#109 Bagpiper

Something irritating you?
Take a lesson from the Scots:
Stare it in the eye,
Turn it into music,
Blow it away!

#108 The Grand Show is Eternal

This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere;
the dew is never all dried at once;
a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising.
Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming,
on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn,
as the round earth rolls.
– John Muir

#107 Frigates in Flight

Seven frigate birds dance in a composition
of amazing grace and balance.
And we live in an age where moments like this
can be easily captured and shared.
Cause for celebration? You bet!

#106 Dancing Trees!

Tired?
Go walk in a place where the sun is shining
and the wind is blowing.
Then dance along with the trees!

#105 – Water and Music

Stare into the face of a wave
and see how little separates water
from music.

#104 Having New Eyes

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
- Marcel Proust

#103 Geography of Hope

“Hope is not the same thing as optimism.
It is not the conviction that something will turn out well
but the certainty that something makes sense
regardless of how it turns out.”
-Vaclav Havel

#102 A knock-your-socks-off Year!

This morning the waves were singing,
“It’s going to be a wild, wonderful, knock-your-socks-off year!”

#101 – A time of reflection and gratitude

I wish you all
grace, simplicity, wholeness and peace.

#100 – Ballet of Liquid and Light!

There is nothing more beautiful on our planet
than the ballet of liquid and light!

#99 – Heaven on Earth

I used to envy the father of our race,
dwelling as he did among the new-made fields and plants of Eden;
but I do so no more, for I have discovered that I also live in “creation’s dawn.”
The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made,
becomes more beautiful every day.
- John Muir

#98 The beauty of reflection

Reflections always give me pause.
Time for my own reflection
and quiet gratitude.

#97 – Miracles abound

There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
― Albert Einstein

#96 The Gift of Waves

Waves are perpetual miracles.
Always there to put me back in touch with the rhythms of nature
and give me perspective on my all too human-centered world.

#95 Go out and Play!

Yesterday, deep in a storage shed, I found a giant bubble wand that I hadn’t used in years. Spent the afternoon in childlike delight.

Sometimes life gets much clearer if you allow yourself a little time to just play…

#94 Heaven in a Flower

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
— William Blake

#93 – Finding Peace and Beauty

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the earth in the present moment; to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now.
– Thich Nhat Hanh

#92 A New Perspective

Flying over a deserted beach, I had no idea what I was looking at.
Always wonderful when I can find a new perspective on my world,
or on my life.

#90 – Break the Pattern!

Our patterns, too long unquestioned, become our prisons.
Break the pattern!
And see the scene before you with new eyes.

#89 Will you just Stop?

Will you just stop for a minute?
No, I have a huge amount to do. I can’t possibly stop.
Seriously, just for a minute. You’d be surprised at what you’d see…