Sacred Ruminations: ShadowShot - ScenicSunday

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

and Blog Your Blessings on Sunday too!

This is my twelvth …Front Yard Shadows

Click to embiggen for better viewing
and for others participating in Shadow Shots at Hey Harriet

This is my 4th ...

My first is at Small Reflections

my second is at Sacred Ruminations
& my third at Happily Retired Gal

Beach Transportation

sights ...

and surfing too ...

Click to embiggen for better viewing,
another surfing collage, and
for others participating in Scenic Sunday too.

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

Although I've not spent much time blogging the past few weeks, I'm healthy again finally. I've had energy to spend lots of time with my sister. That's been great since she'll be leaving for Alaska next week and probably won't return until December. I've also started evening Adult Ed classes from 6-9 pm on Tuesdays & Thursdays to learn the features of Word 7. My yard is more colorful all the time and I continue to take lots of photographs as I learn more about my Nikon D60.

This is my very first daffodil & yellow iris bud this year!

Click for other participants in Today's Flowers this week.

See also my sidebar Thankful List
at Small Reflections for daily entries.

What are some blessings in YOUR life currently?

For others who 'Blog Their Blessings'

go to My Blog Rolls and/or click on the
Blog Your Blessings logo above.

Thought for Today
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Plato

22 comments:

Tink *~*~* said...: Love the beach transportation stuff - surfing cracked me up, but hey, I guess they do get from point A to point B, and the board "transports" them there ;)

Tink *~*~*
Getting ready for the Flower and Garden Festival; March 29, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Linnea said...: As always, you're sharing some great shots from your colorful and charming neighborhood. Looks like spring is well underway in your parts too! Glad you're feeling better...happy Sunday!; March 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Aisha said...: Great shots you got here! The surfing looks awesome!; March 29, 2009 at 1:21 PM
Louise said...: I love the ocean, though in the course of my life have not spent that much time there. AND the beaches I have were cold ones more than not. So I haven't seen a lot of surfers... maybe one or two in my life. I think I could watch that all day... just the surf coming in and going out.; March 29, 2009 at 1:30 PM
2sweetnsaxy said...: What a great collection of shots! These are really great. I'm going to go back and take an even closer look. :-); March 29, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Your photos are great. I enjoyed viewing them. They make me impatient for summer! :); March 29, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Tarolino said...: Lovely collages again. Liked the surfing one in particular but I must say that you have such a beautiful front garden. So clean and well kept too.; March 29, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Karen said...: Gorgeous photos--I especially love the yard shadows. Glad you're feeling better!; March 29, 2009 at 2:53 PM
Hey Harriet said...: All lovely photos. You've shared a wonderful selection with us. Thanks! Have a great week :); March 29, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; March 29, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: Great photos. Some of that beach transportation looks like fun. Glad you're feeling better.

My flowers are starting to bloom too. I just love Spring, especially this year as I need that promise of new beginnings.; March 29, 2009 at 3:19 PM
SandyCarlson said...: Enjoy Alaska! I enjoy your blog and hearing about your full life. I love your outlook!; March 29, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Really great pictures!!; March 29, 2009 at 6:18 PM
CyberCelt said...: I loved the surf pictures.

My blessings are health, family and new travel trailer.; March 29, 2009 at 7:08 PM
A Wild Thing said...: I can't wait for the blooms of spring...so close...; March 29, 2009 at 7:14 PM
PERBS said...: Yes, I have been blessed with spring flowers for a couple weeks now. My blessing is adifferent sort this week. Come by when you have time.; March 30, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Ana said...: They are all great.
I confess I loved the surfing>
Have a great week. I'm happy you're feeling more energized.
Ana; March 30, 2009 at 2:14 AM
Tina said...: love the shadow shots. i am always intruiged by how shadows are formed; March 30, 2009 at 3:08 AM
Daisy said...: "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." wow what a simple and yet great quote! I recently joined BYBS and found your link there! And I like your blog so far!

I would like to invite you to come visit mine, and if you like you can follow me and I will follow you too!

Have a Great Week!; March 31, 2009 at 3:38 AM
Joyce said...: I'm thankful you're feeling better now, Virginia.

Your beach pictures make me miss CA. We will have to visit Rick's folks this summer in Inverness.; March 31, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Ebie said...: I love your surfin' collections. Pretty collage.; April 4, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Debbie@Like a Rose said...: Great photos-I love your front yard and the bubble photo is awesome!; April 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM