Nobody sees a flower — really
– it is so small it takes
time — we haven’t time–and
to see takes time, like to have a
friend takes time.
Georgia O’Keeffe (Painter Nov 1897 – Mar 1986)
The Breakout
BREAKING NEWS….JAIL BREAK….. BREAKING NEWS Lancaster SC
The brother and sister team known as Merlin and Yue staged a dramatic escape today with the aid of Maggie the dog, and Luna the White Ghost. Maggie and Luna impeded the efforts of Andy Laighleis to stop the Ying/Yang twin siblings from running out the door. Yue was quickly captured, but Merlin the Masterful evaded capture for a few minutes. It took the effort of Tiger the outside cat to corral Merlin until Andy was able to grab the escapee. All outside animals are on the outside and all the inside animals are inside. Andy went off to purchase kitty treats for all the felines in the caper.
Easter Blessing
Easter Blessing
May God bless you at Easter,
and keep you all year through.
May God give you all the faith you need,
to make your dreams come true.
May His love and wisdom always help,
to guide you on your way.
May His light shine down upon you now,
to bless your Easter Day.
-Author Unknown
Beannachtaí Ná Cásca oraibh
May the blessings of Easter be on you
A Blessed March Day to you
“I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.”
- William Wordsworth, Daffodils
My own Irish Blessing
May the morning sun shine softly upon you
May moon light your way on a dark night
May the winds of March be gentle and kind
May the rain of April rejuvenate you
May the blossoms of May bring joy
May the summer warmth energize you
May the autumn harvest be bountiful
May you never hunger
May you never thirst
I give thanks each day and night for the love, joy, friendship that you have brought into my life.
Words cannot describe the depth of my love, nor the joy of being your partner, lover, friend and soul mate
Quote for the day
When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red leaves, you will not see all the others. When the eye is not set on one leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye without limit. But if a single leaf holds the eye, it will be as if the remaining leaves were not there.
(Takuan Soto)
Early Spring Blessings
May the sun bring you new energy by day.
May the moon softly restore you by night.
May the rain wash away your sorrows.
May the breeze blow new strength
Into your being.
May you walk gently through the world
And know its beauty all the days of your life.
Abstract 8 FEB 2012
I am currently working my way through the book The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julie Cameron. This week one of the task is to forego reading. Since reading could be and escape from life, or a way of blocking the creative aspect of our being.
Most of my reading is done in the evening after my wife and I go to bed. I’m a night owl and have been a shift worker all my life, so when Laura and I go to bed, I’m not sleepy and instead of tossing and turning for hours, or watching the idiot box, I elect to read after I write in my journal.
For the last three nights I have been coloring, first I did some Celtic Mandela from a kit I bought a few years ago. And then for the last two nights I worked on my abstract. I use to do something similar in my teens, just drew circles, lines and other shapes on a page and then color them in.
From Wikipedia:
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity is a self-help book by American author Julia Cameron, together with Mark Bryan. The book was written to help people with artistic creative recovery, which teaches techniques and exercises to assist people in gaining self confidence in harnessing their creative talents and skills. Correlation and emphasis is used by the author to show a connection between artistic creativity and a spiritual connection with God.[1][2][3][4]
The ideas in creative personal development outlined in the book, which were felt to be new at the time of the publication,[5] are said to have become a phenomenon and spawned into many meetups and support groups throughout the world. The group meetings are based on a 12 week creativity course designed for people to work through and gain Artistic inspiration, as outlined in the book. The program is focused on supporting relationships in removing artistic blocks and fostering confidence.[1][6]
Death is Only an Horizon’
“Life is eternal; and love is immortal; and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.” – Rossiter W. Raymond
