Perspective! Endure or enjoy!

Perspective is something every artist learns at the beginning of their art training. It took my spirit longer to learn that perspective determines everything about your journey. The difference between enduring or enjoying.....giving up or letting go.....suffering or choosing happiness. How we view things mentally always find its expression in our physical composition. We cannot change our history, but we can focus on the future with great expectations. We cannot adjust our circumstances or the events in our lives, but we can control our response to them. We can create our perspective....court God's blessings with appreciation, encourage the future by finding the joy in today and trusting that what we cheer on, will appear in our composition.

Aspen Glow

There is definitely an autumn glow that is fleeting as the
winter light dims with Payne's Gray clouds and the ice
begins to make lace patterns on the edges of creeks.
Change is inevitable and the glow often fleeting.What
does not change in the human mind and heart is wonder,
hope and belief in the possibilities as things unfold in
their own season. Do not mistake the unfolding as chaos
or disarray....it is the order of seasons, the evolving of cultures,
the search for destiny and the longing for a better world.

Many, many birthdays and anniversaries to come!

Happy Birthday to my sister and Happy 40th anniversary too! This one's for you!

First snow!

The first snow always reminds us of the miracle
of a fresh new earth covering that makes everything
seem beautiful. That happened yesterday and
when my great niece awoke from her nap she
was ecstatic.....the miracle had happened
while she slept. Now she was busy finding
her mittens and boots to be a part of it. Don't miss
the miracles!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you a very Happy Thanksgiving!
It is the greater part of courage to give
thanks for every precarious piece of
this wonderful messy life. May we
understand and trust our many
blessings and share them
with one another.