in the torrents of life
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holding on…
just beneath the surface…
the leaves, for the moment, stuck in time… A Oregon coastal river waiting for freshets and salmon.
“There are two sorts of curiosity – the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.” Robert Wilson Lynd
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easy going…
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” Havelock Ellis
A moment frozen in time….
never to be repeated, just the same. Time is fleeting. We waste so much energy, life, thinking of the past, worrying about the future. In the moment, we let life rush on by.
Frame of mind…
“I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.” Henry David Thoreau
Time is swift….
“Time is swift, it races by; Opportunities are born and die… Still you wait and will not try – A bird with wings who dares not rise and fly.” A. A. Milne
turbulent times…
reaching across isn’t an option…turbulent times have arrived. Only a short time ago, the pace was idyllic and seemingly in harmony
changes have, once again, poured down and turbulent times have befallen the mind, the culture