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Author Archives: russtowne
Big Joy In Life’s Little Miracles
(Source: Heart Touching Images) Love, Russ
Posted in Animals, Attittude, Beauty, Cheerfulness, Fun, Humor, Joy & Happiness, My Beliefs, Nature, Observations, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged animal, cute animal, flowers, fun, fun photo, heart, Heart TouchingImages, humor, humorous photo, images, nature, photo, photograph, Touching
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Rest In the Clouds
Reblogged from Misifusa's Blog: Meet Zach Sobiech We are all shining stars in this world. Sometimes we don’t realize the impact we can make if we just let go and embrace who we are! Being a conduit of love, happiness … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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To Infinity and Beyond to Lend a Hand
(Source: A friend found this at http://buff.ly/10FHdqv. I haven’t checked out that site.) The photo made me smile. To infinity and beyond. It’s a great blessing to have friends who will go the distance to lend a helping hand. Love, … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Heroes, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged Buzz Lightyear, Friend, Friendship, helping hand, lend a hand, to infinity and beyond, Toy Story
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The End Of An Era
I’m always appreciative and grateful when someone says something kind about this blog or honors it with an award, and I’ve just reached a decision that I’ve long considered and kept putting off until now. I no longer plan to … Continue reading
Posted in Awards: Sharing The Love, Gratitude
Tagged appreciation, appreciative, award, awards, blog, blogging awards, gratitude
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To A Friend Who Is Going Through Tough Times
A friend who is going through tough times recently wrote something along the lines that she needed to get out into nature. Dear friend: I wrote the lyric for the song linked above, and Kevin Harris wrote the music. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Believe, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Dreams, Feelings/Emotions, Friendship, Goodness, Loneliness, Loss, My Beliefs, Nature, Pain & Grief, Poetry I Wrote, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged believe, cares, dreams, Friend, Friendship, gifts, goodness, greatness, grieving, Kevin Harris, loss, lyric, music, poem, poetry, song, symphony
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Precious Gems
(Source: I Stop For Suffering shared Tao & Zen’s photo) The Cosmos is filled with precious gems. I want to offer a handful of them to you this morning. Each moment you are alive is a gem, shining through and … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Awareness, Gratitude, Inspiring, LIfe Lessons, Observations, Quotes I Love, Wisdom
Tagged breathe gently, cherish, distress, Earth, embrace life, embrace your heritage, enjoy, Happiness, heritage, I Stop For Suffering, in your arms, living, miracles, Our true Heritage, photo, photograph, precious gems, quote, stream, Tao, Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen
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The Value Of A Moment
(Source: Forever Awezome) I attempt to remind myself that EVERY moment is precious, as once it is gone so is a part of my life that I’ll never get back. I’m working on creating a lifetime of memory-making moments. Thank … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Children, Connection/Connecting, Joy & Happiness, Making Memories, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Time
Tagged children, Forever Awezome, Life, lifetime, making memories, Memories, moments, photo, photography, quote, time, value
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All Around Us
(Source: Karen Robiscue-Fan Page shared The Natural Parent Magazine’s Photo) Or someone. I believe such things and people are all around us every day if we take the time with an open mind and eyes and look closely enough to … Continue reading
