A Bearer of Light ~

"But I also say this:

 that light is an invitation to happiness,

 and that happiness, when it's done right,

 is a kind of holiness, palpable and redemptive."

 Mary Oliver

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Jesus said,
"I am the Light of the world"
John 8:12
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whatever it is that you
 celebrate today be it
Halloween,
 All Saints' Day,
 Reformation Day,
or others I am not aware of,
 please know you can bring light
 into someone's world with
 an act of kindness as
simple as a smile

 

 

Randomness ~

 

“Every moment is a golden one

 for him who has the vision

 to recognize it as such.” 

Henry Miller

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As some of you know,

I have been dealing with an arm and 

shoulder issue for the past 5 months

which they have determined is 

due to a pinched nerve in my neck.

Since using my camera and computer

seem to aggravate the problem, I will be

 taking a break for awhile.

I do hope to visit you from time to time.

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that cute little boy

is my grandson and he is

almost seven months old already

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blessings

 

Awaiting Revelation ~

(a little click will reveal more)

"If you will stay close to nature,

 to its simplicity,

 to the small things hardly noticeable,

 those things can unexpectedly

 become great and immeasurable.” 

Rainer Maria Rilke

 Letters to a Young Poet

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the hidden things

of the heart

will one day be revealed

 

The Fullness ~

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there

When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”

Rumi

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Looking Up ~

"A certain blue enters your soul.

  A certain red

  has an effect on your blood-pressure."

 Henri Matisse

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 O suns and skies and flowers of June

count all your boasts together,

Love loveth best of all the year

October's bright blue weather.

Helen Hunt Jackson 

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this poem

in its entirety

can be found here

The Canopy of Aging ~

"and the leaves were telling secrets to the wind.” 

Peter Mulvey

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Sunlit ~

"Come forth into the light of things,

 Let Nature be your teacher.”

William Wordsworth

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Heartbeat ~

"In every man’s heart

 there is a secret nerve that

  answers to the vibrations of beauty."

 Christopher Morley

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World Animal Day ~

I have just read

that this is

World Animal Day

so of couse

I had to share a few photos

of my Callie Kat

 "Never try to outstubborn a cat."

Robert A. Heinlein

“My cat is not insane, she's just a really good actress.” 

P.C. Cast

"Cats are a mysterious kind of folk."

Walter Scott

“Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire,

 

 he is still only a whisker away from the wilds.”

Jean Burden

“If you have men who

 will exclude any of God's creatures

 from the shelter of compassion and pity,

 you will have men who will deal

 likewise with their fellow men.”

St. Francis of Assisi

Departure ~

I thought to

wave farewell but 

their intent was on the leaving

 so quietly I murmured a 

note of gratitude for

 their beauty and

was still

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“Be still:
there is no longer

 any need of comment.
It was a lucky wind

that blew away his halo

 with his cares, a lucky sea that

drowned his reputation."

Thomas Merton