Sunday Morning Reflections

 

The mountains are calling and I must go...

John Muir

Sunday Morning Reflections ~ California

Nowhere on the continent 

did Americans find a more diverse nature,

a land of more impressive forms and more 

powerful contrast than in California.

Wallace Stegner

 

Sunday Morning Reflections

Thank God...they cannot cut down the clouds.

Henry David Thoreau

Sent by Jane from the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA

Thank you.

As I read Thoreau's words, I wondered if perhaps they had been cutting down trees in the vicinity of Walden Pond. I don't know how much of the land around there was his.

Sunday Morning Reflections

The last leaf on the tree branch  

tells its story of tenacity

Sunday Morning Reflections

A moment.

 

Sunday Morning Reflections

 

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Psalm 90:12

Sunday Morning Reflections

 

"Quiet the mind and the soul will speak." 

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati

Sunday Morning Reflections

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Sunday Morning Reflections

 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,

whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee.

                                                           Isaiah 26:3

Sunday Morning Reflections

I've been absent from blogging for far too long, so this is to let you know that Faith and I will be back soon. 

I'm healthy now and I want to join you, my friends, again with stories and photos from both my present life and from all the memories I have collected over my 84 years on this earth. 

And, of course, I want to find out how you are. Having left blogging for so long, I have a lot to catch up on. 

Faith and I will see you soon. 

 

Sunday Morning Reflections

 

This last day of 2023, I should perhaps reflect on the year that was, but I don't think I can.

Just thinking about the two large wars, the children and everyone else who suffer and die, makes it too difficult. I will leave the writing to those better qualified than me.

On a personal level, I can say that this was the year when my brain got foggy and only recently recovered. Only forgetfulness lingers, but as long as I remember the things I need to remember and my phone can remind me of the rest, I'm not worried.

A scary thought: about 10% of patients 65 and older develop cognitive decline after surgery. 

Fortunately, this didn't happen to me, but I couldn't think as well, manage my money as well, remember things, do cross words and other puzzles, and so on for the year after my surgery. 

I also lost a lot of energy and gained a lot of pain. I'm working to resolve both of those issues.

This was also the year I got old. No recovery from that.

But I'm happy, I learned a long time ago, when I finally realized that I would not have children, to accept and let go. 

Acceptance is a necessary part of a happy life.

 

 

Sunday Morning Reflections

 

Reflecting on Thanksgiving, a day I spent being thankful for my beautiful, kind and caring friends; my, in spite of all the setbacks, still very good health; my home in the midst of nature and my very smart, caring and protective dog, Faith. 

We all know it's important to feel gratitude and for me it changed the mood I've been in for the past few weeks. 

I felt a bit depressed and down because I simply didn't feel well physically. Spending Thanksgiving thinking on things and realizing how much I have to be thankful for, changed all that. 

And I began to feel better physically as well. 

It's all so interconnected, isn't it?

Sunday Morning Reflections

 

Love, Trust and Devotion