Excellence...Within Reach

There are some things you wouldn't change, even if you could.

Things that can't be improved on, because they are just about as exquisite as anything gets. Things that appeal to our senses and sensibilities - like a perfect moment, a piece of music, a look, a creation - that we rely on to take us beyond standards. Things that soar above the level best. These are the things that we call 'classics' they bring a quiet magnificence into our homes and hearts. They often come to us from a time when people's visions are clearer, when they can see the way through to truths about how we could live, and what we would achieve, if we combined equal parts of wisdom, integrity, purpose, and love. Classics aren't always lofty and unattainable; most of them are easily within our reach. And they teach us that though we can't always add to the quantity of our daily lives, we can do wondrous things about their quality." Douglas Pagels

"So Deep Inside My Soul"

This is my beloved friend David Troy.
A true and beautiful light on this planet.
He glowed just a bit brighter than the rest of us...
The second set of lyrics read
'Never to fall from balance
or from Grace
or to leave this Sacred Place,'  
but actually should be
'Never to fall from balance
or from Grace
or to leave this Sacred Space,'
I apologize for this rather amateurish attempt.
I didn't have the time I needed to create a perfect upload.
They lyrics are so beautiful it is wrong not to share them.
Listening to the song, transcribing, then creating three Word documents was just
the beginning. Using screen capture I was able to convert those word docs,  to .jpeg format.
Unfortunately, the .JPEG docs/lyrics didn't turn out as clearly as I'd like...
Still, they serve their purpose. That purpose is to share these lyrics and the beauty of this song with you.
I don't want any more time slip by.
It is too beautiful of a song not to share.
I have waited too long!
Was a dear friend and I were honored to have been serenaded with this song,
it was enchanting and magical. A truly special moment...

David Troy,
your memory is Forever...

Summer Sweet - Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida 

27 February 1863 – 10 August 1923
                                                 Valencian - Spanish Painter

Bird Gherl - Antony and the Johnsons

I am a bird girl now
I've got my heart
Here in my hands now
              I've been searching
                                    For my wings some time
                                          I'm gonna be born
Into soon the sky

'Cause I'm a bird girl
And the bird girls go to heaven
I'm a bird girl
          And the bird girls can fly
                                                  Bird girls can fly

"There's Nothing Wrong With The Love That's In Her Eye..."

Vincent

Sunshine Day Dream...

"Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine
  Let the sunshine in
    The sunshine in
                     Let the sunshine
                  
                                                             Let the sunshine in
                            The sun shine in..."

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Letting Growth Have Its Way

Letting Growth Have Its Way 

How many times the light changes

in the day—shines— 

casts the forgotten 

back to shadow. 

In the hills I see

trees and they are 

lovely. I sometimes 

weave a way through 

their canopies and roots. 

But what compels me 

from this present distance 

is their collective shape— 

a body laid out in total 

surrender to earth and sky. 

Oh, if my body was that body. 

If I could lay myself down, 

let growth have its way. 

© Sarah Harwell

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