Showing posts with label John Steinbeck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Steinbeck. Show all posts

Sunday, January 9, 2022

To Give It Sweetness?

 

Center Point, Alabama

"What good is the warmth of summer
without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?" 
John Steinbeck

In winter, the sky is a vibrant feast. I love the freedom of looking up, across the horizon and watching the sky. Ah, my heart leaps at the sweetness of time standing still. The colors change, the clouds twirl, my spirit takes wing, soaring, and I am one with the sky.

That is my secret: I watch the sky with an open heart and the sweetness of life rises.

Monday, April 14, 2014

Rise to Greatness


"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness 
if greatness is expected of him. " 

6:54 AM: Glorious color and light in the clouds above Asheville this morning. And the trees stand firm against the honest sky...