We have had some beautiful skies recently w/ the changing weather. This was Wednesday Morning I had a meeting at the church on Beach Street and caught this on my way out.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
15 comments:
What a magical photo, perfect for skywatch.
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
Oh, that is SO lovely! Happy SWF :)
Such a gorgeous silhouette against a lovely sky! Happy sky watching!
Now this is why you wake up early. This is your reward. Thanks for sharing it to us, late risers :)
I love this photo. The colors are so pretty!
Wonderful color!!
That's a wonderful view. Pays to get up early and enjoy!
Marcia, you had a meeting at church very early!
What a wonderful view to begin the day! That's an encouragement to continue your day work.
Marcia: What a wonderful sunrise over the church, really neat colors in the early morning.
love the yellow color across the bottom of the sunrise...beautiful shot.
If I got up that early, Marcia, I'm sure I would saee beautiful skies like that! Thanks for giving them to me without me having to get up early! :)
The silhouette of the steeple is beautiful. This is a great shot. Happy Friday. I'm looking at the sky here.
This is lovely indeed! I enjoy sunrise so much and yours is glorious today!
Hugs and blessings,
That is a very beautiful photo. Happy SWF!
Lovely morninf sky.
Like your banana bread mistake, but do you mean 1/2, 1 1/2, or 2 tsps of bsking soda?
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