Death is simple. Life is messy. Give me life, the more complicated the better.
–Tom Robbins
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Kaleidoscope #164
Perhaps that is where our choice lies — in determining how we will meet the inevitable end of things, and how we will greet each new beginning.
–Elana K. Arnold, Burning
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This one came out of the archive. It’s a stormy Atlantic Ocean from a trip to Nags Head, North Carolina in the late 90’s. I had one of those awesome film cameras that took panoramic shots. Film negative saved to CD.
Kaleidoscope #163
Only in the moments of being alone in the darkness on the raft, will you have the space to speak, listen, and to act from the heart. Only in the moments of pain, do we begin to empathize with humankind. Only when you are lost, you will find new meaning. Float on.
–Forrest Curran, Purple Buddha Project: Purple Book of Self-Love
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay.
Kaleidoscope #162
Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment – this day – is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day – each moment of this day – a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.
–Dan Custer
Below is the original photo used to create this image. All I can say, is sometimes you have to look down to see a rainbow.. I caught this oil-slick rainbow at dusk after a rain just outside my office building with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #527
It is often in the darkest
skies that we see the
brightest stars.
― Richard Evans
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is a royalty-free image from Pixabay.
Kaleidoscope #161
Egyptians believe in the power of the sunrise. They believe each morning begins not just a new day, but a new world.
–Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a gorgeous sunset taken outside of Mesa, Arizona in November, 2008 at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party. If you look closely, you can make out saguaro cacti. A simple snap from my Kodak Share camera.
Kaleidoscope #160
Every time your heart is broken, a doorway cracks open to a world full of new beginnings, new opportunities.
–Patti Roberts, The Angels Are Here
Below is the original photo used to create this image. This is an image from Pixabay.
Kaleidoscope #159
Partings are the beginnings of new meetings. Beginnings happen because there are endings.
–Natsuki Takaya, Fruits Basket, Vol. 22
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s a bush from the front of my house that has its winter berries going on. Taken on an bright morning with no special lighting or retouching, just a snap from my smart phone.
Kaleidoscope #158
It is a new world, and we must decide how we are to end this old one and begin it anew.
–Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin
Below is the original photo used to create this image. It’s the big blue sky pic I took on a recent trip to Illinois. No special lighting or retouching, simply a snap from my smart phone. Yes, the sky really was that blue…
Quote of the Day – Your current situation…
Your current situation is no indication of your ultimate potential.
–Anthony Robbins
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D.M. Sessous: writer, artist & dreamer 