O Sunlight

“O, Sunlight! 

The most precious gold 

to be found on Earth.” 

~ Roman Payne

Rarest Thing in the World

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. 

Most people exist, that is all.” 

~ Oscar Wilde

Absolutely Free

“There's a sunrise and a sunset every single day, 

and they're absolutely free. 

Don't miss so many of them.”

~ Jo Walton

What Our Senses Take In

"We become in part what our senses take in."

~ Eknath Easwaran

Practice Shots

19°F

"An inventor fails 999 times, 

and if he succeeds once, he's in. 

He treats his failures simply as practice shots."

~ Charles F. Kettering

Chilly Saturday morning in Asheville, but still a wonderful sunrise. It is cozy here on the ridge and I have been working, with deep satisfaction, on dailycelebrations.com.  I just married an Instagram sunrise photo with my tagline. What do you think? I love the power of the Internet and social media.

My Father

“My father gave me the greatest gift 

anyone could give another person, he believed in me.” 

~ Jim Valvano

The sun crested the ridge this morning, then was swallowed up by the clouds.

Had my Dad lived, he would have turned 80 today. I miss him very much, of course. 

But if you look closely at this photo of today's sky, the light that breaks through the clouds is shaped like a heart.

Love never dies. It lives on forever.

Love Feels Free

“You must love in such a way 

that the person you love feels free.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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