“blessed are you if you can take delight in all of my father’s creation: in sun & surf, snow & star, in blue marlin & robin redbreast, in paul cezanne, olivia newton-john, veal scallopini, the love of a man or woman, & the presence of the holy spirit within you. blessed are you if you have let go of all that shackles you to yesterday, imprisons you in your small self, and frightens you with all the uncertainty of tomorrow. blessed are you who laugh now because you are free!”
with sand still in my ears and scalp this is my prayer, my joyful exclaiming chant… although i’m not sure how i feel about olivia newton-john, or veal scallopini… i found my heart buried shallow in the sands of the northwest beaches.
this picture is stunning, and I know it doesn’t even give it justice.