The power of vulnerability

To my husband, who freed me to be vulnerable, and to love him whole heartedly.

AWEsome

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Unlike the "me, me, me" that most varieties of pleasure trigger, AWE MAKES US FEEL WARM and fuzzy toward those around us.
Overwhelming, surprising, humbling, even alittle terrifying- Awe is what we feel when faced with something sublime, exceptional or altogether beyond comprehension.
How can science measure the feeling of peering over the Grand Canyon or holding your newborn for the first time?
Dacher Keltner, PhD believes that more nuanced sensations-compassion, forgiveness, humility, and awe are what push us beyond self-interest and "wire us for good." Cultivating awe, he says, is part of unlocking the truest sense of life's purpose. In Keltner's words, awe shifts a person's thinking "toward the collective" - O, Nov 2010

merry christmas

Yuji Obata HOMAGE TO WILSON A. BENTLEY #3, 2005-2006.
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wonderfully 1 year

On our flight back home from Scottsdale,

October 30

No Promises

To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable; and
wealthy, not rich; to study hard,
think quietly, talk gently, act frankly...to
listen to stars and buds, to babes and
sages, with open heart; await occasions,
hurry never...this is my symphony

-william henry channing

Ch. 3

"Dance as though no one is watching you.
Love as though you have never been hurt before.
Sing as though no one can hear you.
Live as though heaven is on earth."
-souza

That's how a new chapter began.