Some wake-up calls can radically change the path you're on.
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life.
~ Carl Honore
Thank you for this Bev. I good thought to contemplete first thing in the morning!One of my very favourite poets, Robert Frost describing 'the road less traveled' and Scott Peck's wonderful book that takes it's title from the poem. It's a courageous thing to do but truly makes all the difference in enjoying the journey.
ReplyDeleteMy late husband so loved Henry David Thoreau and his poem which I have on my wall in my front porch that I see on my way out and coming back home.
I see these two quotes as being so similar and a great guide along our path.
" If a man does not keep pace with his companions perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music he hears
however measured or far away."
Thank you for sharing your sweet memories and lovely quote. Thoreau's writings were always a favorite of mine too. :)
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DeleteMy photography Professor went to Walden and took pictures of the trees. I would love to go there. http://holownia.com
Just type in a search for Walden Pond on his site Bev.
DeleteThat would be awesome. I'll have to check out his site - thanks!
DeleteBev Thaddeus is my mentor and friend. He's what I call a heuristic teacher and a photographer's photographer. I respect and love him very much. I would never have gotten through University with out him.
DeleteHe sounds like a wonderful teacher and friend. Love his photo of the live oak on his website!
DeleteA wake up call can be severely painful but the change is establishes makes it often so worthwhile :)
ReplyDeleteA shame that we humans are so thick-headed that we require them to come out of our fog. :)
Deleteoh those wake up calls. The new me lasts about two months.
ReplyDeleteTwo months? That's pretty good for humans. :)
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