See the Beauty

See the Beauty: Nothing

See the Beauty: Nothing

“Doing nothing often leads to the very best of something.” ― A. A. Milne . . . . . . In this season when we’re asked to do someTHING, anyTHING, everyTHING, this is a call to do noTHING. To step away from the hustle and bustle and find a moment of […]

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See the Beauty: Goodbye

See the Beauty: Goodbye

“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” ― Jack Kerouac . . . . […]

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See the Beauty: Time

See the Beauty: Time

“The phrase and the day and the scene harmonized in a chord. Words.” ― James Joyce . . . . . . Music lyrics have always fascinated me. I used to sit for hours reading through the words while the music played. Sometimes understanding their meaning, sometimes not — but […]

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See the Beauty: Name

See the Beauty: Name

“…So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.⁣” ― The Bible . . . . . . This week, I’m sharing words that Lindsay wrote earlier this week, because it’s impossible for me to say it any better myself. This is […]

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See the Beauty: Bittersweet

See the Beauty: Bittersweet

“Sometimes a thing and the opposite of a thing are true at the same time.” ― Wynton Marsalis . . .   . . . Lindsay’s a six, and I’m a seven. What’s that mean? It’s Enneagram speak for our respective types. She best associates with #6 — the committed, […]

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See the Beauty: Rhythm

See the Beauty: Rhythm

“The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and […]

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See the Beauty: Rooted

See the Beauty: Rooted

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.” ― Simone Weil . . .   . . . When we moved to Colorado in the spring of 2019, we uprooted our lives in pursuit of a dream to live amongst the mountains. […]

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See the Beauty: Unmoored

See the Beauty: Unmoored

“In an unmoored life like mine, sleep and hunger and work arrange themselves to suit themselves, without consulting me.” ― Kurt Vonnegut . . . . . . I know someone who forgot how much she loved to paint because she stopped doing it years ago after her husband belittled her […]

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