Life and Random Thinking

Yes to the No!

Posted on November 5, 2015 by dfolstad58

I like this because it’s true. Say yes and open your life.
What will happen ? Wonderful new friends, and amazing realizations of all kinds.

Life After 50

What is your go-to answer when opportunity presents itself?

Life a knee jerk reaction, often no slips out of our mouth before even giving yes a consideration?

No, I can’t. No, I shouldn’t.

Perhaps the possibility of saying yes seems a little daunting or maybe even impossible.

But is it?

Consciously or unconsciously, I started to say yes on a more regular basis. Not very single time of course, but more often than ever before, I find myself saying yes.

In doing so, not only have I opened the door to countless possibilities, but I have learned much about myself in the process. Expanding our knowledge & our experiences can only enhance the life we are living.

How much richer would your life be if you turned some of those nos into yeses?

I dare you to try. Over the next little bit, listen to how many times you automatically…

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Dodge a regret and say the words

Posted on November 4, 2015 by dfolstad58

I had had a non event day, nothing memorable, until I got the news.

A close friend had gone down to the inlet to swim in the ocean I knew and on the evening news the radio announced a drowning at that beach.

Dread gripped my heart, and I tried to phone and confirm if it was my friend, Mark. I left messages, and my heart felt dry like paper.

Hours passed and I started to realize all the conversations I still wanted to have with him, especially one conversation where I told him he was like a younger brother to me, and I really liked to spend time with him, and that I loved him.

I felt real regret that I had never had that conversation.

Then the phone rang, it was him, and he was fine. Relief washed over me like a wave as I took a deep breath. I made plans then to have that conversation with Mark, and I did.

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I think we all have a Mark, or someone like Mark who is important to us. I don’t think it is just a guy thing that we neglect or shy away from expressing thankfulness and caring for friends.

Let’s not stop with family this week, let’s let our extended family know that we love them too!

Your heart will feel better for it, that summer night years ago, mine sure did.

I learned a lesson that night.

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Thanks for reading, for taking a moment. I really have appreciated all the “likes” and comments this week. 🙂

I have included a beautiful Nat King Cole classic today – smile. He sings so velvety.

https://vimeo.com/51201806

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Arches ~ Temptation of the Exotic

Posted on November 4, 2015 by dfolstad58

Superb photos and writing, much more beckoning to me than building outlines. I read this looking at desert rock and outside winter bites a little harder, -3 outside today 🙂

Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy

She sits there quietly with the glow of the morning sun reflecting everything a beautiful day should contain. I pace around in search for the perfect angle to enjoy her, and as I look on with eyes filled with desire I set my camera and capture my first sunrise at Arches.

A thought enters my mind…have I just fallen in love?

Stretching out, I close my eyes and sigh. Relaxing under her arch, comfortable with the idea I am experiencing something amazingly new; I consider the gnawing question of “why am I here?”

This thought wriggles around a bit in the back of my mind, but fades as the warmth of the sun and the soft whispers and laughter of the wind allows me to drift off to dream.

Somewhere up north nestled in the Olympic National Forest lies Ellinor, waiting for me and whose love I’ve professed many times…

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Ellinor, The Year of the Goat, and Quantum Entanglement

Posted on November 3, 2015 by dfolstad58

Special photos of nature intermingled with science.

Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy

From the moment I awake, I lie silently and listen to the calling of the universe to determine the type of day ahead, because every day has its own personality. Some mornings are overwhelming, blasting with the sound of horns and a declaration of chaos. A day that can zap the life out of the soul, and the only bright spot is thinking of the good tomorrow may bring. Other mornings, the universe whispers and the day arrives quiet and serene. I am able to spend the day deep in thought, piecing together ideas and by night my life resembles some type of order. Then there are mornings like today, when the universe offers a connection that seems very personal. A feeling of confidence floating between secrets and knowledge: an invitation for adventure and a day to push the envelope. I roll out of bed as the sun breaks, brew a fresh pot of…

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Ancient Fisherman of Folklore

Posted on November 3, 2015 by dfolstad58

Peaceful and exploding in color, this post is also narrated with thought provoking insights.

Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy

Silence.

Prior to the break of dawn, there is the pure ‘silence of nature’ as a man begins his day. There are no beeping alarm clocks, no blare of traffic and it is the noticeable absence of the incessant sounds of technology ~ a staple of our every day existence ~ that creates greater peace to this calm.

The silence of nature, with only faint sounds of the water lapping along the skiff and soft squawks of cormorants as the fisherman prepares himself for the day. Such scenes were common centuries ago, but today are just rare hints of a glorious past.

Nothing captures my interest more than mystical stories of the past. Stories of folklore that can provide an adventurous path to archaic ideas and faraway cultures: sanctuaries to contemplate what was, what is and what could be.

Tales from the past, part myth and part tradition, containing so…

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Most of us do this every day

Posted on November 2, 2015 by dfolstad58

If you were thinking the answer is “sleep”, that’s close to what I am talking about. I think we all dream every day, unless we are just too zonked to do that.

Personally I think that I dream every night, sometimes I can remember the dream fleetingly and then it slips away, lost to my memory.

Interesting since we foray into dreamland every night, wouldn’t it be awesome if we could direct the topic of our dreams every night? Kind of like that Gary Wright song = Dreamweaver

In many of my dreams that I recall I float, I have no idea of what that means, but levitating along not too far above the ground seems a nice way to pass the evening.

Or tobogganing down a hill made of ice cream, but I digress.

Worse of course are those nights when you can’t let go of a theme you don’t like and no matter how absurd it is, it sticks.

Just the other night before I hit the sack, my wife Sue mentioned Jurassic World – and sure enough I dreamt about being chased by dinosaurs all night, which she thought was hilarious in the morning. My suggestion to her was if she is going to plant dream ideas in my head before I go to sleep, and I’m going to be chased; then I want them to be lingerie models.

I wonder if next she thought to herself “dream on! ” 🙂

Perhaps better still are the dreams we remember, where we have a goal and envision how we will get there and then make it happen.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Yes, holiday, family trip, success in the best meanings of the word – have a vision, not a dream, and have that vision every day so you live without regret.