Sacred Ruminations: Shadow Shot Sunday

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

Forest shadows and
railings near Lake Arrowhead ...
Sunday mosaic

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

These mosaics look
much the same until you click
to 'embiggen' them

Lightened

Accented Edges

Paint Daubs

Rough Pastels

Solarize Lightened

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and for others participating in

and Mosaic Monday

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Thought for Today
"What are you being called to do? Stop, sit and listen for a while. The answer will come." Lisa Hammond

17 comments:

Mike Golch said...: great photos,thanks for the you make my day award.; October 24, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Unknown said...: Beautiful SS collage--what a peaceful setting!; October 24, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Hey Harriet said...: A great shadowy collage! And congrats on your blogoversaries! Love the dancing Snoopy picture. I'm a huge Peanuts fan!; October 25, 2009 at 12:07 AM
B : ) said...: Your shadows and your shots are quite delightful. Peace. B : ); October 25, 2009 at 4:08 AM
Crafty Green Poet said...: lovely selection of shadow shots; October 25, 2009 at 5:34 AM
Rosebud Collection said...: What wonderful shadow shots. Such a nice group of trees/walks. Very peaceful looking and I bet nice place to take a walk.; October 25, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Ellie said...: I really like the dry wood decorations. Very wild and natural! Great shadows too!; October 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Carol said...: Great mosaics! Very interesting shots!; October 25, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Thoughtfully Blended Hearts said...: Some great shots here!!!; October 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Martha said...: Great photos!

Happy Belated Blogoversary!

My Mosaic Monday; October 26, 2009 at 4:31 AM
Icy BC said...: Wonderful combination of shadow photos! Just wonderful..; October 26, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Chari at Happy To Design said...: Hello...

Great photos, my friend! Love all of the shadows...you created a lovely mosaic with them! I also really enjoyed seeing all the different photo effects...I think my favorite is "Accented Edges"...love that one! Was wondering what photo software that you use to get all of these different effects? I also submitted a mosaic using a photo effect called "color sketch" today for Mosaic Monday...would love for you to come by and take a peek! I have so much fun playing with these...hehe!

By the way...I love the bottom photo on the righthand side of the mosaic...that is the coolest piece of old knarled wood!!!

Warmest wishes,
Chari @Happy To Design; October 26, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Janie said...: Great shadow photos, especially of the stair railings. I love that garden chair.; October 26, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Linnea said...: Congrats on your blogoversary! You are the mosaic expert in my opinion! Love them all and looking forward to viewing many more post from your blogs.; October 26, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...: Wonderful shadow shots made into pretty mosaics!

Happy 2nd blog anniversary!

Happy MM!; October 27, 2009 at 8:07 AM
George said...: I like this collage of shadow shots. Very well done.; October 27, 2009 at 9:56 AM
MyMaracas said...: Beautiful sets. I like the railings, especially.; October 28, 2009 at 8:07 AM