The Big Picture

Winter is a funny time. On one hand, it is a time for drawing within. On the other, though, it is a time for laying the groundwork for what is to come in the Spring and beyond. I had not noticed it before, but my winter photos always begin with sky pictures. It strikes me that the enormous sky above holds all of our hopes and dreams for us - a gigantic Pot of Possibilities, ours for the choosing. 

I watch it play out overhead...looking for clues

I am grateful that each day, each moment, brings with it a chance to take a breath and simply 'Begin Again'

I drink in the beauty overhead as it sparkles and shifts

as the Day welcomes each of us into Her embrace

 

  

and the Sky mirrors back the Beauty it sees in us

My one true wish as I start out into the Great Unknown of 2012...

     Let me lead, always, with my HEART first

       If I can do that, I know that the rest will all fall into place

     

........ Perfectly .......

Prayers for Japan.... and all of us

All the world holds it's breath as events unfold in Japan. Our thoughts and prayers are with Japan, her citizens, and the rest of Humanity as we all struggle to make sense of this.

And yet, as this tragedy unfolds, Nature continues her process of bringing new life into the world. I am reminded of a quote from St Benedict:

"Always we begin again"

and so we must follow this tender Blossom's example

and bravely open ourselves up to

an Unknown Future...

knowing we are part of a Greater Whole

Let us take strength

from the newly emerging leaves

and their reminder that

"Always we begin again"

 We carry with us the hopes and dreams

 of those lost

 our inspiration to

Carry On

when we think it is too much to bear

We owe them that.

"Always we begin again"