What Life is Made Up Of

"If you love life, don't waste Time,
for time is what life is made up of."
~ Bruce Lee

One's Courage

Dawn's moon, the tree tops, and a squirrel's nest...

"Life shrinks or expands
in proportion to one’s courage."
~ Anais Nin

No clouds. But valley is engulfed in fog. Looks like fantasy land...This morning Fog, a thick blanket, like every secret we hide... Like the heart, a mystery, a celebration: Glowing Golden

Recklessness and Freedom

It's a cloud and fog show this morning. Spectacular sunrise about to crest!

"The way to find your true self is by
recklessness and freedom."
~ Brenda Ueland

Santana, India Arie, YoYo Ma, ♪♫ ♪♫ While My Guitar Gently Weeps ♪♫ ♪♫

Blessings

I spend my time celebrating the sunrise, but last night's blue moon, was pretty spectacular. From my vantage point, way more brilliant than the Asheville lights below...

"By looking up,
by raising our eyes above our limited horizon,
we are more likely to perceive the blessings
hidden in affliction."
~ David Steindl-Rast

Thanksgiving week--My heart is focused on gratitude and love. Mahalo all!

Filling Some Other Body

Moon setting in front forest...

"A Poet... has no Identity--
he is continually.. filling some other Body--
the Sun, the Moon, the Sea and Men and Women."
~ John Keats

Dawn this morning is fog and fire. Mist in the valley and orange red bursts along the ridge.

This morning's prayers, all rock & roll. Very spiritual experience. Full up. Singing and dancing with my random shuffle. Meeting the sun, heart wide open. Cresting song: Dave Matthews Band, ♪♫ ♪♫ #41 ♪♫ ♪♫ , Accident? I think not.

For the Sake of Other Men

"You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will forever remain obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to highest advantage of others. You and all men are here for the sake of other men."
~ R. Buckminster Fuller

Oh, the sky is glowing orange gold and I can still see the stars, fading softly with the new light. So beautiful... We have this miracle dawn every morning... Light and color transforming the sky. Change per second. Dominant shadow of ridge, strong foundation. Grounding. Hope.

How You Finish

Had some company this morning watching the sun rise...




"You have to meet all of the challenges,
big and small.
Because how you start is how you finish."
~ Bernie Mac

Venus burns brightly in twilight sky. Peace, gratitude, hope... What a holy morning...Light, wonderful blessing, fills the sky as I finish my prayers. Celebrate life...

Deep Wild Rock Molten

Happy birthday, Kayla...

"Go deeper than love,
for the soul has greater depths,
love is like the grass, but the heart is deep
wild rock molten, yet dense and permanent."
~ D. H. Lawrence

Sky, some sort of orange miracle. Vibrant glowing clouds bright Creamsicle... (My photos are not photoshopped. I say this because even though today's sunrise looks like it is, it still doesn't do sky justice.)

It Is

"Beauty is not caused. It is."
~ Emily Dickinson

So..much...beauty... Takes the breath away... Sunrise.

Nora Jones: ♪♫ ♪♫ Sunrise ♪♫ ♪♫ ( h/t @JackieYunTweets )

Love and Knowledge

"Where nature is concerned,
familiarity breeds love and knowledge,
not contempt."
~ Stewart Udall

This anticipation never goes away... It sure feels good when that sun crests. Finally... Now my world is awash with bright light... Very powerful sun this morning. Full force kisses of light.

Say What You Feel

"Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter
and those who matter don't mind."
~ Dr. Seuss

Another cloudless morning. The sky along the ridge glows gold against the blue sky... Venus glows in the sky, like some secret promise & fills my heart with love...The sky's colors keep changing, like a bright kaleidoscope. It is now white light against pale blue-gray, waiting for the sun.

Chill in the air, planes in the sky. Wide open sky. Big blue sky. Big enough for every dream and prayer... Totally accidental, but my favorite photo this morning has my feet in it... Ahh, look at my kingdom at my feet.

Loneliness

"Loneliness makes the loudest noise."
~ Eric Hoffer

Caught dawn’s morning star… Tumblr

Time is Eternity

"Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who Love, time is eternity."
~ Henry van Dyke

Believed the Best

"I have believed the best of every man.
And find that to believe is enough
to make a bad man show him at his best,
or even a good man swing his lantern higher."
~ William Butler Yeats

Awe

"Awe is what moves us forward."
~ Joseph Campbell

Glorious sunrise. Cold air fills the lungs with joy. Feels so good to be alive.

Ask Your Heart

Passionate colors of morning light...

"Go to your bosom:
Knock there, and ask your heart
what it doth know."
~ William Shakespeare

Cold, but extraordinary visibility. Ridge awash with light and color... Sun is coming!

I always think the bare trees on the very top look like soldiers, saluting the sun: tumblr

Joni Mitchell: ♪♫ ♪♫ Both Sides Now ♪♫ ♪♫ ( h/t @michaelfmuller )

Sun God

Snow flurries on the deck. Red fire, swallowed up by gray clouds. Beautiful gold over Asheville. Clouds are putting on a show...No sunrise.

"Be... as a page that aches for a word
which speaks on a theme
that is timeless...

While the Sun God will make for your day..."

~Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond: ♪♫ ♪♫ Be ♪♫ ♪♫

Castles in the Air

"If you have built castles in the air,
your work need not be lost;
That is where they should be.
Now put foundations under them."
~ Henry David Thoreau

New Hope

"The word 'no' denotes a shutting of the door.
It means failure, defeat, delay.
But spell in backwards and take new hope,
for backwards it spells 'on.'"
~ Norman Vincent Peale

Heavy Gray Clouds, so no blinding light today. The sun remains a magnificent, iridescent beacon.

Sense of Obligation

"A man said to the universe:
Sir, I exist!
However, replied the universe,
The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
~ Stephen Crane

Ribbons of orange clouds smear the golden sky. Oh, it is pretty today! The sky is open wide with color!