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* Blessing the Heights *
First off, Merry Christmas to all of you folks and Happy Holiday Season!!!
As it was an overcast day, I was just waiting and waiting since 2 hours at the same spot. It was also very foggy that day and I was hoping for some sun to shine through and take the fogginess away. Demoralized by the flop show of the light that evening I was packing up my gear, when this scene unfolded... The ethereal light, as if, shining from the realm of the Gods lighted up the landscape just for a few minutes. It seemed like that the Ethereal Light was blessing the heights... I quickly shot up a series of exposures to be sure.
Well, now I would say, it ended up well...
I hope you would love it too...
December 2015
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"Let's not say another word, we don't need to question why.
Let us pass through this moment like a candle in the night.
We don't need to wave it back.
This is not the final song.
Even though in the sadness tears may fall.
Take my smile, hold it in your heart forever.
And I will be with you wherever you may go.
How much pain must we taste.
How much sorrow must we know.
Will be only nothing losing.
How to cherish when we go.
How agony is like the wind we can hold it in our hands.
In the light of a new day we will understand.
May the love rise to lead you on your way.
May the sun always shines upon you face.
And until the journey brings us back together.
May God holds you in the center of His hands.
May God holds you in the center of His hands." ♫
God bless my special people with happiness, laughter and hopefulness like my prayer which I spend time in everyday when I'm not with them . 'Cause their existing is a happiest thing of my life...
P/S: Taken by Pam mập
Our lives are built around the actions of our day
some days storms are looming that seem to get in our way
some are filled with sunshine against a sky of blue
... when our dream clouds float away from us before coming true
when a field of ready harvest feels like agony and pain
instead of a land of opportunity ripe with bountiful grain
to make our days become wonderful memories to behold
it will take a positive response...let the hidden beauty slowly unfold
when something feels a burden...reevaluate its worth
encounter...react...believe... give opportunity its birth
turn each little bump in the road that seem to cloud our eyes
recognize each and every one for what it is.. a blessing in disguise
~*~ count your blessings ~ repeat ~
Photo by Phil Koch ~ Poem by Kelly De Witt Schlicht
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The groom's grandfather was there to give his blessings.
Clicked with only one flash and no other light.
I suppose I went too close (and hence the stare)
Its amazing what firefighters must train for. They truely train to go out out thier comfort zone....just in case. This is my hubby climbing the ladder in full gear. I love this shot!lol (its 105ft up)
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may all beings be safe
may all beings be blessed
may all beings know peace
may all beings experience kindness
~blessing shared by alight
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blessings and prayers especially to the people in Pakistan and India suffering because of the flood and rain...
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"we need to return to the solitude within, to find again the dream that lies at the hearth of the soul..."
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may you recognize in your life the presence, power
and light of your soul...
may you realize that the shape of your soul is unique-
that behind the facade of your life there is something
beautiful, good, and eternal happening
(john o'donohue)
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Pelopidas Mathias during take off. Commonly known as the Dark Small-branded Swift, Small Branded Swift, Lesser Millet Skipper or Black Branded Swift, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. Genus Pelopidas itself are commonly known as Branded Swifts or Millet Skippers.
Wolrdwide known as just Skippers, they are named after their quick, darting flight habits. No kidding, so fast that the animal "magically" dissapear from my viewfinder after the shutter ends.
Captured this shot of downtown of salt lake city, Utah as a storm cell started to move north east of the valley.
Spring Blessing
Third Installment from the "Four Seasons" Buddhist series
18x18x1 giclee on canvas
Created from original photographs taken in Hawaii. "Spring Blessing" features the abhaya gesture or mudra. This gesture is also called "Gesture of Fearlessness" or "blessing" or "fearless mudra". You can find abhayamudrâ sometimes also as a left-hand gesture. It is most commonly seen with the hand outstretched in front of the buddha.
