Breathe and smile

Pray
Meditate
Be aware/Stay awake
Bow
Practise yoga
Feel
Chant and sing
Breathe and smile
Relax/Enjoy/Laugh/Play
Create/Envision
Let Go/Forgive/Accept
Walk/Exercise/Move
Work/Serve/Contribute
Listen/Learn/Inquire
Consider/Reflect


Cultivate oneself/Enhance competencies
Cultivate contentment
Cultivate flexibility
Cultivate friendship and collaboration
Lighten up
Celebrate and appreciate
Dream
Give thanks
Evolve
Love  
Share/Give/Receive
Walk softly/Live gently
Expand/Radiate/Dissolve
Simplify
Surrender/Trust
Be born anew 

 

It's not without irony...

It's not without irony that I'm a photographer...

In fact, my mother is the one who gave me my first camera.  I started out shooting with film,  reluctantly switched to digital and haven't looked back since.

Today is my mother's birthday - she would have been 60 years young...

It's not without irony that I'm a photographer. ..

Not one picture do i have of my mother with my children.  Not one. When I'm at a shoot i often find myself capturing images i would want my mother to have with my kids...it's why i enjoy capturing my clients hands.   

It is not without irony that i am a photographer. ..

No pictures in today's blog.  Just a tribute to my mother and one of the only days i allow myself to cry until i can smile:

Until next time,
B

Be a mighty kindness...

"Be helpless, dumbfounded,
Unable to say yes or no.
Then a stretcher will come from grace
to gather us up.

We are too dull-eyed to see that beauty.
If we say we can, we’re lying.
If we say No, we don’t see it,
That No will behead us
And shut tight our window onto spirit.

So let us rather not be sure of anything,
Beside ourselves, and only that, so
Miraculous beings come running to help.
Crazed, lying in a zero circle, mute,
We shall be saying finally,
With tremendous eloquence, Lead us.
When we have totally surrendered to that beauty,
We shall be a mighty kindness."
— Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Earth, Tree and Grass = A Lovely Day

During the ceremony the bride, an avid performer and musician, sang 'Lovely Day'.  I was completely unprepared for the simple emotion expressed.  No one present stood a chance, by the time she was finished, there wasn't a dry eye for miles...

Here is a glimpse into their lovely day with lyrics:

When I wake up in the morning,

 love, 

and the sun light hurts my eyes...

And something without warning, love,

bears heavy on my mind. 

Then I look at you  

and the world's alright with me

Just one look at you 

and I know it's gonna be - 

A lovely day - 

lovely day...

lovely day...

lovely day...

lovely day...

When the day that lies ahead of me 

 seems impossible to face;

And someone else instead of me 

always seems to know the way; 

Then I look at you 

and 

the world's alright with me; 

Just one look at you 

 and I know it's gonna be -

A lovely day - 

lovely day

lovely day...

lovely day

The earth their church, 

the tree their altar, 

 the grass their chairs.

 And a lovely day it was.

 Until next time.

b