A walk

RIC_9855-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   

   If you never stepped on anybody’s toes,

   you never been for a walk.

     Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

To be hopeful

RCC_2293, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

To be hopeful,

to embrace one possibility after another – that is surely the basic instinct.

Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

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Prayer

_DSC6813, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I hold on to my adopted shore, chanting private vows:

wherever I am, let me never forget to distinguish want from need.

Let me be a good animal today.

Let me dance in the waves of my private tide,
the habits of survival and love.

Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

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Adventure

RIC_9915-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Adventure is stepping through brand-new doors with your mouth shut and your eyes wide open.

Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

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