the present will be the gift its intended to be and not a place to dwell in the past, nor wait upon the future, but to be 100% in The Now..  Love and peace to you and all. Lets bless and be a blessing to all be encounter, your brother, Peter. 

Monday 15 December 2014

Brothers and sisters, blessings and peace be upon you, in you and throughout you.

Love also I radiate out to you from the centre of my being to all beings.

I give up all that is wrong or selfish within and let it go, as it doesnt really belong to me, but has been collected like dross by the ego, which is a falseness that tries to latch on and feed off that which is real and timeless.



Do everything with a mind that lets go.
Do not expect any praise or reward.
If you let go a little, you will have a little peace.
If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace.
If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom.
Your struggles with the world
will have come to an end.
insight meditation - achaan chah

"... Move beyond any attachment to names." Every war

and every conflict between human beings has happened because
of some disagreement about

names. It's such an unnecessary foolishness, because just
beyond the arguing there's a long

table of companionship, set and waiting for us to sit down.

What is praised is one, so the praise is one too,
many jugs being poured

into a huge basin. All religions, all this singing,
one song.

The differences are just illusion and vanity. Sunlight
looks slightly different

on this wall than it does on that wall and a lot different
on this other one, but

it is still one light. We have borrowed these clothes, these
time-and-space personalities,

from a light, and when we praise, we pour them back in.
mevlana jelaluddin rumi - 13th century

If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.
chinese philospher - lao-tse - 6th century bce



Send Thy peace O Lord, which is
perfect and everlasting,
that our souls may radiate peace.

Send Thy peace O Lord, that we
may think, act and speak harmoniously.

Send Thy peace O Lord, that we
may be contented and thankful for
Thy bountiful gifts.

Send Thy peace O Lord, that amidst
our worldly strife, we may enjoy Thy bliss.

Send Thy peace O Lord, that we
may endure all, tolerate all, in the thought of
Thy grace and mercy.

Send Thy peace O Lord, that our lives
may become a Divine vision and in Thy light,
all darkness may vanish.

Send Thy peace O Lord, our Father and Mother,
that we Thy children on Earth may all
unite in one family.
prayer for peace - pir-o-murshid inayat khan - 1921 ±




May Peace Prevail on Earth.
world peace prayer - masahisa goi - 1955


Oh Almighty! May he protect all of us!
May he cause us to enjoy!
May we acquire strength together.
May our knowledge become brilliant!
May we not hate each other!
Oh Almighty! May there be a Peace! Peace !! Peace !!! Everywhere.
Oh Almighty! May everybody be happy!
May all be free from ailments!
May we see what is auspicious!
May no one be subject to miseries!
Oh Almighty! May there be a Peace! Peace! Peace! Everywhere.
kathopanisada 2:6:19 - india - 1400 b.c.e.




May I be filled with loving kindness.
May I be well.
May I be peaceful and at ease.
May I be happy.
ancient - tibetan buddhist - meditation



Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget and fall into error;
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden
like that which Thou didst lay on those before us;
Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater
than we have the strength to bear.
Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness.
Have mercy on us.
Thou art our protector;
Help us against those who stand against Faith.
qur'an - 2:286 - al baqarah - the cow


 Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.


 Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.


 Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.



 Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.


You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.
desiderata - max ehrmann - 1927
 Pass on the peace and love which is only real if shared. Your bro Peter.