in the beautiful tomorrow

heard beth rowley for the first time tonight on hit & miss. never heard of beth rowley or ben castle before. loved it.

let love and faithfulness never leave you

let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck
write them upon the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 3:3

the creative tension of self-pity

ever present the creative tension between acknowledging your own suffering

and self-pity.

let yourself compete

maybe the most important thing is letting yourself compete.

giving yourself permission to engage and pursue your highest self.

photo credit: Street Peeper

briohny kate smith

and i will restore to you

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.

Joel 2:25

the heart has reasons

The heart has reasons that reason does not know.

Blaise Pascal

I have an inward treasure born within me

I have an inward treasure born within me which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld; or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.

Charlotte Brontë

do not neglect the gift that is in you

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of eldership... Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all...

1 Timothy 4:14-15

unwoo me

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do...
Henry Ford

we shall find peace, we shall hear the angels

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov :: Uncle Vanya (1899)

Self Pity

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
A bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

D. H. Lawrence

a son who chooses to step

There's no greater ally, no force more powerful, no enemy more resolved
then a son who chooses to step from his father's shadow.

Ronald Lampkin :: Battlestar Galactica

a disaster of significant proportions

Why does it take a disaster of such significant proportions to get us interested in our own lives?

best dreams to shame

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.

the elegance of subtraction

"understanding what piece to make missing isn't easy"

i haven't actually purchased this book yet but it is on my list of must read immediately. i read a bit of it here. what has stayed with me is this growing idea of less is more and the subtraction such a discipline requires.

i'm still trying to understand, accept and execute the things that i need to eliminate from my life.

parting shots

sunrise from the balcony

i had voted against the oceanfront room in an effort to save a few dollars but in the end the splurge was well worth it.

welcome to miami

in key biscayne for 72 hours and the weather is luscious. i had forgotten how beautiful it is here.