My Brother Lorne sent me a link to Douglas Noblet’s Wild Air Photography site. We grew up in the Kootenays in Southeastern, British Columbia, Canada. Douglas’ pictures left me in wonder. As a child growing up, you don’t fully appreciate what is out your back door. Doug’s awesome photographs make my heart swell with pride and leave me inspired. About earth. About nature. About home. Good Sunday morning. Continue reading “Sunday Morning: Home”
Tag: British Columbia
4:02 am. And, Inspired…
Good Wednesday morning. And Happy Halloween.
Here’s a selection of inspiring posts of the week from my favorite bloggers:
Shawn Smucker with his post: “One Sign of a Life Well Lived“: “Ours is a culture obsessed with sanitizing life, and not just in the physical or chemical sense. We want everything to line up with some unattainable standard, devoid of messiness or intrusion. Funeral services are to remain silent. Learning should be on point. Churches present their Statements of Faith as things which should not even be discussed. Children are expected to behave like robots. Can we become brave enough to leave room for some mess? Can we care less about modern sensitivities and more about meaning? Can we come to appreciate life in all of its unsanitized beauty?…Life = Mess.” I encourage you to read the entire post.
Tanushree Srivastava @ Charity Spring with her post: “Silence.” “Silence is underrated in today’s world. There is too much noise. Too many words and too much to say…Why do we have to fill in all the voids with words which are not needed?…Silence is often mistaken as symbol of weakness of a person, which is Wrong. I love silence and stillness…There is no greater power than silence which gives you the authority to steer anything in your favor…I personally spoke a lot and was a girl of too many words. But then realization struck me that I am losing on so much by creating my own noise and being always busy with thinking what I had to speak next. Always in a rush. I am sure many will relate to it. So change it like me. Life is amazing when you enjoy it with a calm and silent heart that is not rushing towards the next thought.”
4:56 am. And, Inspired…
Good Wednesday morning.
Here’s a selection of inspiring posts of the week from my favorite bloggers:
Cristian Mihai, with over 19,000 blog followers, with his post: “The 7 Golden Rules of Blogging“: I was quite sure that I would never become a successful blogger. I created some blogs on various platforms, but I never had the patience to build an audience. The thing is that I never asked myself whether I had something worth writing about on an almost daily basis. I think this is something a lot of bloggers struggle with. What’s worth sharing? What’s considered useful information?…
Dr. James Stratford @ Beyond the Call with his post: “How do you judge your self worth?” “I formed the opinion that everyone and everything is in a constant yet constantly changing form of perfection, that we can only ever be what we are in this moment, however ignorant or foolish or amazing that might be, based on the fact that we have lived our particular experience with our particular perspective that has been influences in unique ways since the moment we were born and probably long before. It’s a rationale that demands, often against superficial likes and dislikes, that I honour and respect everyone, including myself. Most of all it demands acceptance of people and conditions as they are. You might want to change the world, but it’s actually essential to be able to accept the way things are exactly as they are before you can do so. Usually, it’s in this clear mindset that we see the seeds of growth, the bud of the lotus, in the present conditions.
Saturday Morning Work-Out Inspiration: “Move”
“Move” was shot in Victoria, British Columbia, my home province.
MOVE – A (very) Short Film About Trail Running from Darcy Turenne on Vimeo.
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Cousin Billy
Saturdays during my childhood were spent playing with our cousins. Or fishing.
Billy was the oldest by a year. Like his Dad, he was built to run and had a spiritual connection with nature. With ease, Billy filled his match box with grasshoppers (for fish bait) while we stumbled around with the creatures making a mockery of us.
We’d grab our fishing poles and race our bikes to the Kootenay River. Billy would bound ahead from rock to rock. With grace. Like an Aboriginal Tracker. Quiet. Surefooted. No energy wasted.
The rest of us were in pursuit. Jimmy’s arms and legs flying. Baby fat rhythmically swinging up and down with each stride. Sweating profusely. Screaming at us to “wait up.”