in the spirit of compassion & seeing what is true
acknowledging the mistakes i’ve made this past year
the changes i am still working on as a Rosh Hashanah draws near
the times i have not been patient enough with others or myself
remembering in turning the page that the next breath is fresh
that growth is possible shift happens love is who we are
forward is a circle & we are different each go around
grateful for kindness
unexpected challenges
that led me right here
may suffering teach us to soften our hearts
listen to the cries of our world
longing for mercy
dying for peace
may we be moved to reach out
do what we can to heal wounds
ancient scabs torn open
show our children that terror & scorn must cease
growth is always possible
shift happens
love love love
shift happens
love love love
is who we truly are
may this New Year be sweet & filled with goodness
for all beings everywhere
L’shana Tova Umetuka
L’shana Tova Umetuka
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Welcome
to Week Seventy-One of
I
Heart Macro
"Pure
awareness transcends thinking... It allows you to look at the world once again
with open eyes. And when you do so, a sense of wonder and quiet contentment
begins to reappear in your life."~Mark Williams and Danny Pennman, from Mindfulness An
Eight-Week Plan For Finding Peace In A Frantic World
It is time for YOU to share the love up-close with YOUR
I Heart Macro offerings!
Beautiful, Laura.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful prayer for us all...we surely must embrace love and cast out hatred...here's to a wonderful, peaceful, hopeful, loving New Year Laura! I have linked in both blogs.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo series!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images and inspiring words.
ReplyDeleteL'Shana Tova.
Love your ripples and your tree branch stretching into the water. Shana tova!
ReplyDeleteLaura, these photographs are truly so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteexquisite photos, Laura! lovely details and colors. wise words.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful beadlet!
ReplyDeleteInspiring words my friend and your photos take my breath away.
ReplyDeleteI love the LIGHT in your photos, and that droplet is really great! I am so inspired.
ReplyDeleteA lyrical and lovely autumn tribute.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully said Laura.
ReplyDeleteyour message has deep meaning for me this day, humbly I thank you...
ReplyDeleteso lovely - A shift in energy and in season and within myself. I find myself seeking this time and space.
ReplyDeleteMay it be the perfect new year for you! xx
ReplyDeleteSurely this is a site well worth seeing.
ReplyDeletevery beautiful pictures
ReplyDeleteautumn leaves with brilliant colors
Very meaningful and heartfelt and if only we all could follow it... hugs...Michelle
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, Laura ... I see so many hearts, including an incredible shadow heart, a bokeh heart, a flower heart, a leaf heart.
ReplyDeleteYou are often in my thoughts, dear Laura.
Amazing colours in some of the shots and fantastic reflections in others.
ReplyDeleteAs always I see such beauty through your eyes. You are so very dear. ((hugs))
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful words and images. "Forward is a circle", I love that!
ReplyDeleteYou know what John Lennon reportedly said. "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans." Sometimes the unexpected is just what is needed.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Laura,
ReplyDeletethese images touch me deeply, the dry leaves that look so like folds of ancient cloth.
Your haiku of being lead puts me in mind of a reflection I wrote today on faith and where it brings us. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteHello Laura ! Thanks for your kind words on my blog.
ReplyDeleteI always I'm moved by your pictures and your words when I visit your blog on the we reflections contest ; your love for Nature is deep and strong, it shows in the way you are able to capture those beautiful details with so much art (ou heart ? ^^).
I'm participating to your I heart macro contest, with my candies for soldier ; they are Bergamote de Nancy, a Lorraine (area in North-East of France) candy speciality flavored with bergamot. It is not a flower, but I hope you will find them sweet. ^^
You really have mastered light and colors! Excellent photos!
ReplyDeleteLove the way you have turned the autumn leaves into stain-glass windows. Great shots.
ReplyDeleteA sweet New Year, Laura!
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
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I love your photos.
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i'm back with the golden light and one crimson leaf falling. thank you for returning too! xo
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