First Day of Spring, Southern Utah, 2010

"Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more." ~ Anthony Robbins

Winter Time '10

"Love is a mighty power. It is light. It is the energy of life. It brings us into life and sustains us while we live and breathe." -Daphne Rose Kingma

Southern California, Fall 2009

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

-Paulo Coelho

More Fall...Utah 2009

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive--the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourself is the biggest fear of humans.

-Don Miguel Ruiz

Alpine Loop, Utah, 2009

Can you walk on water? You have done no better than a straw. Can you soar in the air? You have done no better than a fly. Conquer your heart; then you may become somebody.

-Ansari of Herat

"Heber Creeper" Railroad Track Walkabout, Fall 2009

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I . . . I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

-Robert Frost

I couldn't help but think of this quote while on the tracks yesterday:

"Life is just like an old time rail journey ... delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride." --Gordon B. Hinckley

crazy looking caterpillar

Early Fall, Utah 2009

The Lord doesn't put us through this test just to give us a test: He does it because the process will change us. -Henry B. Eyring

I chose to get off of the mountain after this one...

Lightning/thunder storm over Timp, watching from Squaw Peak trail