religion

“ I do not practise religion in accordance with the sacred rites. I have made mysterious Nature my religion. I do not believe that a man is any nearer to God for being clad in priestly garments, nor that one place in a town is better adapted to meditation than another. When I gaze at a sunset sky and spend hours contemplating its marvelous ever-changing beauty, an extraordinary emotion overwhelms me. Nature in all its vastness is truthfully reflected in my sincere though feeble soul. Around me are the trees stretching up their branches to the skies, the perfumed flowers gladdening the meadow, the gentle grass-carpetted earth, … and my hands unconsciously assume an attitude of adoration. … To feel the supreme and moving beauty of the spectacle to which Nature invites her ephemeral guests! … that is what I call prayer. 
Claude Debussy: His Life and Works by Léon Vallas

::Something better to come::

"The past is our definition. We may strive, with good reason, to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it, but we will escape it only by adding something better to it."

-Wendell Berry 

and I am looing forward to it.
Acorn

::I AM A GIRL::

http://www.ted.com/talks/eve_ensler_embrace_your_inner_girl.html

::confidence::

When you feel it, it flows.

I heard my own voice today.

I can choose to listen, or I can choose to turn away. 

The pull of a new direction, a new journey is taking shape. 

Will I walk the path, or will I stand still?

The choice is entirely mine.

::Summer::

-newness
-warm mornings
-ice water
-ocean
-Boulder in the sun shine
-warm ocean water
-smell of sunblock
-big hats
-rivers
-hikes
-sand in your hair
-salty skin
-salty kisses
-bird watching
-late warm nights
-camp fires
-hot dogs
-bare feet in the grass
-cold beers
-lazy days

::I believe this::

"Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."

~ Lao Tzu