Veiled Moon

Veiled Moon translucent light

Illuminates the scene

Warming the winter heart

Wind sweeps the clouds away

Stars blazing into view

Reaching out to the soul

The Human Capacity to Care...

“The human capacity to care for others isn’t something trivial or something to be taken for granted. Rather, it is something we should cherish. Compassion is a marvel of human nature, a precious inner resource, and the foundation of our well-being and the harmony of our societies. If we seek happiness for ourselves, we should practice compassion: and if we seek happiness for others, we should also practice compassion.”  ~The Dalai Lama

Photo credit: City of Pittsburgh, PA

Keep Teaching and Keep Learning

We are all teachers.  Keep teaching, but also keep learning, for expanding our horizons allows us to become better teachers.  Learning keeps us young in mind, heart, and soul.  Knowledge is power; sharing with others is inspiring and purposeful.  Teaching and touching human feelings is an act of love.  Our future generations and all of humanity rely on the lessons that we share and the feelings that we ignite.

Photo credit: International University in Geneva

Let the Positive Flow...

Can’t focus?  Do you have negative thoughts racing through your mind?  Attempt to clear your mind.  Find a peaceful place to relax.  Do something you love doing.  Talk with a friend.  Smile.  Let the positive flow in and replace the negative.   ~GMB

Self-photo, Acadia National Park

Soar!

Instead of someday, how about today?  Soar to new heights!

Today I'll fly!

Today I'll soar!

Today I'll be so damn much more!

Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for

~adapted from “Bigger than my Body,” by John Mayer

"Bigger Than My Body"

This is a call to the color-blind

This is an IOU

I'm stranded behind a horizon line

Tied up in something true

Yes, I'm grounded

Got my wings clipped

I'm surrounded (by)

All this pavement

Guess I'll circle

While I'm waiting

For my fuse to dry

Someday I'll fly

Someday I'll soar

Someday I'll be so damn much more

Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for

Why is it not my time?

What is there more to learn?

Shed this skin I've been tripping in

Never to quite return

Yes, I'm grounded

Got my wings clipped

I'm surrounded (by)

All this pavement

Guess I'll circle

While I'm waiting

For my fuse to dry

Someday I'll fly

Someday I'll soar

Someday I'll be so damn much more

Cause I'm bigger than my body gives me credit for

Cause I'm bigger than my body now

Maybe I'll tangle in the power lines

And it might be over in a second's time

But I'll gladly go down in a flame

If the flame's what it takes to remember my name

Yes, I'm grounded

Got my wings clipped

I'm surrounded (by)

All this pavement

Guess I'll circle

While I'm waiting

For my fuse to dry

For my fuse to dry

Someday I'll fly

Someday I'll soar

Someday I'll be so damn much more

Cause I'm bigger than my body

I'm bigger than my body

I'm bigger than my body now

~Written and performed by John Mayer off the CD “Heavier Things”

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Self-photo: Acadia National Park.

Setbacks

Every event in our life holds purpose, whether positive or negative.  We all have setbacks.  If we look at each setback as a learning opportunity, as a message to go in a different direction, or as a wake-up call, it will bring the setback into a new, more constructive perspective.  From there, we can embrace the positives in the event and move forward to a better place.

Photo credit: Sebastian Ballard, geograph.org.uk

Soaring to New Heights

Standing at the precipice

Trying to gather courage

To spread newly grown wings

Can’t take that scary leap

All of a sudden

A strong wind jostles

Off the cliff in peril

Almost forgetting the wings

Spiraling out of control

A friendly gust flutters

Wings spread out in flight

Flying on the currents

Soaring to new heights

Self photo: Acadia National Park