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Calling All Wanna Be Saints!!
To be a saint is to be fueled by gratitude, nothing more and nothing less. – Ronald Rolheiser in The Holy Longing
Gratitude Brings Consolation
While we cry ourselves to sleep, gratitude waits patiently to console and reassure us; there is a landscape larger than the one we can see. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
Risk Living Deeply Alive!
Dive deeply into the miracle of life and let the tips of your wings be burnt by the flame, let your feet be lacerated by the thorns, let your heart be stirred by human emotion, and let your soul be lifted beyond the earth.… Continue Reading “Risk Living Deeply Alive!”
Another Favorite Poet: Wendell Berry
To live, we must daily break the body and shed the blood of creation. When we do it knowingly, lovingly, skillfully, reverently, it is a sacrament. When we do it ignorantly, greedily, destructively, it is a desecration. – Wendell Berry, The Gift of Good… Continue Reading “Another Favorite Poet: Wendell Berry”
So How Do You See It?
It’s a beautiful world to see, Or it’s dismal in every zone, The thing it must be in its gloom or its gleam Depends on yourself alone. – Anonymous
Getting Perspective
I’ve learned to time things so that I am driving with a beautiful sunset off to the west as I drive home. It calms me. It gives me perspective. I think, “There is a hideous traffic jam in front of me. There are trucks… Continue Reading “Getting Perspective”
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
There was a song that sprang to mind when I saw this challenge. It was popular in the sixties, and sung by Judy Collins. I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, but still somehow It’s clouds illusions I recall.… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways”
Celebrating Nature through the Lens
From the time I first picked up a camera, I have celebrated nature through my lens. And nature has responded by teaching me some extraordinary lessons. – Dewitt Jones
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