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We love to love

Quote of the day: “Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love.” ~Leo Buscaglia Happy Valentine’s Day to lovers (of life, of beauty, of people) everywhere. A special x0 to my sweet and ever lovin’ husband. The heart leaf above reminds me of the lyrics from a Leonard Cohen song: “Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in.”    ~ Leonard Cohen Anthem

By Marilyn, ago

The Art of Seeing – Week 2

Quote of the day:  “Thinking sideways helps you not only to keep out of photographic ruts, but also to see subject matter you may have overlooked or not observed carefully. It enlarges your world.” ~ Freeman Patterson Photography and the Art of Seeing For those of you who are new to my blog, I’ve started taking one day a week to play with photography assignments from photographers I admire. This week I decided to work with Freeman Patterson’s ideas on playing with camera movement, doing things like jumping up and down and pressing the shutter while jumping, swinging the camera back Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

“… the astonishing light of your own being.”

Quote of the day:  “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.”  ~ Hafiz A friend of mine lost a dear pet a week ago and was also hospitalized for several days right before losing her pet.  I know she is experiencing dark days right now.  All I can do is to hold on to the knowledge of the light that she has inside her own being and to send her light and love.  Trite words about choosing happiness and joy will not ease her pain right now. Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Life itself is grace

Quote of the day:  “Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.”  ~ Frederick Buechner An ordinary day, doing ordinary things like cleaning the kitchen and I’m filled with the “holy and hidden heart of it.”  Dancing my way through my day, noticing the light slanting through the window, chased by the beauty Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Connect with the rapture of being alive

Quote of the day:  “We’re so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.”  ~ Joseph Campbell I know that I choose to follow my heart at this point in my life and to change a lifetime of patterns of pushing hard, task orientation, and driving for goals into new patterns of listening to my heart, seeking what brings me joy, and relaxing and going with the flow. Waiting for right timing and trusting that all is well, is Read more…

By Marilyn, ago