Gift of God

"Beauty is the gift of God."

~ Aristotle

Always the Language

"I learned that to be amusing
was not to be frivolous
 and that language – always the language –
was the magic key as much to prose as to poetry."

~ Christopher Hitchens

oh... God... the sky is afire & I'm catching my breath. So beautiful outside! ...As luck would have it, the sun was swallowed by the clouds before it crested. But will share the sky I say my prayers to and wish you an excellent day.

Enjoy It

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment

is to enjoy it."

~ Richard Bach

Two Eyes

"My object in living is to unite
My avocation with my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight."
~ Robert Frost

Live!

"Live to the point of tears."
~ Albert Camus

The cove is buried in fog this morning. A plane soars across the skyline. Am waiting for the sun to crest... Spectacular, glorious sunrise...

Significance

"I feel the capacity to care
is the thing which gives life its deepest significance."
~ Pablo Casals

Will be driving into sun. Heading off to Charlotte, NC for personal business. Will take my time & enjoy the day. (Love visiting Charlotte.) ...Lights of Asheville glow like stars. Clouds are puffs of gray goodness. Dawn. ...Kindness... then spread kindness jelly some more.

Being Good

"Early in life—I was two, maybe three—

I developed what I would

call a 'sensitivity to good'
with a capital G—
what a man should be doing in this life.
That was my purpose in life,
I discovered: being good."

~ Aaron Feuerstein

Gold... My ridge glows golden as I wait for sun to crest. Cold. Invigorating. Life-affirming morning.

Sweetness of Life

"By home, we mean a place
in which the mind can settle…
a refuge to which we flee
in the expectation of finding
those calm pleasures,
those soothing kindnesses,
which are the sweetness of life."
~ James Bean

Counting My Blessings

Waipahu, Oahu

"When I started counting my blessings,
my whole life turned around."
~ Willie Nelson

Overcast this morning, but still, the sun comes through. I am at Patsy Mink Park, watching my nephew play Freshman baseball. What a wonderful gift, this day is!

Wonder

Kailua, Oahu

"Philosophy begins in wonder."
~ Plato

Fire

Moana Hotel at dawn, Waikiki

"The Islands were born in fire, far from human eyes."
 ~ Rita Ariyoshi

My brother said, "Go sit over there so I can take a picture of you with Diamond Head in the background."

I did.

Your Daily Life

"Your daily life is your temple and your religion."
~ Kahlil Gibran

Hawaiian Heart

Waikiki, Oahu

"Make good the good in you…
and you will slowly steal into the Hawaiian heart,
which is all of softness, and gentleness, and sweetness."
~ Jack London

Going On

"Going on means going far,
going far means returning."
~ Lao Tzu

Certainly overpacking for tomorrow's flight to HNL. Excited. & Distracted by sky... So, you are giving me this magnificent sky this morn so I remember to return to Asheville? Wow. Rapidly, vibrant colors of orange, red, blue. The sky is on fire...Well, my friends... No crest. No sunrise this morning. My sun has been swallowed up clouds. Think, beautiful, gray clouds. You never know...

Hope, Belief, Faith, Victory

"Never talk defeat.
Use words like hope, belief, faith, victory."

 ~ Norman Vincent Peale

My Daddy's birthday and it is chilly, but the sky is beautiful, streaked with orange magic. ...One more... with . effects. 180 degrees turn, the moon winks. I oblige. ...I have clouds moving right to left, a fine mist in cove, & fast changing colors along the ridge. Cold!

Hidden Fire

"Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
uttered or unexpressed;
the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast."
~ James Montgomery

My morning prayers... & the beautiful sky... Holy... sky.

Busy

"It's not enough to be busy.
The question is: what are you busy about?"
~ Henry David Thoreau

Ability to Fly

Hey, it's 11/11/11 and I am happily experimenting with special effects this morning...

"When we become fixed in our perceptions
we lose our ability to fly.
~ Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

This Morning's Sunrise in ... Noir Blue.

Jason Mraz, ♪♫ ♪♫ Details in Fabric ♪♫ ♪♫

Required Beginning

"The core of Hawaiian healing way,
and still is, prayer (pule).
The pule is not just for healing;
it is also a required beginning
to any significant event."

~ Ken Carlson

And here we start... another new day ...Glow of morning. Anticipation. Aloha!

Survival

"Survival is a form of resistance."

~ Mendel Le Sueur

Bundled up, trying not to teeth chatter, waiting for the sun. Fog, cold air, colors. Invigorating. Life-affirming.

Heart Is the Healer

"I continue to feel the heart is the healer."
~ Joni Mitchell

Cares a Lot

"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,

nothing is going to get better. It's not."

~ Dr. Seuss

No sunrise this morning, but the thick clouds have created a beautiful pattern of gray, blue, and light.

Art of Being Kind

"So many gods, so many creeds;
So many paths that wind and wind,
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad world needs."
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Surreal fog & light this morning. Dream Dawn. Surreal Dawn

Sun's Rays

"Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand.
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."
~ Alexander Graham Bell

Daily Celebrations...

