Always, even before the mountains were born, it was the sea that folded its dark soul around algae bloom and plankton and embryonic fishes, around ashen rain and shattered prisms of light, and offered up its titanic floor as the resting place of life. Consider that broken shell just washed ashore, its barnacle covered walls … More Requiem
“They search life and search their soul. When you’re searching, you’re suddenly a lot more open to the world around you, to the possibilities, to things you never thought about before.” ― Cecilia Ahern Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we’re cabable of. — Phil McGraw * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2014
for the smallest sense that something was shielding me from the entire rest of the world, keeping me safe not from danger, but from vastness itself.” ― Cheryl Strayed * * * Photo credit: Jan Logozzo © 2013
The sea is a force that connects, both by its ageless presence and its tomorrow’s hold. But, mostly, its strength resides in the powers that pull it and us from one horizon to the next, that cause sailors to stand and to face the sea and salute. Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2013
but that’s not what ships are built for. — Guel Attel Feed your sense of wonder with the voyages of dreams, adventure and discovery. * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
Butterflies, according to Chinese symbolism, represent young love, especiallly lasting love. Legend has it that a poor young man and a rich man’s daughter were deeply in love. But being a poor scholar, the young man was rejected by the young woman’s father, who separated the couple and forbade them from seeing each other. Heartbroken, … More Gift of lasting love
a shelter from the storm, it exists to give you comfort, it is there to keep you warm, and in those times of trouble, when you are most alone, the memory of love will bring you home. – John Denver * * * Photo credit, Mary O’Connor © 2014
“We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.” — Madeleine L’Engle Do we hear what they have to say? * * * Photo credit: Mary O’Connor © 2014
bad stomach, or simply caught in a bad way by the camera, bad days happen sometimes to all of us. Just make the best of it and move on! * * * Photo: Lion on the Serengeti by Mary O’Connor © 2014
Life Is Full of Sweet Spots 