Sacred Ruminations: SkyWatch#16 - HF#82 ... Colorful Clouds

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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

Friday, October 17, 2008

SkyWatch#16 - HF#82 ... Colorful Clouds

Haiku Friday #81 is at Small Reflections

Yesterday these skies

greeted me in colorful

sunrise reflections ...

On Sunday I shall
share the actual sunrise
for 'Sunrise-Sunset' ...

a new weekly meme
Hootin' Anni discovered
a few weeks ago.

Click on the logo to check this new meme out today
so you can participate on Sunday too!

Note: As always, clicking on the images will 'biggify' them for better viewing.

Click for others participating in Sky Watch this week.

Haiku Friday #81 is at Small Reflections ... finally.

For others participating in Haiku Friday this week go to A Mommy Story. To see my previous Haikus, click on the Haiku Friday label below this post or in the sidebar.

Thought for Today

"Silence is more musical than any song." Christina Rossetti

25 comments:

Larry D said...: Wonderful skies!; October 16, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Mike Golch said...: great skies.; October 16, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Enigma said...: What a FANTASTIC way to start your day!!!!!!!!; October 16, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Unknown said...: I swore I saw a clam in the first photo and then you gave me a palm tree and I knew the clam was in the right place! :); October 16, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Guy D said...: Fantastic shot with amazing colors. thanks for sharing.

Cheers

http://reginainpictures.blogspot.com/; October 16, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Sylvia K said...: A breathtaking way to begin the day -- any day! Thank for the beauty!; October 16, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Dick said...: Fantastic sky, nice shots; October 17, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Anonymous said...: Lovely!!! Look forward for more this Sunday...

My HF is up and I am sharing a very moving story of a child named Rowan...hope you can drop by.

Also will be back here this weekend...I have to read more about your miracle post... :); October 17, 2008 at 1:23 AM
Arija said...: Fabulous pink skies with palms as well. Wow.; October 17, 2008 at 6:52 AM
AphotoAday said...: Oh boy, those really are unusual, aren't they?; October 17, 2008 at 6:54 AM
Jenn in Holland said...: Really gorgeous! I love the way the sky lights up!; October 17, 2008 at 8:39 AM
Momisodes said...: What lovely skies. I love the warm colors :); October 17, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Anonymous said...: How absolutely beautiful!; October 17, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Anonymous said...: that's a great color. :O; October 17, 2008 at 12:06 PM
Vixen of Vixensden.com said...: Wonderful shots. I forgot to do Skywatch this week. Since last week was my first, I am not in the habit yet!; October 17, 2008 at 12:13 PM
SandyCarlson said...: I'm loving that. Nicely done!; October 17, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Louise said...: Wow! What pretty, pretty colors. Beautiful captures!; October 17, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Hootin Anni said...: Gorgeous!!! I love how you incorporated two memes. Super smart. I'm off to read your haiku of course.; October 17, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Patsy said...: Such beautiful color ---
Isn't Anni a Hoot? Always finding new stuff for us.; October 17, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Mom Knows Everything said...: Absolutely gorgeous!!!; October 17, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Anonymous said...: WOW, now that is incredible. I'm always in awe of nature's beauty!; October 17, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Anonymous said...: Beautiful!; October 18, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Kahshe Cottager said...: Those pink clouds wind their way through the sky like ribbons! It must have been a beautiful sight to see.

Thanks for visiting my sunset!; October 18, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Jeannelle said...: Amazing! The tree seems to be mixing the clouds! Happy SkyWatching! Greetings from Iowa!; October 18, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Laura ~Peach~ said...: absolutely fantastic colors Happy Sky watching (i'm late visiting); October 19, 2008 at 5:36 PM