“We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It’s one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it’s another to think that yours is the only path.” ― Paulo Coelho

Even in the deep darkness of winter in Ohio, there is beauty. It’s not a matter of where to look. It’s how to see. Moreover, how to be.

“Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.” ― Walt Whitman

“Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” ― Rumi

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart…” -William Wordsworth #huntingisland #blackandwhitephotography

“My witness is the empty sky.” ― Jack Kerouac

“Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important then proving anything to anyone” ― Alan Cohen

Follow your heart, listen to your spirit, lift your soul. So much for which to be thankful with even more still to come.

There’s this bridge.

Up there, running across at sunset, can be pretty amazing. When you’re between water and sky at twilight there’s an opening of energy that feeds the soul. I’m sure there were more than a few long time Hilton Head residents who did not like seeing that bridge and highway go up over “their” island, but I’m thankful for it. The views over Broad Creek at sunrise and sunset are incredible. I’ve boated under it too. Sunsets and moonrises. Wonderful experiences.

From on top flocks of ibises and egrets. Ospreys in flight at eye-level. Below pelicans gliding inches off the water. The dolphins and acrobatic crows. And twice, a Bald Eagle flying right over me. Once while in my car and then again when I was on my bike.

Driving over late evening last May with my daughter and she saw her first meteor just as we were cresting the top. 

From up there, it’s grace I can’t resist.

There’s this bridge. 

“When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world.” ― John Muir

Appropriate engagement. Promote what you love by staying involved in what you love to do. And let everything else go.

Where sky meets ocean, and light dances on water, resides a truce of trust. A beautiful balance of mutual illumination.