Posts tagged ‘grand tetons’
What Is Our Destiny?
The destiny of humans cannot be separated from the destiny of Earth.
-Thomas Berry
Wednesday of Hope – Ash Wednesday
On this Ash Wednesday, what more can we hope to be than this?
Strive to be uncynical, to be a hope-giving force, to be a steward of substance.
– Maria Popova
Wednesday of Hope – The Need for Perspective
The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions, to laugh at others and at ourselves, a sense of irony regarding everything that calls out for parody in this world. In other words, I can only recommend perspective and distance.
― Václav Havel
How immense are those mountains? It’s hard to tell from a distance.
Seeing through the Beloved’s Eyes
Borrow the Beloved’s eyes. Look through them and you’ll see the Beloved’s face everywhere. No tiredness, no jaded boredom…things you have hated will become helpers.– Jalaluddin Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, We Are Three
Let Us Live the Questions
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full.– Thomas Merton
How could we not but leave this alone?
Life Is Your Art
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film.
– Ansel Adams
One can’t think of Ansel Adams without thinking of black and white photography
How Far Have You Traveled?
The peaks of the Grand Tetons
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
– Henry Ward Beecher
