“If we can be fearless, and be with our pain, it turns. It doesn’t stay static. It only doesn’t change if we refuse to look at it. When we look at it, when we take it in our hands, when we can just be with it and keep breathing, then it turns. It turns to reveal its other face. And the other face of our pain for the world is our love for the world, our absolutely inseparable connectedness with all life.”
Joanna Macy
The morning I took this image the weather app said +19 degrees but my aging body felt like it was more like -19 degrees!! The number is insignificant as it was bitter cold for me on this March morning. The cold is more painful than in years past. However those blue skies, low lying clouds and sunshine called me to be fearless and venture out to Reservoir RIdge Natural Area. The experience was exhilarating both physically and spiritually. Yes, I do have a love for this world! More rain/snow possible in the morning with very high wind gusts of 80 mph. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
2 Comments
Faye White
This is a beautiful, Chamber of Commerce worthy image! I admire your tenacity to get out there in the freezing temps… surely, Spring is near.
Monte Stevens
Thank you, Faye. I sure hesitate on some mornings. Some mornings I return much earlier than expected. And, some mornings, which is happening more often, I say to hell with it!! No tenacity at all!!!