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Tag Archives: light
Even One Candle
“There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one candle.” –Robert Alden I really like this quote. It got me to thinking about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. It occurred to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Observations, Quotes I Love, Spirit
Tagged candle, darkness, Gandhi, light, Love, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, Robert Alden, world
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Two Kinds of Light
“There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” –James Thurber (Source: wordsmith.org) May whatever light that shines from this blog always be of the illuminating kind. With love, Russ
Posted in Quotes I Love
Tagged glare, illuminate, James Thurber, light, obscures, shine, site, variety, wordsmith.org
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The Wait
Light can be too bright It can even hurt our eyes And make us blind If too much shines at one time Perhaps truth and wisdom Are like light’s rays We take in what we can But the rest must … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Patience & Persistence, Poetry I Wrote, Truth, Wisdom
Tagged blind, bright, days, light, poem, poetry, rest, shine, time, truth, wait, ways, wisdom
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The Force Is With Him!
This is a photo of my grandson Thomas dressed as “Yoda” at 6 months old for his first Halloween. He loved putting his light saber into his mouth. The man holding him is his other grandfather. The smile you see … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family "Fun", Grandparenting & Grandkids, Photos That Touched Me
Tagged grandfather, Grandson, Halloween, light, light saber, saber, Thomas, Yoda
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I Love You Katie Sue!
One of the songs I plan to soon list on one or more song-selling sites is “Katie Sue”. It is about a man’s first love. If you click on the icon above you should be able to hear it. May … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Beauty, Imagination, Love, Making Memories, Song Lyrics I've Written or Co-Written, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written, Songwriting Adventure
Tagged Bryan Cumming, clouds, curves, first love, first time, Katie Sue, light, lights, Love, lyric, magic, magic carpet ride, moon, music, night, produced, producer, ride, river road, sight, song, stars, truck, vocalist
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A Candle In Their Darkness
If there are people in your life who come to you only when they need you, perhaps it is because they view you as a candle when there is darkness. (Paraphrased from something a friend recently shared in a public … Continue reading
To Give Light
Seen at wordsmith.org: “What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl, author, neurologist and psychiatrist, Holocaust survivor (1905-1997) Of all of his qualifications I believe it is being a “Holocaust survivor” that makes him most qualified to make … Continue reading
Posted in Compassion, Dealing with Pain & Grief, Observations, Quotes I Love
Tagged holocaust, light, pain, Victor Frankl, wordsmith.org
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When Positive Emotions Appear
As darkness recedes when light appears, it has been my experience that negative emotions immediately begin to recede when positive emotions appear. Russ
Lesson-Rich Windstorms
A lot of people are going through some very challenging (I like to think of them as “lesson-rich”) times right now. I saw this quote from wordsmith.org that seemed to fit the situation fairly well: “Should you shield the canyons … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Growth/Learning, LIfe Lessons, Pain & Grief, Quotes I Love
Tagged anchor, beauty, cold, connect, connected, connectedness, darkness, Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, fly, Grief, lesson-rich, light, pain, powerful, spirit, warmth, windstorms, wings, wonderfully, wordsmith.org
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 