Distant Shore

In ancient times, philosophers debated whether life was always changing or whether nothing ever changed. Some compared life to a river that is always moving. Others pointed out that the river itself was in the same place day after day.
I think of the ever changing yet never changing river as I look back on the years of my life. So much has changed, yet it is the same lifetime.
Someday I'll cross the river and, perhaps, gain a deeper understanding from its distant shore.

Evening Stream

As human beings, many of us go about our lives during daylight hours. While walking in the evening and keeping a tuned ear, it becomes clear that, for much of the natural world, night is day.

Stream

There are times when I feel like the events of my life are carrying me along, much like a leaf is carried along the surface of a swiftly flowing stream. Events happen, and I make decisions and respond, but in reality it seems that life has a direction already set out for me.

For Granted

There is so much that we take for granted. It has only been for the last century or so that running water has been common. Much of the world still cannot count on easy access to clean water. The lighting in this photo highlights the golden nature of this blessing that we so often take for granted.

Frosty Morning Stream

Life on this planet depends on water. It is water that makes the marked difference between the frozen landscape of winter, and the fragrant springtime. Briefly, the weather sits at the boundary between freeze and thaw. During this time, the stream flowed with the energy of spring, while its splash froze on contact with the grass.