“As high over the mountains the eagle spreads its wings, may your perspective be larger than the view from the foothills. When the way is flat and dull in times of gray endurance, may your imagination continue to evoke horizons.” — John O‘Donohue

Lay down your arms. Let it go, and return to gratefulness.

So many who are prideful and assume to know what’s best for others yet fail to accept their own failings and weaknesses, never realizing that those are the places where God’s grace shines brightest.

October Through The Cabin Window on Flickr.

Drifting light on an afternoon in late October. Cade’s Cove @ Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.”  - Deepak Chopra Cascade stream in Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Appalachian Spring on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Middle Fork of the Little Pigeon River @ Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

Mountain Laurel Digital Art by Jim Crotty on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Mountain Laurel in Great Smoky Mountain National Park digital art nature photography by Jim Crotty

Haunting light of a fall afternoon. Old homestead cabin @ Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

October afternoon in Great Smoky Mountain National Park.