An Inspired Lens

pear

pear

A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit.

Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree.

But let him patiently wait, and the ripe pear at length falls into his lap!

~ Abraham Lincoln

above the clouds

above the clouds

It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky.

Behind me and before me is God

and I have no fears.

~ Helen Keller

remembrance

remembrance

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

~ John McCrae

Thinking on freedom today, and its unspeakable price.

leaf shadow

leaf shadow

I am old

I am wrinkled

I am scarred

I am merely a shadow of myself

But I still have a heart.

gravity

gravity

Invisible, undeniable, foundational, constant, powerful,

and capable of creating sublime beauty.

oak sprout

oak sprout

Don’t be discouraged by small beginnings; remember:

“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.”

~ American proverb

apple

apple

Thank you, God, for seasons of harvest.

nibbled mushroom

nibbled mushroom

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject,

the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

~ G.K. Chesterton

waves

waves

Watching the waves

is like taking the ocean’s pulse.

autumn morning

autumn morning

There ought to be a way to combine “autumn” and “morning” into one word,

the combination of the two is special enough to be its own entity.

~ Terri Guillemets