Tag Archives: beauty

Success, Beauty, & and Learning Experiences

Posted on July 16, 2013 by russtowne

“Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow.” –James Michener (Source: tinybuddha) Quotos Sources: Success: I Stop for suffering shared Get Happy Zone’s photo Beautiful: Home … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Heart, Joy & Happiness, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love, Success | Tagged beautiful, beauty, heart, home, I Stop For Suffering, James Michener, smile, tears, tinybuddha | 7 Comments

“Enchanted”

Posted on May 22, 2013 by russtowne

I included a link in a recent post to my song, “Nature’s Symphony” which was co-written with Kevin Harris. Newer readers may not be aware that the song’s genesis was a poem I wrote titled “Enchanted”. I re-worked the poem … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Music, Nature, Poetry I Wrote, Songs I've Written or Co-Written | Tagged beauty, country, enchanted, Kevin Harris, lyric, moon, music, nature, poem, poetry, song, waterfall, waterfalls | 19 Comments

All Around Us

Posted on May 17, 2013 by russtowne

(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 →

Posted in Abundance, Attittude, Awareness, Beauty, My Beliefs, Observations, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged animals, beauty, Carl Sagan, drop of water, flowers, Karen Robiscue-Fan page, Love, nature, people, photo, quote, snow flake, snowflake, The Natural Parent Maagaine | 4 Comments

There Is Always A Way

Posted on April 24, 2013 by russtowne

(Source: Karen Robiscoe-Fan Page shared Knowledge of Today’s photo.) There is always a way. And if one is forward-thinking like this beautiful and inspiring little tree, also an unlimited water supply! ;-D! Love, Russ

Posted in Adversity, Beauty, Inspiring, Nature, Photos That Touched Me, Quotes I Love | Tagged beauty, inspiring, inspiring photo, nature, photograph | 4 Comments

Signs of Warmer Times

Posted on March 27, 2013 by russtowne

Show Offs Yellow Beauties Spring Colors Mellow Yellow Antique Rose Explosion After sending photos of snow in my last post, I promised that I’d send some of warmer times. Here they are. I took all of these photos at my … Continue reading →

Posted in Abundance, Beauty, Photos I Took | Tagged antique roses, Bay Area, beauty, color, San Francisco Bay Area, Spring, Spring flowers | 7 Comments

The Greatness Within You

Posted on February 16, 2013 by russtowne

“Surround yourself with the dreamers and the doers, the believers and the thinkers, but most of all, surround yourself with those who see the greatness within you, even when you don’t see it in yourself.” –Unknown Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/I-stop-for-suffering/263956387017672 Thank you … Continue reading →

Posted in Dreams, Quotes I Love | Tagged beauty, believers, blessings, doers, dreamers, dreams, greatness, greatness within, thinkers | 2 Comments

Truth Beckons

Posted on January 23, 2013 by russtowne

Dare I heed its call? I’ve fought it for so long Did all I could to stall But I see now I was wrong But when bigotry was all I knew It was safer with my own kind So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Breakthroughs, Courage, Freedom, Growth/Learning, Poetry I Wrote, Suffering, Truth | Tagged beauty, breakthroughs, courage, freedom, growth, healing, poem, poems, poetry, suffering, truth | 4 Comments

A Beautiful Choice

Posted on January 14, 2013 by russtowne

I just read a saying at https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/I-stop-for-suffering/263956387017672?sk=photos_stream that I liked and thought you might too: “It’s up to you to find beauty in the ugliest days.” When I read it, this popped into my head: A Beautiful Choice Ugly is … Continue reading →

Posted in Beauty, Choices, Focus, Poetry I Wrote, Quotes I Love | Tagged beauty, choice, choices, focus, istopforsuffering, ugly | 5 Comments

Natural Meditation

Posted on January 11, 2013 by russtowne

If you could use a break and/or admire wildlife of the furry and feathered variety, I believe you’ll enjoy this short video as much as I did. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=BUOQ_yPW_0s Russ P.S. You might also enjoy a song I co-wrote called “Nature’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs & Other Wonderful Creatures, Meditation | Tagged beauty, music, nature, splendor | 2 Comments

A Quiet Voice at the End of the Day

Posted on December 9, 2012 by russtowne

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, I will try again tomorrow.” –Mary Anne Radmacher This post is dedicated to all who are struggling, facing fear, have fallen flat on … Continue reading →