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IOTD …. “Image of the Day”, #15!!
~~September 16, 2014~~
Los Morrillos Light, also known as Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, is a historic lighthouse located in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
~~History~~
Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Puerto Rico, this lighthouse was constructed in 1882 in order to guide passing ships through the southeast entrance from the Caribbean Sea through the treacherous Mona Passage into the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse is located over a white lime cliff which is surrounded by salt water lagoons and marshes. The cliffs surrounding the lighthouse drop over 200 feet into the ocean.
A dear blogger friend showed me what this means: mchelsmusings.
You can find her here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/
“IOTD is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for…
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IOTD …. “Image of the Day”, #15!!
~~September 16, 2014~~
Los Morrillos Light, also known as Faro Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, is a historic lighthouse located in the municipality of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
~~History~~
Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Puerto Rico, this lighthouse was constructed in 1882 in order to guide passing ships through the southeast entrance from the Caribbean Sea through the treacherous Mona Passage into the Atlantic Ocean. The lighthouse is located over a white lime cliff which is surrounded by salt water lagoons and marshes. The cliffs surrounding the lighthouse drop over 200 feet into the ocean.
A dear blogger friend showed me what this means: mchelsmusings.
You can find her here: http://mchelsmusings.wordpress.com/
“IOTD is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for…
View original post 63 more words
Wisdom from the Past
Most of you know I am a parent, with many beautiful grandchildren, none of whom I get to see enough.
When I do see them, I try to pass on a little wisdom, but my words are not always adequate, so sometimes, just sometimes, I rely on the wise words of others.
I thought I would share some of these with you today, in print and in song.
And the Two of Them Walked Together:
A Parent’s Advice to a Child
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those to impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about our loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings — nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run —
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And — which is more — you’ll be a Man, my son!
–Rudyard Kipling
A Cloud of Love
A cloud of love
Yes, that is what I wish for you
A cloud of love
to descend from the heavens
Angel’s playground
Envelope you – hold you – caress you
Give you a place for those falling tears to land
A cloud of love
reminiscent of cotton candy dreams
A place where you are protected
A place where you become strong again
A place to lay your head and rest
A cloud of love
unconditional love is expressed
and known
You feel your soul begin to stand up and take notice
This cloud of love offers you a safe haven
The place that just “is”
And you recharge your love
And you know
you just know
And everything makes perfect sense
You know exactly what you need to do
You know the steps that you must take
You know the path leads to your home
Yes, I wish for…
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