Friday, April 16, 2010
Sleeping Beauties
Sweet dreams are made of this: Photographers Tracy Raver and Kelley Ryden capture the calm contentment of napping newborns in these adorable portraits. Based in Nebraska, the photographers specialize in getting images of babies around 2 weeks old. Raver says she's able to get them in midslumber by keeping the studio warm and cozy, and having their moms feed them before the shoot. Raver and Ryden share their work in the book "Sleeping Beautes: Newborns in Dreamland."
Friday, October 16, 2009
Time and Youth
Time.
Time is a wheel.
TIme is a wheel in constant motion
always
rolling us along.
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder...
Where ther years have gone?
Youth.
Ah, youth... new skin, wide smiles,
clear eyes... the future so bright.
If only we could bottle it, sip it now and
again, and stay forever twenty-oone.
forever ten, forever five.
I liked being five.
But I'd also like to think that time and age are like cousins-
they're relative.
Who said you have to go by actual miles?
If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you be?
(me, I'm sticking with five.)
I'll even argue that you can bottle youth.
What you store it in is all up to you.
(I suggest the heart.)
If you can figure out a way to keep
the energy and gumption and fire alive,
you'll always stay young.
And where there's youth, there's hope...
where there's hope there's wonder...
where there's wonder, there's faith...
where there's faith, there's chance....
where there's a chance, there's love...
and where there's love, there's music....
and dancing.
Time is a wheel.
TIme is a wheel in constant motion
always
rolling us along.
Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder...
Where ther years have gone?
Youth.
Ah, youth... new skin, wide smiles,
clear eyes... the future so bright.
If only we could bottle it, sip it now and
again, and stay forever twenty-oone.
forever ten, forever five.
I liked being five.
But I'd also like to think that time and age are like cousins-
they're relative.
Who said you have to go by actual miles?
If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you be?
(me, I'm sticking with five.)
I'll even argue that you can bottle youth.
What you store it in is all up to you.
(I suggest the heart.)
If you can figure out a way to keep
the energy and gumption and fire alive,
you'll always stay young.
And where there's youth, there's hope...
where there's hope there's wonder...
where there's wonder, there's faith...
where there's faith, there's chance....
where there's a chance, there's love...
and where there's love, there's music....
and dancing.
Love
Love, love, love.
You have to love,
and if you don't get love right,
you have to move on
and forgive.
and then you have to remember
that you've forgiven,
or else you can't move on.
and if you don't move on,
you'll surely end up...
bitter.
"There are too many people too angry
at a world that isn't in the least bit
angry at them."
You
One worth so much
to me, to us, to life as such,
a bowl of cherries.
You have to love,
and if you don't get love right,
you have to move on
and forgive.
and then you have to remember
that you've forgiven,
or else you can't move on.
and if you don't move on,
you'll surely end up...
bitter.
"There are too many people too angry
at a world that isn't in the least bit
angry at them."
You
One worth so much
to me, to us, to life as such,
a bowl of cherries.
Promises
A PROMISE IS ALL ABOUT FAITH.
A PROMISE IS ONLY AS STRONG
as your own faith in your own self,
in your own god.
So when you swear,
in light of your strengths and in spite
of your weaknesses,
to struggle and follow through,
you
are doing a beautiful thing.
A PROMISE IS ONLY AS STRONG
as your own faith in your own self,
in your own god.
So when you swear,
in light of your strengths and in spite
of your weaknesses,
to struggle and follow through,
you
are doing a beautiful thing.
Whenever one door closes...
DOORS
Holes in walls that offer us a way out or a way in.
Just putting your hand on the knob and seeing if it turns can
make you weak in the knees.
What if it's locked?
What if it's unlocked?
What if no one answers?
What if someone does?
What if the hinges creak and the heavy wood swings
open
and you're suddenly standing at the threshold
of a brand new tomorrow?
What if your horizon is nothing but
blue clear skies?
What if it's a raging storm?
What if?
What if?
What if?
Holes in walls that offer us a way out or a way in.
Just putting your hand on the knob and seeing if it turns can
make you weak in the knees.
What if it's locked?
What if it's unlocked?
What if no one answers?
What if someone does?
What if the hinges creak and the heavy wood swings
open
and you're suddenly standing at the threshold
of a brand new tomorrow?
What if your horizon is nothing but
blue clear skies?
What if it's a raging storm?
What if?
What if?
What if?
Your Personal Worth
If you're ever lying on a beach with
80 billion* grains of sand beneath you,
700 thousand* ocean waves before you,
60 million* stars stretched out abouv you,
and you're still not all impressed,
I want you to think about this:
The light you see reflecting form the stars if over one million* years old.
WOW.
But then, just before you start to feel like a mere blip
in the gigantic scheme of things, please remember this:
Yes, you are small, but you're also irreplaceable
and invaluable
and miraculous.
Those stars don't have anyting on you.
*all numbers grossly underestimated
80 billion* grains of sand beneath you,
700 thousand* ocean waves before you,
60 million* stars stretched out abouv you,
and you're still not all impressed,
I want you to think about this:
The light you see reflecting form the stars if over one million* years old.
WOW.
But then, just before you start to feel like a mere blip
in the gigantic scheme of things, please remember this:
Yes, you are small, but you're also irreplaceable
and invaluable
and miraculous.
Those stars don't have anyting on you.
*all numbers grossly underestimated
What is Hope?
What is hope?
to want? to desire?
To expect that what's envisioned
may indeed happen?
YES to all of the above.
Is hope that gut feeling that it's
worth holding out
and hanging on for just a little longer?
ABSOLUTELY.
Is hope the core of the human condition?
CERTAINLY.
Can you have hope without
fairh and humility and wonder?
THAT'S TOUGH.
Just the thought that there's something bigger,
something truer, something totally surprising
out there waiting for us is ....
priceless.
What would you be without hope
growing deep in your bones,
thriving in every inch of you?
NOTHING.
What does it take to hope?
EVERYTHING.
"Hope takes never ceasing to be amazed...
wearing your soul on your sleeve...
holding your breath waitng to hear
"I love you, too..."
Believing that tomorrow could be better
than today....
that you'll get a second chance....
that you'll make a difference...
that you matter."
to want? to desire?
To expect that what's envisioned
may indeed happen?
YES to all of the above.
Is hope that gut feeling that it's
worth holding out
and hanging on for just a little longer?
ABSOLUTELY.
Is hope the core of the human condition?
CERTAINLY.
Can you have hope without
fairh and humility and wonder?
THAT'S TOUGH.
Just the thought that there's something bigger,
something truer, something totally surprising
out there waiting for us is ....
priceless.
What would you be without hope
growing deep in your bones,
thriving in every inch of you?
NOTHING.
What does it take to hope?
EVERYTHING.
"Hope takes never ceasing to be amazed...
wearing your soul on your sleeve...
holding your breath waitng to hear
"I love you, too..."
Believing that tomorrow could be better
than today....
that you'll get a second chance....
that you'll make a difference...
that you matter."
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