When we sense the world fully, we come to understand its beauty not as an outsider looking in, but as someone who lives and is in full relationship with the world and all its inhabitants.
“The sign of a beautiful person is that they always see beauty in others.”
Omar Suleiman
From http://www.wordsonimages.com/
Have lots of beautiful people in your life
🙂
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The images provided are beautiful. Annie Dillard’s quote at the very end is appropriate. It tells us to sense more deeply and richly what we often take for granted or see fleetingly in a moment. When we ask why it is beautiful the extraordinary takes a place in our heart as more than something in a local landscape we pass by each day.
English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) pollen has been found in sites in Norway that date to the early Neolithic period, so it has been around for a very long time. It was introduced into North America from Europe and loves it here. It is a favorite of many butterflies, songbirds, and animals, and is pretty when it flowers like the one in the photo.
Last year I was walking through a forest clearing and almost stepped on a turtle. This year I did the same thing in almost the same spot and wondered if it was the same turtle. Last year it was spotless and looked as if it had come from the local Buff ‘N Shine and, as you can see in the photo, this one looked the same.
This snapping turtle was also very clean and I almost stepped on it as well. Luckily I caught some…
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I am a couple of days late with this re-blog, but I thought the messages involved were worth sharing. Take care on the first day back to work after the holiday weekend remembering it is not always our circus.
The festivities of Independence Day are drawing
closer to the grand finale complete with fireworks
and soon the holiday will be done. There will still
be a lot going on this weekend so we thought we’d
mention a few events around eastern Iowa.
For the past 23 years, the big event has been the
Goodguys Heartland Nationals held on the Iowa State
Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, which starts today
and runs through Sunday.
This event usually contains lots of sun, lots of
people, a lot of cars, and a few cars that run
like a hummingbird on Red Bull.
Saturday, July 5th the River Valley Classic Car Club
is hosting the “Rollin in the Oldies” Cruise Night
at Northpark Mall in Davenport, Iowa. Gates open at
5 pm and spectator admission is a mere $2. Always
neat cars, great people, and good music.
Sunday, July 6th the Strictly Street…
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This post came into my reader last weekend, but it was so timely I saved it and am sharing it.
It’s Shabbat time,
The two candles are lighted
I sing and I pray.
In the silent night, my soul
Is peaceful, I am thankful.
Einstein had a wonderful way with words mixing spiritual and intellectual. When we look deeply into nature, we see ourselves embedded in nature and begin to sense more deeply what it means to live.
The words we use to describe the phenomenon which is our life leaves the description incomplete. There is always a mystery in living which makes the adventure more complete. There is a hole in the whole.
There are some incredible images and quotes in this post. The quote about faith and beliefs is an incredible one and reminded me of Emmanuel Levinas’ thinking that faith is quite fragile. Beliefs become very real and concrete in some ways; whereas faith is always tested.
Children love to just draw. They are experimenting with colours and their understanding of the world. In a sense, their imperfections are perfection. Somewhere along the way, adults lose this sense of adventure and mystery.
Rumi always provides wise words. When we open our self, we become vulnerable and we live with the thorns which come with living.
Amanda Cass
‘I will soothe you and heal you,
I will bring you roses.
I too have been covered with thorns.’ Rumi
Life can be wonderful yet sometimes it can simply be tough. Whether it’s a broken heart, a damaged relationship, work problems, an unexpected illness or a disease that you’ve been battling with for years, there are times when everyone needs a soft place to fall.
As a mother, it’s something that I accept without question for my children. If they hurt themselves, if they fall-out with a friend, if they didn’t do as well as they had hoped in exam – I’m there to hug, hold and soothe. Then later when we have more time I can reassure them they are not alone and encourage them to put the difficulty behind them and move on.
I do it without hesitation and for as long as required, for the knowledge that…
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Meditation and mindfulness are excellent practices allowing us to let go increasing awareness on what is in front of us, being present. We listen more closely to people, to the universe, and our self when we are present. By letting go, there is space for listening which cannot exist when our mind is full and cluttered, mirroring the busyness of the world.
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Teacher as Transformer 