International Museum Day “Living is like tearing through a museum.  Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering-because you can’t take it in all at once.” -Audrey Hepburn

National Plant Something Day “The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.” -Leo Buscaglia

World Bee Day “Collaboration is the essence of life.  The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen.” -Amit Ray, Mindfulness Living in the Moment-Living in the Breath

World Meditation Day “Meditation is a way of nourishing and blossoming the divine within you.” -Amit Ray

National Road Trip Day “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” -Walt Whitman, ‘Song of the Open Road.’

World Turtle Day “Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth.  In Mother Earth is all that we need.  She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her.  For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities.  We…

National Asparagus Day “Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best.  Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday.  In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father’s Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears.” -Barbara…

National Sing Out Day! “Singing connects the mind with the heart and the heart with the soul.” -Neha Dhingra

National Paper Airplane Day “I was so happy I wanted to fold all the people into paper airplanes and fly them into the lidless eye of that big yellow moon.” -Steve Toltz

World Otter Day “Otters seem to make slides for fun.  They will often slide down a muddy bank into the water, climb out, and do the whole thing again.” -Michael Leach