December 16th, 2012
December 15th, 2012
San Antonio riverwalk

San Antonio riverwalk

It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. I was so preposterously serious in those days… Lightly, lightly – it’s the best advice ever given me…So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…
~ Aldous Huxley, Island

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December 14th, 2012
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When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” To this day, especially in times of “disaster,” I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.
Mister Rogers (Fred Rogers)

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Low tide at Cape Kiwanda (Pacific City, Oregon).

Low tide at Cape Kiwanda (Pacific City, Oregon).