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.
25 comments:
I like this picture. You captured some nice lines in this structure and the sky is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like a great place to watch the sky. Nice picture.
Looking up is always revealing .. and a great photo op!
Wow, what a perfect from for the sky. I love arches and this is wonderful.
Oh, yes, I love the arches, too! And what a terrific way to view the beautiful skies! Fabulous shots, Marcia!
Have a great weekend!
Sylvia
Nice covered walkway to walk under looking up at the beautiful sky.
Good capture.
Eaglesbrother
Casts great shadows, too!!
Wow beautiful sky. Great shots
wonderful way to frame the sky! :)
Marcia: Very nice framing of the sky.
Great shots of the sky.
Thanks for visiting me too
Have a nice weekend
Gunilla
I love unique shots like these, well done.
All the best
Guy
Regina In Pictures
Beautiful and unusual way to view that blue sky with puffy clouds. Great shots!
Different but very nice pictures!
Great pics, the first one is my fav. Well done!!
Have a nice SWF.
eric, Holland
Love the perspective in your photos this week ... well done ;-)
Hugs and blessings,
Beautiful indeed and I agree with James. Thanks for the visit marcia.
I like the angles of these shots! Nice!
My oh My.. love the whole shot.. very nice
I like these very, very much. That's a lovely walkway.
That is gorgeous, M! What great pictures!
i like the curve of the roof line against the sky!
Beautiful work of art, great way to see the good part, the sky!!!
I love the architecture. Great shots.
Love the first one!
Great perspective of the architecture and nice composition.
A unique sky shot!
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