The festival is an inspiring place so why not bring back the goose's thread and post some inspirational thoughts here as well. Please contribute when and if you ever feel so moved.

"Impetuous me favors the passionate tumult of Spring
river flooding. Sensuous me favors the indolent
caress of Summer river flowing. Reflective me
favors the penetrating seep of Autumn river trickling.
Even aloof shy me favors the chilled reserve of Winter
river freezing. But, all of me resists evaporation.

I resist the sucking pulling warm air wresting
me from known boundaries. I resist drifting unseen
to unknown parts. I resist the uncertainty of unformed
floating yearning rather to surround rocks, carve
new paths. I resist the ambiguous foggy drift.
But luckily, at times, I am yanked into air. There

beholding Earth's
anguish: Weep!
Weeping, raining,
puddling...perhaps
the beginning of an
exuberant Spring.:" Simone Campbell (who rides the bus)


"...be humble, but not submissive. Rooted in a solid sense of ourselves, but not self-righteous; truthful, but gentle and absolutely fearless." Pat Farrell

"They can crush a few flowers but they cannot hold back the spring." Chilean saying

"90 % of life is just showing up." Woody Allen (?)

"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would have said it was because I couldn't swim." Margret Thatcher (i wouldn't have voted for her, but there's plenty of universal truth in what's she saying and she did have a great sense of humor and lots of personal strength/conviction. R.I.P., Iron Lady)

Not a quote; i just like the song and the graphic slightly reminds me of the festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CmUodjYuE
(sorry, i couldn't find a version not starting with an advert; and if the male backing vocal here is a problem, i'll pull the link.)

"They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing because that's a way of understanding life." Ma Rainey

"Festival is better than one of those investment kind of accounts, you put a little in and you get much much more back"

unnamed festival worker

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. - Dorothy Parker

It's not where you came from, it's where you're going that counts. - Ella Fitzgerald

Start where you are
Use what you have
Do what you can

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. Judy Garland

"There are shortcuts to happiness and dancing is one of them." Vicki Baum

"The foundation for happiness is freedom, that of freedom is courage." Thucydides

"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese proverb

"To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak." Hopi saying

These are all great! Keep 'em coming! And here's mine for today:

"Awareness is the key. Do we see the stories that we're telling ourselves and question their validity? When we are distracted by strong emotion, do we remember that it is our path? Can we feel the emotion and breathe it into our hearts for ourselves and everyone else? If we can remember to experiment like this even occasionally, we are training as a warrior. And when we can't practice when distracted but KNOW that we can't, we are still training well. Never underestimate the power of compassionately recognizing what's going on." ~ Pema Chodron

"DIVINE WILL"

When we are no longer motivated by fear, we also understand that every moment is perfect in its own way. We no longer dread that which we can't control, and we learn to respect the wisdom of Spirit rather than impose our will on situations. This is the path of genuine power".

From The Four Insights

when we are living in the past we are full of anger and resentment
when we are living in the future we are full of anxiety and fear
when we live in the present we are at peace

(maybe it wasn't a good day when i learned one can post links onto the bb)

My computer always opens this site on the performance page, so I'm posting the first link in case it was taken down from the Website. I like the second link as a compliment because it highlights "regular" folk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&featu ... t3X6Xdrbuk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db9GKGqLWRs

"Being a strong leader means being respectful of everyone. It does not mean being tolerant of every behavior" anon.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Gandhi

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indominatable will." ibid.

"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings while the dawn is still dark." Rabindranath Tagore

I think playing is like praying. I think it's a sacred act. I think it shows the ultimate reverence for life. - Vince Hannemann (aka the "Junk King")

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. - Jean Houston

You know, I'm sick of following my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask where they're going and hook up with 'em later. - Mitch Hedberg