Sacred Ruminations: (Wordless) Photo Hunt #14

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I appreciate all of you who visit, and I enjoy the comments many of you leave behind. I do my best to respond to any questions in a timely manner if your email is available. In addition, I do my best to visit your blogs and leave comments as time permits.

Click to learn ... How I Became a Blogger

Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at Small Reflections. Initially I published daily on both sites, but in mid-January of 2008, I gave myself permission to rethink things.

Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily there, but I'm considering alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
Barbara De Angelis

"Whatever can come to a woman can come to me
Whatever can happen to anyone can happen to me."
Muriel Rukeyser

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."--Mother Teresa

"It is better to ask some questions than to know all the answers." James Thurber

"Forgive yourself for everything you did not know in the past but do now. Don't waste any of your precious energy beating yourself, or anyone else, up. Your power to change your life is in the present, regardless of your past."
Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Your purpose is to heal yourself first in mind and intent. Declare this principle to yourself -- I intend to walk the highest path to my awakening. I am fearless in the face of learning to discipline my mind and actions so they are attuned to my true divinity." Doreen Virtue

"Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in this life has a purpose." Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

More thoughts ...

"It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker." Henry David Thoreau

"It is no small task to change one's focus from what can go wrong to what can go right and to empower women to shift from destructive behaviors to those that are generally associated with health. I want to awaken that still, small wise, intuitive voice in all of us, that voice of our own body that we have been forced to ignore through our culture's illness, misinformation, and dysfunction. I want to give you the courage to listen to that voice and act on it." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place." Maya Angelou

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. Diane Ackerman

"No one needs to know that you've shut the world out and are meditating as you stroll down the street. Twenty minutes to a half-hour every day is a good amount of time to restore a sense of serenity." Sarah Ban Breathnach

"One of the marks of an intelligent person is to be able to distinguish what is worth doing and what isn't and to be able to set priorities." Anne Wilson Schaef

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love." Sophocles

More thoughts ...

"Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength." Sigmund Freud

"I need to understand the dynamics of effort & success. I will spend my energy on things & and activities that bring me the most fulfillment. I will spend less energy on the "stuff" that ultimately has no meaning to me." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do if you do not act upon them?"
Buddha

"The greatest contribution that you can make is the aliveness that comes from simply being yourself, living your truth, and doing what you love. The passionate expression of who we are will heal the world." Shatki Gawain

"It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the result of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended, but a gift to be shared." Henri H. Nouwen, theologian

"I am ready to supply the earth's needs with my riches. I seize upon my wealth within and give freely as I am replenished." Doreen Virtue

"... perception can be given a new purpose. ... Follow His Light, and see the world as He beholds it. Hear His Voice alone in all that speaks to you. And let him give you peace and certainty which you have thrown away, but Heaven has preserved for you in Him." A Course in Miracles

More thoughts

"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Rumi

"I believe I'm here to speak my truth and that's all I have to do. I don't have to make people understand it... I just have to speak the truth." ~Anne Wilson Schaef

"A woman is like a teabag-only in hot water do you realize how strong she is." Eleanor Roosevelt

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever."
Mahatma Ghandi

"...We were born to manifest the glory of God that is within us. ... And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Nelson Mandela

“Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.” - Maya Angelou

“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.”
Rumi

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place, but a seed to be planted and to bear more seeds toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea." ~ Henry David Thoreau

"I have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things." Socrates

Welcome to Sacred Ruminations

Saturday, August 16, 2008

(Wordless) Photo Hunt #14 - Colorful

Note: If you're looking for Sky Watch or Haiku Friday you'll find them below this post. My OSI Week 24: Staiway posts can be found here and here. I've participated in Photo Hunt a second time today at Small Reflections ... just because.

This is my 14th ...

but ... (the 1st 6 and #13 are at Small Reflections
and #7-12 are here at Sacred Ruminations )

Theme: C o l o r f u l

Click for others participating in Photo Hunt
and Wordless Wednesday on Saturday

Thought for Today

"Pretty is the queen that rules our land." Carrie Latet

24 comments:

Melli said...: Lovely colorful shots!; August 16, 2008 at 7:44 AM
Rebecca Mecomber said...: Beautiful photos. I love garden shots!

I also did Photo Hunt. Come share your link! :) http://newyorktraveler.net/photo-hunters-colorful/; August 16, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Joyce said...: I love those sky colors! Reminds me of Maxfield Parrish's artwork. :); August 16, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Emzkie said...: thanks for you visit! great shot with your colorful sky and colorful garden. =); August 16, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Mike Golch said...: Great shots, thanks for sharing them. Hugs and God's Blessings and love to you my friendMike G. said that!(It's an A.A.thing of mine); August 16, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Sarge Charlie said...: We think we are so smart but no matter how hard we try we cannot make any of these colorful items.; August 16, 2008 at 2:57 PM
Anonymous said...: What lovely flowers!; August 16, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Rambling Woods said...: I love seeing people's gardens...; August 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM
The Florida Furkids said...: Nice choices for the theme!; August 16, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Pat - Arkansas said...: Lovely color in all three photos!

Thanks for visiting my first Photo Hunt post and for your nice comment.; August 16, 2008 at 8:40 PM
Betty said...: Lots of colors in those photos and that's for sure. Nice choice.; August 16, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Sarah said...: Lovely shots, great colours :); August 17, 2008 at 1:57 AM
Barb said...: The pink clouds are my favorite!; August 17, 2008 at 2:38 AM
philos said...: Wow, those are beautiful... I like that you included the roof in that first photo, it gives it a supporting color, gives us a different perspective of the sky... Good job! :); August 17, 2008 at 3:48 AM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful shots! Nature is the best at colours :); August 17, 2008 at 4:50 AM
SandyCarlson said...: Wonderful color there, Storyteller!; August 17, 2008 at 5:35 AM
LA Nickers said...: Very colorful! Love 'em!

Thanks for stopping by at THE MANE POINT.

Blessings,
Linda

MEME EXPRESS – daily blog prompts; August 17, 2008 at 6:45 PM
eastcoastlife said...: I love to see colourful flowers. :); August 18, 2008 at 3:16 AM
Momisodes said...: I'm always in awe of your flowers :) What a great display of color!; August 19, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Michelle said...: Beautiful shots. I really enjoyed viewing them. Thanks for sharing and for your sweet comments on my site.; August 20, 2008 at 9:50 AM
storyteller said...: To everyone – Thanks so much for visiting my Colorful Photo Hunt post at Sacred Ruminations this past week. I appreciate your comments and very much enjoyed visiting your blogs too. I hope you’re having a lovely week.
Hugs and blessings,; August 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Unknown said...: I like all these bright colors - and your new header! The quote is so right on.; August 22, 2008 at 2:50 PM
storyteller said...: Lisa – Thanks for your positive feedback on my almost wordless ‘colorful’ Photo Hunt and new ‘header’ at Sacred Ruminations. I feel like I’m learning all the time as I have ‘fun’ experimenting with photo-related posts for I see myself as ‘writer’ rather than ‘artistic in any visual sense’ … and I do enjoy the ‘interaction’ in this ‘virtual’ world … seeing what others do and sharing what I can. It’s nice to be acknowledged ;--)
Hugs and blessings,; August 23, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Helen said...: Your flowers are beautiful. I enjoyed looking at them. Helen
http://madcobug-myeverydaylife2.blogspot.com/; October 23, 2008 at 5:03 AM