Every girl loves a sailor

When forced to confront fear, a lot of people step back. Those who step forward, move forward.

Shine a little light...

Aim at the moon and you will harpoon a fish,
Aim at a fish and you will harpoon a fish,
So you may as well aim at the moon. - Chinese Proverb

This might not be a yew tree it, but it made me think of the poem 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' by Sylvia Plath.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. - Ellen DeGeneres

'Let us try to recognise the precious nature of each day' - 14th Dalai Lama

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. - Jack Kornfield

All battles in life serve to teach us something, even the battles we lose. - Paulho Coelho

If we knew that tonight we were going to go blind, we would take a longing, last look at every blade of grass, every cloud formation, every speck of dust, every rainbow - everything. - Pema Chodron