Desire

Most people limit their lives by censoring their desires.

Don't censor them:

allow yourself to own what it is you really want.

The desire is telling you something.

If the desire is appropriate,

your owning it paves a path for its manifestation.

If not, owning it is also necessary

so you can surrender it for transformation.

Live in the excitement

of being pregnant with the life you truly want.

~Marianne Williamson

Your Right To Be You

...Giving up is not the answer.  Neither is giving in.

Stand your ground.

There is a way of doing that without having to be

combative. There is a way of hanging on to your true self,

and demonstrating it, without resorting to aggression.

But giving up and giving in is not the way.

Simply and quietly claiming
your right to be You

is the way.

~Neale Donald Walsch
 

God Hung The Moon

Glowing summer moon

fuels fiery desire to stir 

mischief in the night 

Set fear aside with

each touch electric in God

The Truth Will Set You Free

The truth not only sets you free

it slays all dragons,

banishes all fears,

connects all dots,

and casts a brand new spell

over those who've yet to see you as I do.

... dwell in truth,

and you will literally start to glow.

~The Universe

Celebration

It's been my privilege over the last several months

to document in pictures the ever expanding evolution of the music team

that blesses those of us who attend Unity Church of The Hills here in Austin.

In December I got a few shots of the girly part of Celebration
- better known as Full Circle...

I've photographed the choir as they prepared for a performance 

at the Grand Marshall Ceremony at Pride in June.

I stage managed the Grand Marshall event at the Long Center Dell Hall

(and snapped one of Patrice Pike, Celebration and the Choir 

on my cell phone from backstage whilst calling the show)

Still...

Nothing compares to the energy

these talented people

bring back to their church home

when they prepare for the annual concert

No, but really...

They shine

and glow

and lift our spirits

And So It Is

Ok... back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Love Yourself Grandly

Cat Out of The Bag

Been thinking 

of letting 

the cat out of the bag.

What's Right For You

You're the only person 

who knows what's right for you.

The only one.

And if you already know what this is, 

commit to it. 

If you don't, 

commit to nothing.

Only you know.

~The Universe

In Case You Were Wondering...

And Everywhere.

What You Do

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog 

to bring you a few photos from "Just Bee."

I didn't take these.

I was bizzy beeeing in the production.

Acting is a little something I'm passionate about

alongside photography.

Every once in awhile

all the elements of

a theatrical production

come together at the same time.

One can't say that about many productions.

But in the case of "Just Bee" it can be said.

Emily Cicchini 

wrote a fabulous script,

Ia Instera

gave us a gorgeous production design

Judy Matetzschk-Campbell  

directed brilliantly 

(well, there was that one day...)

and the talent,
Michelle Keffer

Bethany Harbaugh

The McMeissners

(David Meissner and his lovely bride Rachel McGinnis Meisner)

was bee-riffic

I had a ball. 

Just feeling blessed to bee

part of such a talented, creative group

Bee Cast

 Honey and Bumble

Blue and Bumble

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"When you say, ’I enjoy doing this or that’, 

it is really a misperception. 

It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, 

but that is not the case. 

Joy does not come from what you do,

it flows into what you do 

and thus into this world from deep within you."
~ Eckhart Tolle

Buzzing Around

Warding off evil paparazzzzzzi backstage

Patience

No road is too long 

for him who advances slowly and does not hurry,
and no attainment 

is beyond his reach 

who equips himself with patience to achieve it.

~Jean de La Bruyère

The Light of Truth

 

If you would see everything 

filtered through the light of truth

you'd never again

know sadness, lack or limits.

~Note From The Universe

Thank You

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, 

'thank you,' that would suffice.
~Meister Eckhart

Boundaries

Boundaries are to protect life, 

not to limit pleasures.

~Edwin Louis Cole 

I Am Your Mirror

We are pain and what cures pain, both. 

We are the sweet cold water and the jar that pours. 

I want to hold you close like a lute, 

so that we can cry out with loving. 

Would you rather throw stones at a mirror? 

I am your mirror and here are the stones." 

~Rumi

The Infinite Plan

"When I had nothing left,
I discovered I didn’t feel depressed, I felt free.
I realized that the most important thing was not,
as I had imagined,
to survive or be successful;
the most important thing was the search for my soul,
which I had left behind in the quicksand of my childhood.
When I found it,
I learned that the power I had wasted
such desperate energy to gain had always been inside me.
I was reconciled with myself,
I accepted myself with a touch of kindness,
and then, and only then,
was rewarded with my first glimpse of peace.
I think that was the precise instant
I became aware of who I truly am,
and at last felt in control of my destiny.”
Isabel Allende 
The Infinite Plan

Numerals

Today's blog is brought to you by the numerals two and four.

Twenty Four.

Right Action

 Do you have the patience 

to wait until your mud settles, 

and the water is clear? 

Can you remain unmoving 

until the right action arises by itself?

~ Lao-tzu

More photography

The goal is not to change your subjects,

but for the subject to change the photographer.  

~Author Unknown

Discovery

When anything touches or enters your body
Never say it is not God, for He is
Just trying to get close.

I have no use for divine patience -- my lips are always
Burning and everywhere. I am running from every corner
Of this world and sky wanting to kiss you;

I am every particle of dust and wheat -- you and I
Are ground from His Own Body. I am rioting at your door;
I am spinning in midair like golden falling leaves
Trying to win your glance.

I am sweetly rolling against your walls and your shores 

~Hafiz

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Loss, longing, grief, loneliness, sorrow

laughter, happiness, desire, joy, peace.

Wherever it is you go

Go as a child discovering the joys of life.

Family

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.  

~George Santayana

The Life of Reason

(and this is one GORGEOUS family...

I'm blessed 

to have photographed them this weekend!)