FEAR, WATER, SHORE, NIGHT
All have experience with fear. Is it a real fear? What is real? What instills dread? Dark deep waters, waves crashing on a shore and does night and darkness play a factor? "We [...]
MIRROR, REFLECTION, STREAM, AND TRUTH
Does the reflection in a mirror reflect the truth? Do I reflect upon my thoughts more accurately resting at a stream's bank? There are many types of reflection. "Believe in th [...]
SHADOW, LIFE, DEATH AND IN-BETWEEN
Where to draw lines? Where does shadow fall? Is it in life or death or somewhere between? Does it matter how and when shadow falls? Let us consider some quotes and ponder. "Si [...]
DAYLIGHT, ZEN, TIME, and PEACE
Let us speak of many things including daylight, Zen, and time. As we go later in the year we experience time passing as the days grow shorter. Still there is always time for r [...]
BOOKS, A VIOLIN, AND THE JOURNEY
Is everything linked? I can see links between a few quotations about books, a violin, and the journey. "Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrumen [...]
LEAF, LEAVES, AND WIND IN AUTUMN
What rings Autumn? A single leaf? Leaves blowing in the wind? Let us look. "A fallen leaf returning to the branch? Butterfly." ~~Anonymous "What message does the wind carry? I [...]
WORDS, CHURCHES, ROADS
Thoughts lead us to places, and places to contemplation. Words, churches, and roads offer us much. Let us see how: "Our words have the power to help or harm. Pause before you [...]
WATER, TRANQUIL, GOOD
Water is the element of Fall. Water slakes our thirst, but it is so much more. Oceans, streams, ponds; where there is water there is life. Let us take a drink of life. "A tran [...]
MOON, SUN, LAUGHTER
The moon, the sun, laughter. I see and enjoy these all year long. I cherish these and much more. If Autumn is figuratively the latter stages of my life, I must try to love the [...]
FALL, AUTUMN, WATER
The Autumnal Equinox is the first day of Autumn/Fall in the northern hemisphere, and is when the day and night are of equal duration. It falls on September 22 or 23. Fall is t [...]