"Life is a celebration of passionate colors."
~ Leialoha Cator

Happiness?

"Happiness? That’s nothing more than health
and a poor memory."
~ Albert Schweitzer

 My morning dance w/ shadows & light Begins ...Color, anticipation... and a heart full of aloha: My sun crests. I never get tired of it.

Habits

"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."
~ Mark Twain Now that is a nice color combo, don't ya think? Sky! ...Now look, more colors! Beautiful. ...The sky is remarkable. Wake up! Look up!

Inner Light

"Sometimes our light goes out
but is blown again into flame
by an encounter with another human being.
Each of us owes the deepest thanks
to those who have rekindled this inner light."
~ Barbara Glanz

Kind of Poetry

"Habit has a kind of poetry."
~ Simone de Beauvoir

Ahh! hold on to your heart this morning! Shine! ...With dogs Kolo & Clapton, watched sunrise from back field again this morning. Just beautiful morning hike. Sunrise through the locus trees...

Sit Down & Listen

"Courage is what it takes
to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes
to sit down and listen."
~ Winston Churchill


Still waiting for the sun, cresting later. ...Walking around back field with my dogs, Clapton & Kolohe. The sun is strong gold! ...Even the rocks & weeds glow golden! ...Sit down & listen: Me, my camera, iPad, & the sun...

Minute Longer

"When you get into a tight place
and everything goes against you
until it seems that you cannot
hold on for a minute longer,
never give up then,
for that is just the place and time
that the tide will turn."
~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Remarkable sliver moon & me, awash in gold, wait for the sun. http://t.co/tEL9ZX4E ...The sky toward Asheville. not too shabby. :) http://t.co/zE0WQKIn ...Gentle morning mist, magic, & colors, changing by the second...

Interdependence of All Things

"Compassion is the keen awareness
of the interdependence of all things."
~ Thomas Merton

My beautiful red sky :) waiting, with aloha, for my Sun... Take the time to share your creative light with others. It will change your life... Hmm. Color is diminishing. Clouds are really thick. Shy sun not comin' out to play.

Only Victory

"The only victory that counts
is the one over yourself."
~ Jesse Owens
Golden light. Holy promise. All is good & warm in the world... Sun

Extraordinary Opportunity

"Whenever you see darkness,
there is extraordinary opportunity for the light
to burn brighter."
~ Bono

Spirit of Love

Good grief, it is freezing this morning... Clouds on fire!

"You will find as you look back upon your life
that the moments
when you have really lived
are the moments when you have done things
in a spirit of love."
~ Henry Drummond

Autumn Burned Brightly

"Autumn burned brightly,
a running flame through the mountains,
a torch flung to the trees."
~ Faith Baldwin

All Your Heart

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
~ Confucius

A Light

"In wisdom, be a light, a light with yourself."
~ Buddha

It Is Devotion

Looking toward Grove Park Inn

"People think I am disciplined.
It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference."
~ Luciano Pavarotti

I have mist & magic over here. Spectacular fog action. But no setting full moon or rising sun... Autumn colors, glowing in the mist... Fog in my hair & blue sky up over me...

Pavarotti, ♪♫ ♪♫ Vesti La Giubba ♪♫ ♪♫

Autumn Arrives

"Autumn arrives in the early morning,
but spring at the close of a winter day."
~ Elizabeth Bowen

Beatles, ♪♫ ♪♫ Revolution ♪♫ ♪♫

Some Necessity

"In true courage there is always an element of choice, of an ethical choice, and of anguish, and also of action and deed. There is always a flame of spirit in it, a vision of some necessity higher than oneself."
~ Brenda Ueland

Ask your Heart

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

Measure for Measure

Begin to Understand

"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."
~ Henry David Thoreau

A zillion beautiful stars. Here's what I see, looking toward @michaelfmuller: Asheville ...Sky is bright orange gold along the ridge. stunning orange over Asheville: http://twitpic.com/6vfxsd ...Brrr. back to using my crochet fingerless gloves... & shoes: http://twitpic.com/6vg0u5

With every prayer, more light.

Endless Sky

"I climb up the ladder, slowly, gratefully.
I touch the earth.
I bow to the endless sky."
~ Diane Mariechild

Morning glow. Waiting for the sun. http://t.co/ftiUuxaL

Prince & Sheena Easton, ♪♫ ♪♫ Arms of Orion ♪♫ ♪♫

Loved

"Who, being loved, is poor?"
~ Oscar Wilde

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, ♪♫ ♪♫ E Ku U Morning Dew ♪♫ ♪♫

Lovely Moment

OMG... The sky this morning is magnificent. I need a wider lens: http://t.co/zUgJzTj5

"The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it."
~ Richard Bach

Free to Fly

"Some people regard discipline as a chore.
For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly."
~ Julie Andrews

Mighty gorgeous morning. Love those puffy clouds along the ridge: http://t.co/vVIAQoi9 ...Wow! ...Thrilled that crow flew into the sun as I snapped!