Teach Us Delight

"Teach us delight in simple things."
~ Rudyard Kipling

The morning sky is always worth it.

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Hope Springs Eternal

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Man never is, but always to be blest."
~Alexander Pope

I love it when the new sky explodes with color!

Life is a celebration of passionate colors...

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Supreme Insight

"Any supreme insight is a metaphor."
~ Charles H. Parkhurst

Imagine all we will see

when we just look a little more.

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Will Be

"I’m not a has been.
I’m a will be."
~ Lauren Bacall


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Perches in the Soul

"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the souls.
And sings the tune without the words.
and never stops at all."~ Emily Dickinson

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Believe It

"Believe it and achieve it."
~ Napoleon Hill


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Most Important Word

"The most important word
in the English language is hope.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt


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Outposts of the Universe

"Like buried treasures,

the outposts of the universe
have beckoned to the adventurous
from immemorial times."
~ George Ellery Hale


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Let Go of Certainties

"Creativity requires the courage
to let go of certainties." 
~ Erich Fromm


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The Best

"It is a funny thing about life;
if you refuse to accept anything but the best
you very often get it."
W. Somerset Maugham

Here I live, atop my blessed Harmony Ridge, my own Walden Pond, The Best place in the world. That special place where I can connect with my higher self.

Each morning, waiting for the sun to rise, I say my prayers, reflect, and center myself. Secluded, protected, at peace. Alive. Usually the rest of my world is fast asleep as I touch the sky with my heart.


Today's Daily Celebration: Abigail Adams

Wake at Dawn

"Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
To melt and be like a running brook
that sings its melody to the night.

To wake at dawn with a winged heart
and give thanks for another day of loving."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Sense of Living

"Find ecstasy in life;
the mere sense of living
is joy enough."
~ Emily Dickinson

Amen of the Universe

"Love is the final end
of the world's history,
the Amen of the universe."
~ Novalis

Majesty in Simplicity

"There is a certain majesty
in simplicity."~ Alexander Pope

Everyone is an Explorer

"Everyone is an explorer.
How could you possibly live your life
looking at a door and not open it?"
~ Robert D. Ballard

Our Brilliance

"Deliver us to our brilliance."
~ Marianne Williamson

Open My Eyes

"At any given moment,
I open my eyes and exist."
~ Ugo Betti

Joy Forever

"A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness..."
~ John Keats

Beautiful Jewels

"Calmness of mind
is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom."
~ James Allen

Splendor

"Stung by the splendor
of a sudden thought."
~ Robert Browning

Morning Star

"There is more day to dawn.
The sun is but a morning star."
~ Henry David Thoreau

Anne Cunha, where are you?

On Surprise

"Expect nothing.
Live frugally on surprise."~ Alice Walker

Gift of God

"Beauty is the gift of God."
~ Aristotle


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A Better World

"A better world shall emerge
based on faith
and understanding."
~ General Douglas MacArthur


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From the Fog

So nice of the sun
to come forth from the fog...


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First Thought

"First thought, best thought."
~ Allen Ginsberg


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Sparkle and Shine

"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in,
their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within."
~ Elisabeth Kübler-Ross


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Eternal Delight

"Energy is eternal delight."
~ William Blake


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Be Aware of Wonder

"Be aware of wonder.
Live a balanced life.
Learn some and think some
and draw and paint and
sing and dance and
play and work every day some."
~ Robert Fulghum

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Living Ideas

"Sometimes I imagine colors
as if they were living ideas,
being of pure reason
with which to communicate.
Nature is not on the surface,
it is deep down."
~ Paul Cézanne

Yes, I am a creature of habit. Most people are. I find it is so easy to breathe and pray as I wait for the sun. Yogis teach that the breath of life creates the force that sustains awareness.

Today's Daily Celebration: Brigitte Bardot

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Light You Allow Within

"The more light you allow within you,
the brighter the world you live in will be."
~ Shakti Gawain

How do I feel? Light... Cherish the light that glows inside... Hurry... Life is waiting for you.

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Today's Daily Celebration: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (Happy Birthday, George.)

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Nature Does

 

"Nature does nothing uselessly."
~ Aristotle

Today's Daily Celebration: Thunderbolt Thinking

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Clear Perception

"I can never feel certain of any truth,
but from a clear perception
of its beauty."
~ John Keats

Clear Perception
Atop this ridge
I am the rays of the sun
And the gentle mist 
kissing 
the sloping wonder.

How do I tell you how full my heart is?

Retreat brings perspective. 
Being present
In Nature's beauty 
Helps calm perception
to come.



Today's Daily Celebration: Robert Wise



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From the Inside

Asheville, North Carolina

"Memories warm you up from the inside. 

But they also tear you apart."

~ Haruki Murakami


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Daring to Begin

"All glory comes from daring to begin."

~ Eugene F. Ware

And so we begin. The sky here is a glorious revelation. And I have a camera to record, or at least try to capture, the magnificent view. I am no expert. I just know that I catch my breath whenever I look up or across the horizon.

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