Sacred Ruminations: Scenic Sunday - BYBS

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

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Creative Photography and Shadow Shot Sunday

This is my 2nd ...

(My first is at Small Reflections)
These are photos taken at the
Wetlands at Bolsa Chica in Southern California

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and for others participating in Scenic Sunday.

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today."
Cherokee Indian Proverb

Really Good Things

1. I enjoyed having time this week to sort through my 'wetlands' photographs from a couple of weeks ago and create some collages like the one above to share.

2. I'm relieved to know there's nothing wrong with my new Tamron lens after all!

3. Giving and receiving feedback in Thursday evening's writers workshop is a blessing.

4. The flowers in my yard are lovely and the weather this past week exceptionally pleasant!

5. We celebrated my sister's birthday last night after the Nikon camera class at Ritz ... sharing a salad and a pizookie at BJs as we did for MY birthday last month.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

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Blessed Be ... and so it is!

Thought for Today
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive." Eleonora Duse

12 comments:

Bryan said...: Great collage of great photos! I especially enjoy the middle left picture with the reflections and the size and color disparity of the two subjects. What's going on in that picture anyway? An awkward game of follow the leader?; March 8, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Linnea said...: I agree with Bryan above. I love these shots, especially the middle left one....so cute. What a variety of scenes you captured. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful week...; March 8, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Baruch said...: A beautiful collage and some great words of wisdom; March 8, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Joyce said...: Hello, Virginia,

Happy belated birthday to your sister. What is a pizookie? Pizza cookie?

The bird photos are so lovely.

Thanks for sharing. <3; March 8, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Gemma Wiseman said...: Stunning collage! I too am fascinated with the middle left image! Interesting to see a small leader!; March 9, 2009 at 1:16 AM
SandyCarlson said...: Beautiful thoughts on gratitude, Storyteller. I am learning to relax and do more as I do less on the weekends. Such a blessing!; March 9, 2009 at 2:57 AM
Anonymous said...: "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." - This is what I am doing now! :)

Blessings...ah, a lot! For one, I am blessed with so many special people in my life...who are always there for me!

Happy Monday...love this post.; March 9, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Pamela said...: What a gorgeous collage! I just love checking out your photos on your blogs. :); March 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM
PERBS said...: You forgot to be thankful for all that rain you have been getting . . . lol It made the flowers so beautiful! I will try to be abck for the meme next week. Thanks for stopping by anyway.; March 10, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Unknown said...: So many beautiful birds! That was a great walk!; March 10, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Dick said...: Wonderful pictures, it looks like some places on Texel.; March 11, 2009 at 9:31 AM
diane b said...: Love the Quote ...and my soul is alive.
Wetland shots are lovely.
It is a blessing that I wake up every morning. (Ha Ha ); April 5, 2009 at 5:17 AM

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