August for me had been a time for sitting quietly under the tall shade trees in my backyard reading a book or napping in the hammock, floating in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean or sailing on Long Island Sound when the winds came up in the late afternoon.

Among many beliefs August is spiritually a time of transition into that which is lighter and more positive aa well as an opportunity to explore one’s inner self. With that in mind I offer these four quotes.

“Nothing can dim the light which shines from within” Maya Angelou

“Service to others is the rent we pay for room on earth” Muhammad Ali

““Eat half, walk more, laugh triple and love without measure” Tibetan Proverb

“ A smile is the lighting system of the face and the healing system of the heart” written on the blackboard of a restaurant called Sara’s Kitchen.

-Harriet