Living Like A River

 Featured image: Fields Along the Edge of the River

Living like a river

Flowing crystal clear

Carried by current

Wind and surprise

Unfolding

Wind Song II

 

Featured image: As The Wind Blows

Perfect scoops of breeze

And

Wings

Pines Silver green

Dance with

Wind song

Fragments

 

Featured image: Green Trees on the Mountain

Woods gathering

Fragments of sound

Filled with silver white

A temple for listening

Shy-ly

 Featured image: Black Bird

Above shy-ly

She waits

Taking her moment

Squirrels gone

Blackbird

Lands in the

White white snow

Sitting Still

 Featured image: At Peace

Sitting still
Delighted to be where
I am
Sensing the
Woods.
These woods
Hold all the
Yes, yes, yes-es
Of the natural,
Including a
Gentle footprint
And hopeful
Prayers that
Happen in
Solitude.

Integrity

 Featured image: Fences

I learned a long time ago that I need to live with integrity and my integrity should be guided by my principles.

While the word integrity is loaded down with many philosophical discussions and debate, I find it suits me so I describe myself that way.
I found this definition of the work integrity:
Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions. Wikipedia

Recently, in the local newspaper John Bates in his column ended with this quote and I thought I would share it with you in case you don’t get the paper or may have missed it. “Every human has four endowments – self-awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.” Stephen Covey.

Our Soul's Reality

 Featured image: Balance

My sense of the real, the nature of things, is the same as my sense of the natural.  And my sense of the natural is linked to my sense of our/my spirit and soul, beauty.  That is the beauty within us that shines throughout our spirit and our soul.