Hopeful Symptoms

From I-85,
near Charlotte, North Carolina

"The impulse to travel is
one of the hopeful symptoms of life."
~ Agnes Repplier

Care Enough

"You can make a difference in your life
and in the lives of others
if you simply care enough to try,
and care enough to persevere."
~ Daniel K. Inouye

Thank you, Mountain Xpress & @michaelfmuller: My Sunrise

Greatest Gift

Happy Father's Day

"My father gave me the greatest gift
anyone could give another person,
he believed in me."
~ Jim Valvano

Explore and Explore

"Explore, and explore.
Be neither chided nor flattered
out of your position of perpetual inquiry.
Neither dogmatize, or accept another’s dogmatism."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Walk Tall

"Walk tall.
Or don't walk at all."
~ Bruce Springsteen

Luck of the shuffle, today's sunrise crested as "He's singin'" refrain from New York City Serenade hit my ear. Religious experience.

Video: New York City Serenade, 7/11/09

Find Time

"We all find time to do what we really want to do."
~ William Feather

Back from walk down my mountain. Surveying the forest damage from yesterday's hail storm. Remarkable... Blackberries everywhere...

All Earthly Dignities

"A peace above all earthly dignities
a still and quiet conscience."
~ William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

A peaceful morning, full of light-hearted possibilities...

Welcome the Ecstatic Experience

"A soul should always stand ajar,
ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."
~ Emily Dickinson

Looks like I'll be meeting the sun dancing this morning... Ahh, but dancing is quite a prayer... Dancing and the fog rolls in and in just seconds, I'm covered in a silky mist.So, is this a "Mist Dance?" ...That was wonderful! Now my blood is pumping.

Some Great Good

"The potential of the average person
is like a huge ocean unsailed,
a new continent unexplored,
a world of possibilities waiting to be released
and channeled toward some great good."
~ Brian Tracy

Just a fine mist in the valley. Orange sky is lightly seared with golden light. Dozens of birds chatter. Hues changing fast... Stillness. The rooster calls out from the valley below. I listen, spellbound, to the quiet sounds of dawn!

An airplane rises across the sky. The fog, gently hugging the tree tops, dissipates in seconds. The sun will be cresting & my heart beats.

Generous, generous dawn.

Red sun. Orange sky. Blue-gray mountains. Poetry. Faith. Possibilities.

Inhaling the Memory

"Inspiration could be called
inhaling the memory of an act never experienced."
~ Ned Rorem

Our Attention

"Whatever we put our attention on
will grow stronger in our life."
~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Can't see any of the cove, the fog is so thick, but the horizon is clear, which should make for a stunning sunrise. Counting the minutes... In just seconds, the fog has completely covered everything. Can't see my ridge, just mist and slender ribbons of orange light... Air is moist, in a dream cloud. Dozens of birds singing. Mist clings to spiderwebs. Sky toward Mt. Pisgah, blue with orange clouds.

Settle down, I say, now give me the sun!

Catch Excellence

"Perfection is not attainable.
But if we chase perfection,
we can catch excellence."
~ Vince Lombardi

Misty, golden sun rise, breath-catching, life-celebrating gorgeous.

Beauty in Things

"Beauty in things exists in the mind
which contemplates them."
~ David Hume

Forever

"Forever is composed of Nows."
~ Emily Dickinson

Bright, bright sun in a cloudless sky. The house and garden are streaming light...The bright light and clear horizon transform the mountain outlines into sensual curves. Beautiful, really.

Let the Glory Out

"Defeat may serve as well as victory
to shake the soul and let the glory out."
~Edwin Markham

Clouds and profuse light. The word "glory" keeps singing in my head.

Produce Joy

"Do anything, but let it produce Joy."
~ Walt Whitman

So many colors. Joyous world we live in... Feels like a Whitman sort of sunrise... :) while my 125 photos download, let me search my quote database... Ahh, technology.

Open My Eyes

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

Nobody in Particular

"In heaven, an angel
is nobody in particular."
~ George Bernard Shaw

Orange is streaking horizon, across my ridge. My heart skips beat at thought of upcoming sunrise... (w/Bob Marley singing in my ear) Clouds makin' light soup out of sun. Orange blaze, sprinkles of gold, lavendar, gray. Rasta Goulash!

...Red sun, red sun, peaking cresting. STUNNING!

Tricky sun. Gave me 10 seconds only. Now it's chillin' behind clouds. Peek-a-boo you...Aha! You know you've got a special life when the sun starts listening to you...

All Experience

"All experience is an arch to build upon."
~Henry Brooks Adams

Do Good Work

"You learn how to do good work
by being honest with yourself."
~ Rodney Crowell

My cove is drenched in heavy fog. But tips of my ridge are visible. Color on the horizon is hope for a sun rise...The sun, a brief exclamation point. Cuddled by the fog...Hope my camera caught it...

How can my heart hold this much love?