One Good Thing: Remembering - A River of Stones

Monday, January 2, 2012

Remembering - A River of Stones

memory is

a blank canvas

painted with emotion

I'm participating in small, daily observations throughout January:

A River of Stones

18 comments:

TexWisGirlJanuary 2, 2012 at 3:32 PM
nice. and deep.
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teriJanuary 2, 2012 at 3:45 PM
The canvas you share is stunning... Happy New Year!
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Judith C EvansJanuary 2, 2012 at 6:52 PM
The stormy image complements the words. Well done!
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AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 7:34 PM
Welcome back and thank you for sharing your good things -- both beautiful posts...I look forward to checking back often.
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Ms. BeckyJanuary 2, 2012 at 9:09 PM
welcome back to blogging Barb. I'm happy you're participating in January River. I'm trying my hand again too. your stones are always thoughtful and deep. great photo too. wishing you all the best cheer of 2012 Barb. take care now. I look forward to your stones.
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AnonymousJanuary 2, 2012 at 11:32 PM
What words of wisdom! And a stunning shot.
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NancyJanuary 3, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Inspiring photo and words, Barb. :)
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TomokoJanuary 3, 2012 at 7:19 AM
That is a beautiful canvas. I can not help sighing.
Tomoko.
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susanvgJanuary 3, 2012 at 7:22 AM
I love the shot -there is a sense of moving forward. Memories change with time, sometimes washed away and rewritten.
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FilipBlogJanuary 3, 2012 at 9:05 AM
Hi Barb,

Good to see that you are actively blogging again and with a very picture.

Greetings,
Filip
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Carol MattinglyJanuary 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Barb, this image just spoke to me and I can't tell you why. But I will say this, the blues and grays are fantastic. And on a sidebar I'd love to be near a beach. Carol
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AnonymousJanuary 3, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Well, this is a wonderful start to the month. I have to say that some canvases are more blank than others.
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LindaJanuary 3, 2012 at 3:13 PM
love this sentiment... so true. peace...
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LindaJanuary 3, 2012 at 3:14 PM
so true, painted with emotion. which changes over time. peace...
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HildredJanuary 3, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Beautiful photo Barb, - and perceptive words.
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JDSJanuary 4, 2012 at 3:46 PM
Barb, that is an evocative thought and a vivid photo (California?). Glad to have your blog posts back up to read!
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Inger-MJanuary 6, 2012 at 5:09 PM
The picture is stunning, and it goes so well with the text, or vice versa!
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Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 8, 2012 at 1:29 PM
I love deserted, winter beaches. And hey, very nice aphorism!
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Inspiration from Others

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same. - Carlos Castenada, mystic and author (1925-1998)

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission. - Eleanor Roosevelt, diplomat, author, and lecturer (1884-1962)

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big,  worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's  the grain of sand in your shoe. - Robert Service, writer (1874-1958)

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. - Saint Augustine (354-430)

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. -- Unknown

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste they hurry past it.
- Soren Kierkegaard, philosopher (1813-1855)

A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places. - Paul Gardner, painter

To see a world in a grain of sand, / And a heaven in a wild flower, / Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, / And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)

Those who wish to sing always find a song. - Swedish proverb

This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere: the dew is never all dried at once: a shower is forever falling, vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.
- John Muir, naturalist, explorer, and writer (1838-1914)

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

- Virginia Woolf, writer (1882-1941)

Simply give others a bit of yourself:
a thoughtful act,
a helpful idea,
a word of appreciation,
a lift over a rough spot,
a sense of understanding,
a timely suggestion.
You take something out of your mind,
garnished in kindness out of your heart,
and put it into the other person's mind and heart.
- Charles H. Burr