Good Morning, Morning!

"Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished."

~Michael Strassfeld

A song by "Snow Patrol." Have a beautiful day!

Clifty Creek intimate cascade, originally uploaded by Bernie Kasper.

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. Suffering can be likened to a baptism - the passing over the threshold of pain and grief and anguish to claim a new state of being.

~George Eliot

Good Morning, Morning!

Double A trees, originally uploaded by B℮n.

"I think dreams are special destinies that God gives to people. It's like your own little cosmic fortune cookie."

~Chaedria LaBouvier (a friend of mine)

Good Morning, Morning!

102 - Apr 12 - Bunny Slippers, originally uploaded by ladybugrock.

“Bunny slippers remind me of who I am. You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they're so jaunty. They make a statement; they say, 'Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can't be silly and frivolous.' If I died and found myself in Hell, I could endure the place if I had bunny slippers.”

-Dean Koontz

Good Morning, Morning!

As their world suddenly turned upside down, they were barely able to cling on..., originally uploaded by cmac66.

The world has enough pain, loss and difficulty to keep all of us sad, bitter and hurt for a lifetime.

The world also has enough hope, love and renewal to bring us a full measure of joy, happiness and fulfillment - even in the midst of life's inevitable sorrows and losses.

- Dr. Neil Neimark

Green Algae on Oak, originally uploaded by maxi millipede.

“The sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brain. This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.” -Annie Dillard