Do Not Grieve

7:50 AM

"Do not grieve. 

Anything you lose comes round in another form."

 ~Jalaluddin Rumi

7:50 AM

Anybody At Any Time

“Love is like a virus. 

It can happen to anybody at any time.”

~ Maya Angelou

The Kingdom Of Hope

"In the kingdom of hope there is no winter."

~ Russian Proverb

Looking out into this new morning, the sky whispers, "hope." The last colors of autumn seem to reflect in the sky. And the fine mist gently kisses the mountains. Peace with what is. Hope for what can be.

Time Touches Eternity

"The present is the point at which time touches eternity."

~ C. S. Lewis

Autumn dwindles. The air is cooler now, but still the sun rises, glows, and fills me with warmth. In this small moment, I touch eternity.

Do Anything

"Do anything, but let it produce joy."

~ Walt Whitman

The sun rises and I sit here and watch. I have seen enough sunrises to know what is coming. Rays of light, so perfect and pure. Warmth. The joy I feel this morning is a lingering friend. Sweet and silent. I breathe the sun in, I breathe the sun out.

The air is full of golden sunlight. Sitting here feels like Peace-- intimate, yet universal. From my head to my bare toes the wonder of today resonates. And I am awash with gratitude for this new morning, my spirit shines with light and love.

Soft White Damn

7:39 AM

"The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches."

~ e.e. cummings

7:52 AM

Human Temptation

"The biggest human temptation 

is to settle for too little."

~ Thomas Merton

Fountain of Gladness

"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, 

making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."

~ Washington Irving

Every morning, I am snapping photos as I wait for the sunrise. I just can't help but observe my world this way. My camera and I have a special relationship with the morning sky. My awareness grows with the emerging light.  I believe we all share this light.

I don't always have time to post my photos, my archive is large. But I think when I do finally share, sometimes even wordlessly, my intimate narrative shines through.

Sending smiles of love to the world...

God in Everything

"A state of mind that sees God in everything

 is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart."

~ Charles G. Finney

Coherent Understanding

Fall is a coherent understanding
of life

glorious.

This morning, looking into the cove, just as the sun crests, I feel the sounds of peace. It wraps me in a blanket of calm. I look, hear, smell, touch the sunlight, the chilly mixed with warmth and fire. The colors vibrate.

Longing of the Soul

"Prayer is not asking. 

It is a longing of the soul. 

It is daily admission of one's weakness. 

It is better in prayer to have a heart without words 

than words without a heart."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

The sunrise photograph this morning was taken with my iPad2. I am giving my device some attention since I will soon be replacing this three year old friend when the new iPad Air2 is released on October 26.

In charming response to my attention, my iPad2 captured two hearts in the clouds. I gladly transformed the photo into a watercolor, using my Waterlogue application. 

Thanks to the heart clouds, I found the Mahatma Gandhi quote about prayer and things flowed and fit.

Prayer is a longing of the heart. And the wordless prayers say the most.

Promise of Happiness

7:39 AM

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."
~ Marie Henri Beyle

Playing Out Your Dreams

"Writing a story is like playing out your dreams 

while you are awake."

~ Haruki Murakami 

An Individual Creation

"A joyful life is an individual creation

 that cannot be copied from a recipe."

~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Just As You Are

7:23 AM. Bird is singing sweetly. Rooster responds in the cove. Another bird. More colors. 

"You are more powerful than you know; 

you are beautiful just as you are."

~ Melissa Etheridge

How wonderful, the sky, this moment. These thoughts.

My sunrise companion

Source of Light

"The sky is the source of light in Nature 
and it governs everything."
~ John Constable

7:15 AM

For the Light to Shine

It is beautiful here right now.

"For the light to shine so brightly, 

the darkness must be present." 

~ Francis Bacon

The rain cleared the sky. Gold and tender fog kiss the mountains.

Wonder

"I don't think there is any better worship than wonder." 

~ Donald Miller

5:55 AM: Looking up, the sky is a gift of heart clouds. And dreams...

Unchanging Principles

"Adjust to changing times, 

but cling to unchanging principles."

