Quote of the Day – October 8 2012

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you.
You must travel it by yourself.
It is not far. It is within reach.
Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.
Perhaps it is everywhere – on water and land.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Thinking disjointed thoughts tonight so I might  ramble at you for awhile. As if that wasn’t always the case.  I’m thinking about paths and families , both those of choice and those of birth. After all, for most of us our paths start with our families…habits we learn and habits we earn and yet our paths are our own, at most ours run up alongside others for moments or decades. I can learn from almost anyone, even people i have negative encounters with… perhaps mainly them..its more difficult at times to see the challenge and lesson to be learned from the positive ones..i tend to be too busy basking in them and enjoying them…still the lessons are there. Would a life without challenge be anywhere near as worthwhile? Somehow I doubt it..
Here’s to challenges and gratitude. Here in Canada, it’s Thanksgiving Day, the day when many of us consciously feel the gratitude that the wise make a daily part of their lives. I feel gratitude towards everyone of you reading this and those who have befriended me over the course of my lifetime and for this amazing universe (good or bad, goodies or yikes I find it all amazing) that we all are part of.
Blessings, G

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Campfire by G A Rosenberg