‘God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings, not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations, but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process, and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all, suffering will cease.’ – Bernie Siegel It is difficult to imagine that creation…
June 7: Sunset cruising
“You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.” – Heraclitus Each day, the river brings new adventure and is NEVER the same, there is always something different. Grateful for where we have currently landed, and the gift of friendships. Was exciting to see the river…
June 4: Lake sunsets
“The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd – The longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible; nostalgia for what never was; the desire for what could have been; regret over not being someone else; dissatisfaction with the world’s existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s…
June 2: Flowering peonies
“I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so clichéd, a default, all-purpose flower that said I love you, I’m sorry, and get well soon. Give me peonies and tulips, orchids or gardenia. Those were flowers with character.” ― Justina Chen Headley, North of Beautiful I had no idea that peonies were so…
May 26: New colors everywhere
‘Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night.’ – Rainer Maria Rilke I am just loving all the bright colors of reckless blooming, and how they are not all just green. It makes my heart sing, and I can…