~ Jimmy Carter

Eternity In It

"What nature delivers to us is never stale. 
Because what nature creates has eternity in it."
~ Isaac Bashevis Singer

And even the flowers take on more color from the sky...

My art for sale:

♥ My Society6 Art Gallery \(‾◡◝ )/ 

Clear Cool September

Another attempt at a video slide show. I enjoy the creative process and feel there is still a lot more to learn. The sunrise this morning was gold and full of simplicity and the cool September air that I love.

"Don't fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. 

The saddest summary of a life 

contains three descriptions: 

could have, might have, and should have."

~ Louis E. Boone

Much Is Required

"For those to whom much is given, 

much is required." 

~ John F. Kennedy

All glow

And chilly air. 

Crossed legged, watching.

Give. Receive. 
Give.
With the gift comes responsibility... and joy.

All Nature

"A man is related to all nature."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Mad Ones

"The only people for me are the mad ones, 

the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, 

mad to be saved, 

desirous of everything at the same time, 

the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, 

but burn, burn, burn 

like fabulous yellow roman candles 

exploding like spiders across the stars."

~ Jack Kerouac, On the Road

You Are a Soul

"You don't have a soul. 

You are a Soul. 

You have a body." 

~ C. S. Lewis

Begins In the Heart

"All that is worth cherishing begins in the heart, not the head."

~ Suzanne Chapin

Therefore I Am

"I err therefore I am."

~ St. Augustine

Animoto Video

:) Made another 30 second sunrise video this morning. This time using the very user-friendly program on Animoto.



Daily Celebrations

"After all these years, I am still involved in the process of 

self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life."

~ Sophia Loren

Sunrises Celebrating ISHAR

Made my first You Tube Video today...



Sunrises Celebrating
ISHAR (Integrative Studies Historical Archive Repository)

A place where everyone including medical staff, healers, teachers and journalists can go to access good and reliable integrative knowledge from all over the world and all possible sources.

Here is their website: http://isharonline.org/

What the Heart Needs

"A friend is what the heart needs all the time."

~ Henry Van Dyke

I am very blessed by the friendships I have made in my life.

Friends are life's finest blessings. "Friend" and "free" are from the same root word; perhaps because you are free to be yourself with a friend.

7:21 AM

The Soul Grows

"The soul grows by subtraction, not addition."

~ Henry David Thoreau

Again from my simple wooden deck, I am witness to a new day. It feels like a miracle to me.

Or is it just an ordinary morning where the sun rises, people get out of bed, brush their teeth and go to work. The quick breakfast, the barely exchanged words. Movement.

At first light, the morning glows orange and the fog settles like a good friend. Time brings more light... Hello my friend. A lingering smile, a bowed head, and timeless beauty.

Love of Nature

7:54 AM

"Like music and art, love of nature 

is a common language 

that can transcend 

political or social boundaries." 

~ Jimmy Carter

Yes, I see the heart in the clouds. 
Do you?

Above All

8:16 AM

"Above all, discard the irrelevant."

 ~ Barbara Tuchman

Extraordinary Things

7:36 AM

"When we believe in the impossible, 

it becomes possible, 

and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things."

 ~ Madeleine L'Engle

It is one of those mornings when I have had to wait for the fog to let the sun come through. Is the above photograph worth the wait? 

Wait awhile. Maybe something extraordinary will come along.

While waiting this morning, I chopped a bounty of vegetables then stir fried them with tofu and shrimp. Time always flows nicely when I am in the cooking zone. Cooking is fine time to breathe, pray, and create, yes?

I call this dish Shrimp Tofu Sunrise:

Give Away Love

"It's much easier to be a loving person, to give away love. 

This ability is something you can have control over. 

None of us has the power to make someone else love us. 

But we all have the power to give away love, 

to love other people."

 ~ Harold S. Kushner

The Beginning of Receiving

"Asking is the beginning of receiving. 

Make sure you don't go to the ocean 

with a teaspoon. 

At least take a bucket 

so the kids won't laugh at you."

~ Jim Rohn