Small Reflections: HF#63 Some times are harder ...

... than others to get my ducks in a row.
Today is one such day.

Photo from the Flicker Collection of Lisa (Lisa's Chaos)

Make Time for Small Reflections

Frequently morning
gets away from me. Although
I arise early,

distractions capture
my attention and posting
late becomes the norm.

Today McAfee's
automatic 'scan' of my
new laptop delayed

my Blogger access
annoyingly ... I waited
most impatiently.

Photos from Cute Overload Press
Click for Haiku Friday #64 & Sky Watch #6
Sunrise on a Cloudy Day

For others participating in Haiku Friday this week, go to A Mommy Story or Playgroups are no Place for Children. Click to see my previous Haikus here at Small Reflections and at Sacred Ruminations, or click the Haiku Friday link in the About Me section of my sidebar for a Directory to all my Haiku Friday posts with clickable links by topic.

~ ~ ~
Choosing to release
earlier frustrations ... I've
shared these 'duckie' views ...

I hope your Friday
is a most 'fantastic' one
filled with blessings and

everyday moments
celebrated ... savored ... shared ...
making memories.
~ ~ ~
Small Reflections ... Smile Back
FYI
Today is 8-8-08 ...
something that happens once every 100 years.
Did you know that '8' is the luckiest number in Chinese culture?
The 2008 Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies
are scheduled for 8pm tonight
with good reason!
Michael Phelps is going for is 8th gold medal too ;--)
How 'kewl' is that?

Thought for Today

"Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle." Abraham Lincoln

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. It is my intention to keep this 'Daily Gratitude List' in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what's right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

Click to learn ...
How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

Click to find ...

My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

More thoughts

"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

21 comments:

Anonymous said...: Great haiku! Love the way you matched verse to the photos.; August 8, 2008 at 7:22 AM
Anonymous said...: Perfection! Pure perfection!; August 8, 2008 at 7:43 AM
Ivanhoe said...: Get your duckies lined up, o.k.? :o)
Cannot wait for the games to begin. My fave is the gymnastics. The girls start on Sunday.; August 8, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Akelamalu said...: Loved the photos, loved the haiku.

I hope today is lucky for me I've bought a Euromillions lottery ticket! :); August 8, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Aw... beyond adorable!; August 8, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Izzy, Emmy 'N Alexander said...: Oh, I love the photos! How awesome is that little family! Great ku!; August 8, 2008 at 9:31 AM
Mike Golch said...: Storyteller,Great photos.when my Mcafee runs a scan I jjust have to let it do its thing.every thing is slow to open and slow to co-opreate when it does open. si I just scan the paper or look at a little tv.
Hugs and Blessings to you and all of the family.(ducks included QUACK!)
Mike G. said that.; August 8, 2008 at 10:22 AM
Jim said...: Hey Storyteller, this is wonderful! Thank you for doing this, I enjoyed reading and correlating the photo.
Thank you also for peeking at my pre-storm sunrise.
..
BTW I can't wait a hundred years, but you will still have to wait a year, a month, and a day for 09-09-09. Last year we had 07-07-07 which is the luckiest day in our lifetime!
..; August 8, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Barb said...: Your duckies are very cute, storyteller! My goosies often delight all my stresses away!; August 8, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Momisodes said...: Such sweet images and a wonderful Haiku. Hope you're having a lovely Friday too.; August 8, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Joyce said...: Those are adorable duckling pictures; very cheering. :); August 8, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Christy said...: I loved the last picture. Mama Mallard is telling the paparazzi to back off. All picks are so cute. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Your comments were so thoughtful and encouraging. Photoshop is an artform all to itself. I don't usually do much to my photos although I am starting to like this watercolor filter. Most of my images are pretty much how they came out of the camera. I do a very small amount of color enhancement and nothing else except for these ones that I have done the watercolor to.; August 8, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Anonymous said...: I LOVE ducks, in a row or not!! Nicely done. Hope now that your virus scan is done that you can get back on track.

Thanks for all your kind words! You're very encouraging.

I hope you can stop by for Pet Peeve Tuesdays!; August 8, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Betty said...: First of all, I want to say I really like the way you have your blog. It is really pretty. I've been thinking that every time I visit you. Sorry I'm just now telling you.

What cute ducks. Love the pictures.

Thank you for your concern over Ed. This happened to him at midnight last night. I haven't called his doctor as he has an appointment with him the first of the week. We will tell the doctor at that time.

Thanks again for your concern and for being a good friend.

Have a good weekend.; August 8, 2008 at 8:11 PM
kitten said...: Lovely view on words and pics!
Love the thought for today! Very good advice that we all need to be reminded of every now and then.; August 8, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Unknown said...: This is SO weird! That first photo is mine. :) I had no idea it was on cute overload. :)

I love ducks. :); August 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Unknown said...: See http://flickr.com/photos/lisaschaos/2230338132/ - isn't that funny. :); August 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Karen said...: What delightful pics! It makes me think of the times when all the cars driving down a street have to stop and patiently wait for a mother and her babies to cross to the other side. Don't you love those moments? When the life/nature makes you stop and appreciate what's before you?

I so enjoy your haikus!; August 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM
storyteller said...: To everyone - Re-reading this Haiku Friday post (from more than a week ago) and your comments today reminds me how ‘frazzled’ I felt on the 8th of August when I created it … and yet how I managed to pull something together of interest to each of you. Thank you all for visiting and sharing your supportively encouraging reactions and thoughts … adding your perspectives … enhancing the experience for all. Thanks especially to Lisa for letting me know the first photo (found at Cute Overload Press a while back) was hers and for allowing me to leave it here for others to enjoy. I hope you’ve all had a wonderful week and I’m hoping I’ll be able to stay more current with my blogging in the week ahead ;--)
Hugs and blessings,; August 17, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Tina Coruth said...: Delightful! :-); August 19, 2008 at 1:08 PM
storyteller said...: Tina – Thanks so much ;--)
Hugs and blessings,; August 23, 2008 at 6:09 PM

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