getting ready to take the big jump. there is power in numbers.
—
“individually, we are one drop. together, we are an ocean.”
– ryunosuke satoro
Oct8
Tag Archives: brave
Jun4
that moment – #1
that moment when you rush in
because your are sure you have seen a king cobra
but realize it is only a weird stick.
—
“sometimes all you need is 20 seconds of insane courage.
just 20 seconds of embarrassing bravery.”
- -author unknown
Jun26
breakfast.
bunny stops by the yard for a quick breakfast
kitty sees bunny and considers breakfast
bunny sees kitty and keeps eating
kitty sees bunny seeing kitty
one inside, one outside
only a screen between them
understanding
each is safe
but what goes on in their heads?
—
“it is easy to be brave from a safe distance. “
-aesop
May19
soar.
with the absence of so many humans
the animals have reclaimed their territory
and even branched out to try things that might be new
when i saw this goose standing full of pride and bravado on top of the bridge
all i could think of was that scene from ‘titanic’ when jack said to rose:
“i’m the king of the world!”
and he believed that for a little while.
—
“the higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly”
– friedrich nietzsche
Dec13
don’t be long.
before he was an astronaut,
john glenn served as a military pilot during world war II and the korean war.
before leaving for combat missions, he always told his wife annie,
“i’m just going to the corner store to get a pack of gum.”
she always replied, “don’t be long.”
—
” the return makes one love the farewell. “
-alfred de musset
–
farewell john glenn, one of my heroes.
—
credits: cnn.com, mental floss, washington post
Oct4
dash.
goldilocks makes a break for it during our dramatic retelling of ‘the 3 bears.’
—
“whenever you meet difficult situations dash forward bravely and joyfully.”
— tsunetomo yamamoto
May14
climbing.
unlocked the door
with the secret key
climbed way up high
into the secret tower
with
the kinders
up and up and up
the
spiral staircase
with
stone walls
tiny windows
brave hearts
and
a wondrous view from the top.
—
“a well-ordered life is like climbing a tower;
the view halfway up is better than the view from the base,
and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.”
-william lyon phelps
Apr23
“a strong spirit transcends rules.”- prince
while the kinders were playing a farm game
with crops and cash,
some sold
some bought
some traded.
i thought all were farmers
until one came to me
to say:
“she doesn’t want to be a farmer. she said she’s a jedi warrior!
that means she’ll be stronger than all of the rest of us!”
i told him that jedi and farmers are both very strong people.
both work hard and refuse to give up.
both try to do things peacefully.
and that
they could work together with no problem.
they would be good for each other.
they would help each other.
even a jedi has to eat.
even a farmer has to stand up and be brave.
and they became a very powerful team.
—
image credits: foodtank.com, google images, star wars, lucasfilm.ltd
Oct18
be wary then; best safety lies in fear. – shakespeare
it was the perfect night
for the
corn maze terror
9 of us went in
3 of us made it
all the way through
hangnail moon
chilling wind
corn up to the sky
eerily waving us in
dark silo in the back
watching it all
and
scary things
so many terrifying things
all along the way
walking out of the corn
and
standing behind us
and
calling our names
and
chasing us
scary pic of me hiding in the corn
right at the beginning – excited and scared both
we ran
we startled
we got lost
we shrieked
we fell
we ran more
we tried to
clutch onto each other
sometimes to strangers
yelled our lungs out
and
somehow
made it to the end
a little bit braver
and
for at least one of us
a lot more scared
than when we went in.
a true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst,
than in the beginning of danger.
– philip sidney
Sep30
brave.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 