The Curious Promise of Limited Time

"Every Little Bit of It" by Carrie Newcomer from On Being on Vimeo.

Today I Am Grateful For . . .

Carrie Newcomer

& Krista Tippett

I invite & encourage you to listen to the entire musical conversation
between Carrie Newcomer & Krista Tippett,

which you can find here:

http://onbeing.org/program/carrie-newcomer-a-conversation-with-music/7049

Surprises

Today I Am Grateful For . . .

Surprises

(photo: the orchid growing on my window sill that several months ago I almost threw away

because I thought it was dead)

Amazing Bits Of Wonderful

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Amazing Bits Of Wonderful

Just Waiting For Me To Find

Each New Day Filled With Promise

Today I Am Grateful For...

Each New Day

Filled With Promise

The Simple Things

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Simple Things

That Remind Me

How Truly Blessed I Am

Those Moments When There Are No Words

Today I Am Grateful For...

Those Moments When

There Are No Words

(photo: amazing sunset at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve)

The Colors Of This World

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Colors Of This World

Just Waiting To Be Revealed

Hearts Full Of Love

Today I Am Still Grateful For...

All The Hearts Full Of Love

That Have Surrounded

& Supported Me

My Amazing Circle Of Friends

Today I Am Grateful For...

My Amazing Circle Of

Caring & Supportive Friends

Random Glimpses of Beauty

Today I Am Grateful For...

Random Glimpses

Of Beauty

(photo: daffodils in February in Hillsboro, Oregon)

The Gift Of Each New Day

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Amazing Gift

Of Each New Day

(photo: first light at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve)

The Path That Brought Me Here

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Path That Brought Me Here

& The Path That Calls Me On

(photo: trail through Washington Park in Portland, Oregon)

A Bridge, A Chance Encounter, And A Growing Connection

Today I Am Grateful For...

A Bridge,

A Chance Encounter

And A Growing Connection

This Ephemeral World

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Remarkable Gift Of

This Ephemeral World

(photo: fleeting glimpse of sunrise color at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve)

Love That Gives My Heart Wings

Today I Am Grateful For...

Love

That Gives My Heart Wings

And Spans The Miles

This Ever-Changing, Ever-Unfolding, Amazing World

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Ever-Changing,

Ever-Unfolding,

Amazing World I Live In

(photo: foggy morning at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve in Oregon)

Flutes That Let My Heart Sing

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Ways In Which My Flutes

Let My Heart Sing

(photo: sumac branch flute crafted by Geri Littlejohn)

The Promise Of Spring

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Promise Of Spring

(photo: daffodil in bloom in early February)

Love - Family - Connection - Life

Today I Am Grateful For...
Love, Family, Connection
& Life

(video: my daughter Maia, son-in-law James and not-yet-born grandbaby putting their love in motion)

Memories That Continue To Move Me

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Gift Of Memories

That Continue To Move Me

(photo: sunrise at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in Montana - July 2009)

Words Become Inadequate

Today I Am Grateful For...

A Life So Full

That Words Become Completely Inadequate

(photo: Santa Fe sunset)

The Perspective of Awe & Wonder

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Perspective I Gain

When I Experience Awe & Wonder

(photo: Autumn in the Absaroka Range in Montana)

Eons Of Geological History

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Eons Of Geological History

That Stretch Beyond My Ability

To Comprend

(photo: Multnomah Falls in Oregon)

A World That Sings To Me

Today I Am Grateful For...
The Privilege Of Living In A World
That Sings To Me

(video: stream next to the trail at Multnomah Falls State Park in Oregon)

Expansive Vistas

Today I Am Grateful For...

Expansive Vistas

That Open Me To Mystery

(photo: looking east up the Columbia River)

Countless Blessings

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Countless Blessings

That Pour Into My Life

(photo: Multnomah Falls, Oregon)

When I Let My Imagination Come Out To Play

Today I Am Grateful for...

The Fun That Happens

When I Let My Imagination

Come Out To Play

(photo: heavily Photoshopped image of a sunset at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve)

The Awesome Mystery of Life

Today I Am Grateful For...

The Awesome Mystery

Of Life