Others in the "four seasons" series
Winter Peace
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Autumn Wisdom
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Blessings are things you do not have to ask for. You already have them. All you have to do is look around you and count them.
May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He cause His face to shine upon you.
May He lift up His countenance and grant you peace.
May you be as Ephraim and Manassah. May the Lord be with you forever.
May the Lord protect and defend you. May His spirit fill you with grace.
May God Bless you and grant you long life.
First morning in Pokhara I took boat to little island in Fewa lake where locates the Barahi temple.. The temple is famous and I was only one foreigner tourist on the boat.. I followed Nepali people, and did the same thing. I got inside the temple and paid respect to the Hindu Gods and provided colorful offering at offering stage I bought near the peir.
I was pressed by the colorful powder on my forehead as well before getting out of temple... I believe every religion teaches people to do good deeds and to live happy or to reach eternal happiness if we can.
So that morning I felt so blessed going to temple earrly morning before starting the day..
Few days later I saw these colorful powder in the local market... so strong, the colors remind me.
Pathivi Chowk
Pokhara
Nepal
A Christmas Blessing
During this Christmas season,
May you be blessed
With the spirit of the season,
which is peace,
The gladness of the season,
which is hope,
And the heart of the season,
which is love
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Somehow, not only for Christmas
But all the long year through,
The joy that you give to others
Is the joy that comes back to you.
And the more you spend in blessing
The poor and lonely and sad,
The more of your heart's possessing
Returns to you glad.
~John Greenleaf Whittier
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
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popular 'lakshmi' giving her blessings, after having her regular bath in tungabhadra river.
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This English convention in the wonderful city of Auckland and my trip here in general is such a blessing. I thank you Jehovah, and my wonderful husband for arranging it xx
O that Blessings would pour down
And flow throughout the Earth:
Wafting and rolling
Across every ravaged forest, tank-torn desert, poisoned river;
Oozing and streaming
Down every city meanstreet, corpse-strewn alley, corporate jungle;
Blowing cross the plastic-piled doldrums of the ocean,
Sinking to the depths where garbage slowly settles;
Until no place left on Earth where God’s blessings have not been.
O that blessings would pour down
Spreading Love and Joy and Peace.
Showing Man his sacred burden ~ tend his precious garden;
To love and cherish her, our Mother Earth.
To share her bounty fairly with all our Earthly brethren,
Men and Women, children, ocean dwellers, birds and beasts;
That Man would wake from nightmare frenzy - greed and pride
And see with newly opened eyes Eternal Truth:
All that really matters is the Good that you have done.
That Blessings would pour down and shine Truth to every heart:
Live in Love and Truth and Kindness: Love God!! Love all! Do good! !
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Ive been sick all week, and getting very bored with it! Thought going through some older photos of my favorite places might cheer me up. Also thougth it was time to upload something to let everyone know I'm still around! And I could definitely use some blessings about now!
Take care, my friends.....be healthy and happy!
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I suppose that this is an orthodox priest (please correct me if I'm wrong) and the picture was taken somewhere in eastern Europe around 1900.
A monk was spraying blessed water to a faithful family.
Although the term holy water is not used, the idea of "blessed water" is used among Buddhists. Water is put in to a new pot and kept near a Paritrana ceremony, a blessing for protection. Thai 'Lustral water' can be created in a ceremony in which the burning and extinction of a candle above the water represents the elements of earth, fire, and air.[28] This water is later given to the people to be kept in their home. Not only water but also oil and strings are blessed in this ceremony. Bumpa, a ritual object, is one of the Ashtamangala, used for storing sacred water sometimes, symbolizing wisdom and long life in Vajrayana Buddhism. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_water
Sony A99 + Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T 16-35mm F2.8 ZA SSM SAL1635Z lens
Chiang Mai, Thailand
The devotees in a Vrindavan temple are bathing in colours as they wait for the blessing of God in the form of "gulal". God is no distant being to them and they believe that Lord may come down the earth to share their colours.