The Shadows

Look at what lurks
 in the shadows.
Shine light there.
The stuff in the shadows
are God's gifts too.
They beg to be noticed
for the gifts they are.

And notice this:
Opinion
of whether
the gifts
in the shadows
are positive, or negative
has no bearing at all.
Ego's judgment
only promotes
resistance.

What an insult,
to the
Giver of the Gifts,
to deny the
presence
of these Presents.
~Joni~

Vulnerable, Revisited

Structure

The level of structure that people seek

is in direct ratio

to the amount of chaos

they have inside.

~ Tony Robbins

Hope It's A Great One

Happy Birthday

GRL FRN

"Constant use had not worn ragged,

the fabric of their friendship."

~Dorothy Parker

My Dad

When I was a kid,

my dad spent countless hours 

refurbishing old cars.

One of those was a red Rambler.

I remember with great love and warmth

spending time with him while he worked.

I was useless of course, 

too young to do much more than

retrieve a drink or two for him.

He loved me very much.

I miss him.

Come Apart For Awhile

Just a little experiment in making a tiny short movie.

Hope you enjoy.

Who Means The Most To Us?

 

When we honestly ask ourselves 

which person in our lives mean the most to us, 

we often find that it is those who, 

instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, 

have chosen rather 

to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. 

The friend who can be silent with us 

in a moment of despair or confusion, 

who can stay with us 

in an hour of grief and bereavement, 

who can tolerate 

not knowing, not curing, not healing...

that is a friend who cares.

Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude

Fear

 Fear is a question: What are you afraid of, and why?
Just as the seed of health is in illness, because illness contains information,
your fears are a treasure house of self-knowledge if you explore them.
~Unknown

Got MLK?

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love

will have the final word in reality. 

This is why right, temporarily defeated, 

is stronger than evil triumphant.” 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

(if I had a source for the above photo I'd provide it... 

but I don't, so my thanks goes to "anonymous" 

for the brilliant work in Photoshop.)

Feeling Everything

You cannot selectively numb emotion...

you can't numb those hard feelings

without numbing the other emotions...

~Brene Brown

Healing

Doubt

In celebration of those

who doubt

in order to 

stir up the senses, the intellect, the emotion.

For those who dig deeper

creating wholehearted, real spiritual living.

You are blessed.

Discount Pricing

To spare oneself from grief at all cost 

can be achieved 

only at the price of total detachment, 

which excludes the ability 

to experience happiness.

~Erich Fromm

Grace

Illusion

What mask are you wearing today? 

What does it look like, underneath your mask?

What lies 

beneath the surface

of your act?

Who's there?

Who Are You?

Need

"At the core of all anger is a need that is not being fulfilled."

~Marshall B. Rosenberg

Are you in need today?

Kids

Your children are not your children. 

They are the sons and daughters 

of life's longing for itself. 

~Kahlil Gibran

Exhibit Finalist!

 http://www.infinityartgallery.com/ANI10/gallery1/

Yay! 

An exhibit finalist with Infinity Art Gallery. 

Just look for Sam.

 (p.s.  this is Sam's "Can I have a bite of your Torchy's taco?" face.)

Complications