so moving.

 

This may be one of the most powerful image I've have ever seen . I touches me in a deep soul moving way . Tears spring from not my eyes but from that deep well of compassion that is hard to put into words. Compassion yes but gratitude for this act of caring awakens in me of how the smallest act of caring helps another and moves me to new awareness of this need deeper into my being.I know I've tried to say what his means to me and it is really beyond words . May this photo move you as it has me. 

Progress not Perfection

I have found change can take time . When I find a defect that needs changing in me  , there seems to be a pattern in how I address it. When I entered AA , I was told in our Big Book that I was self centered run extreme that was not good news but I owned it . Now that I had been spiritual enlighted to a defect .It was not something I knew before that moment so none of that defect before I accept it should I cry over.I will make admends but I was not enlightened so as to beat nyself over it but to address it. I have found for me it has taken several years of doing that act before I can make great progress of correcting, From the first moment I continue doing this defect and then say to myself in amazement ,"  I can't believe I do that "! I had not realize it before that previous moment of clarity . Many moment of clarity become enlightenment. As the time passes I continue to make progress on a defect-Progress not perfection seems to be the rule.

Quiet

Finished "Walden" again . I love this book . It helps keep me center . I know it has it's faults but what it gives me negates them. I believe strongly in firm goals and goal settings .These are better set with a quiet center. An unbalanced center would seem to me to set chaotic goals.This is the first day of the rest of my life---YEA !!!!!!

Flowers within flower

                 
                                I love this photo . The purple bloom is less than a half inch across.

precious

Child of  God

The best lesson I ever got from oa was this. Are you ready? Whatever you see in someone else is in you .If you see preciousness it is in you or it would just go right over your head. You would not recognize it. So one day 20 years ago my grandson was lying on the floor too new even to turn over by himself .I was looking at him and I saw innocence and purity. this light went off in my head. I just saw innocence and purity so it must be in me or I could not have recognized it. I have claimed that ever since .I now have a switch in my head that goes :if I see someone and think she so sweet- the switch says : I'm sweet .I love the word precious. I'm precious - you are precious and my grandkids and yours become the key to understanding how wondrous we are. Neat ,huh ? Love to you precious wondrous little child of God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Small wild flower I saw this morning less than a half an inch.

Naked soul-Kazantzakis.

Copied this from "Zorba Te Greek" . I thought it was so beautiful. I love all of Kazantzakis books.