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Monday, February 13, 2012

Happy Valentine's Day 2012 from New Zealand

May your beverage of the day be heartfelt!

Valentine SmileOn Valentine's Day we think of those
Who make our lives worthwhile,
Those gracious, friendly people who
We think of with a smile.

We are fortunate to know you,
That's why we want to say...
Happy Valentine's Day!

By Joanna Fuchs

May you find heart shapes in Mother Nature.

Happy Valentine's Day 2012,Mary and Bob

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GrahamsFebruary 13, 2012 at 6:59 PM
I'II try again.
Good to have you back in NZ and enjoying MY favorite place. I see you are making the most of its delights.
I met a "ranger" recently who surveyed people using the RobRoy track and she found that most people didn't make it cos it was too HARD for them. Obviously you are made of sterner stuff! Haven't been there myself but my claim to fame( in my own mind ) is that I have climbed Mt Aspiring and not by the easy route.
Are you heading up this way at all.... we now have 5 horses/ponies... will that entice you?
Love to see you but I know you have spent a reasonable amount of time in this direction before.
Cheers
Jan
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For the Traveler
Every time you leave home,
Another road takes you
Into a world you were never in.

New strangers on other paths await.
New places that have never seen you
Will startle a little at your entry.
Old places that know you well
Will pretend nothing
Changed since your last visit.

When you travel, you find yourself
Alone in a different way,
More attentive now
To the self you bring along,
Your more subtle eye watching
You abroad; and how what meets you
Touches that part of the heart
That lies low at home:

How you unexpectedly attune
To the timbre in some voice,
Opening in conversation
You want to take in
To where your longing
Has pressed hard enough
Inward, on some unsaid dark,
To create a crystal of insight
You could not have known
You needed
To illuminate
Your way.

When you travel,
A new silence
Goes with you,
And if you listen,
You will hear
What your heart would
Love to say.

A journey can become a sacred thing:
Make sure, before you go,
To take the time
To bless your going forth,
To free your heart of ballast
So that the compass of your soul
Might direct you toward
The territories of spirit
Where you will discover
More of your hidden life,
And the urgencies
That deserve to claim you.

May you travel in an awakened way,
Gathered wisely into your inner ground;
That you may not waste the invitations
Which wait along the way to transform you.

May you travel safely, arrive refreshed,
And live your time away to its fullest;
Return home more enriched, and free
To balance the gift of days which call you.

~ John O'Donohue ~

Adventure...

Adventure is a path. Real adventure --- self-determined, self-motivated, often risky --- forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.
-Mark Jenkins

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Happy Valentine's Day 2012 from New Zealand

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