To The New Year
With what stillness at last you appear in the valley, your first sunlight reaching down to touch the tips of a few high leaves that do not stir, as though they had not noticed and did not know you at all. Then the voice of a dove calls from far away, in itself, to the hush of the morning. So this is the sound of you, here and now, whether or not anyone hears it. This is where we have come with our age, our knowledge, such as it is, and our hopes, such as they are, invisible before us, untouched and still possible.
W. S. Merwin
Margestau, Gers
Every year we start out with a set of resolutions, either consciously or unconsciously. We begin with good intentions and end in defeat because we don’t have a plan. Having a plan is the first step in making your dreams comes true. This year re-create your life, write a new narrative for yourself and hold it in your heart and mind.
Aux Arbeils, Ayzieu
Windows are perfect metaphors for insight and perception, from the painted windows of Vermeer to the stained glass windows of Chartres Catherdral. They are the portals thorough which we make the unknown, known. The world we see through an open window is a reflection of our world within. Thackeray said, the world is a looking glass and gives back to everyone the reflection of his own thoughts.
Sacre Coeur from Musée d’Orsay
A few weeks ago I was at a bookstore and came across a book called The Secret of the Ages written by Robert Collier in 1926. It is the book from which the popular sensation, The Secret, and all of the other Law of Attraction books sprung from. I bought it, read it and realized that there were some simple, common sense truths to be gained from within its covers which mirrored my own conviction that we are each responsible for the quality of our own lives
Alhambra, Spain
Tonight, before you go to sleep, see yourself through your mind’s eye. Concentrate on the one thing you want most out of life, what you want to change or what you want to re-create. Visualize it and have faith in your creative powers. In the morning make it tangible. Put it on paper, draw it, write it, collage it, photograph it, paint it. Then plan how you will achieve your goal. Analyze the steps involved. Do one thing, every day, towards that goal. Keep going. Don’t procrastinate. Just one step, every day. There will be no limit to what you can create.
