“In still moments by the sea life seems large-drawn and simple. It is there we can see into ourselves.”
― Rolf Edberg
“In still moments by the sea…we can see into ourselves.”
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“Each life needs its own quiet place.”
“Each life needs its own quiet place.”
– Melody Beattie
“A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time”
“A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time”
― Patrick Geddes
“beauty lies between”
“…beauty lies between the extremities of order and complexity
― Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
“We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.”
“We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.”
― David Mitchell, The Cloud Atlas
“a parallel life”
“a parallel life, as dreams shadow
waking but never intersect it”
— Edmund White
“it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.”
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“All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must learn how to be alone – and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.”
— David Whyte
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After the Tourists are Gone
“Once you have traveled…the mind can never break off from the journey.”
― Pat Conroy
“Once you have traveled…the mind can never break off from the journey.”
― Pat Conroy
“find your eternity in each moment”
“find your eternity in each moment”
Henry David Thoreau.April 24, 1859
“Once we choose hope, everything is possible.”
“At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope… cling to it with absolute determination.
When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love.
Once we choose hope, everything is possible.”
“remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
“Remember, remember always,
that all of us, and you and I especially,
are descended from immigrants
and revolutionists.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
220 Years of Respite
On my travels along the California coast this year I retreated from the 100 degree heat and the endless, unrelenting freeways into this otherworldly house of worship – the San Luis Rey Mission in Oceanside, California.
Here it is cool and still and with one step past the threshold the outside world simply ceases to exist. Here time stands still and the rarefied ambiance of 220 years takes over my being. One lone man sits in midday prayer before me.
Some time later, my being in balance, I depart through the church doors and, as I do, I recall the opening lyrics of the Elton John song “60 Years On”.
Who’ll walk me down to church when I’m sixty years of age
When the ragged dog they gave me has been ten years in the grave
And señorita plays guitar, plays it just for you
My rosary has broken and my beads have all slipped through.
— Bernie Taupin
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