harmonious balance

My good friend Jim Turner and Rudy Ruettiger

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:01:47 -0700

My good friend Jim Turner and Rudy Ruettiger

architectureblog: Desert Vacation House Design – Kaufmann House...

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:00:48 -0700

architectureblog:

Desert Vacation House Design – Kaufmann House | DigsDigs

alice44: whisperingwillow: allcreatures: hikenow: shackleford...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:21:45 -0700

alice44:

whisperingwillow:

allcreatures:

hikenow:

shackleford:

OMG ARENT EAGLES SO0OO0 CUTE

I am not at all sure that this eagle would approve of being referred to as cute.

crashinglybeautiful: sharanam: I once said to Zen Master Seung...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:02:45 -0700

crashinglybeautiful:

sharanam:

I once said to Zen Master Seung Sahn, “Sonsa-nim, life has not meaning!” He replied to me, “Yeah! Life has no meaning, but no meaning is BIG meaning and you must find this point.” It took many years for me to understand this teaching.

(via Zen Mirror: Big Meaning)

drcrain: ideas-for-your-home: чемоданофилия

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:44 -0700

drcrain:

ideas-for-your-home:

чемоданофилия

Slow your rhythms down, efficiency is not about speed, it is...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:13:27 -0700

Slow your rhythms down, efficiency is not about speed, it is about accuracy.  Accuracy tends to fulfill a time-line faster than speed does. There is an old Native American proverb: a young boy asks his Grandmother  how long it will take him to accomplish his task.  ”Well,” she answers, “it should take about a week if you set your mind to it, but if you really hurry it will take about two weeks.”  Be un-cautious, but do not be unconscious.  Small focused steps produce greater achievements because  they advance and do not stumble.  Small steps become the biggest steps of all because small steps add up. Big steps can become extremely small when they fall down, stumbles require recovery. Real-time and perceived time have a relationship.  This relationship determines our relationship with progress.  Our progress determines our hope, our hope determines our mood, our mood determines our perception, and our perception determines our sense of time. Never allow yourself to remain uncomfortable because the present time reminds you of the past. Turn the clock and be in the inspiration of now.  Once you commit to the reason why something is to be done, the how shows up. Once you commit to the when something is to be done, the how shows up. Inspiration arrives with a commitment and a time-line, inspiration then fills to the brim with all the details of the how. Use this in your life to have the time of your life, use the time of your life to create the dreams of your life. Use the dreams of your life to create and attract relationships into your life. Use these relationships of your life to share the time of your life. This is the greatest efficiency and purpose of life.
- author unknown

peace & God bless in two thousand & zen
tom j deters
tomjdeters.com

landscapelifescape: 7 Bridges of Siena, Italy (by Digitaler...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:00:45 -0700

landscapelifescape:

7 Bridges of Siena, Italy

(by Digitaler Lumpensammler)

whisperingwillow: usnationalparks: Yosemite National Park,...

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:02:43 -0700

whisperingwillow:

usnationalparks:

Yosemite National Park, California (by *sebastien.mamy*)

whisperingwillow: exceptionalisms: -cityoflove: Cabo San...

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:15:49 -0700

whisperingwillow:

exceptionalisms:

-cityoflove:

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

10 Stone Stack on El’ Pescador by tjd

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:03:43 -0700

10 Stone Stack on El’ Pescador

by tjd

sweethomestyle: (via lasciel, space-coyote)

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:01:44 -0700

sweethomestyle:

(via lasciel, space-coyote)

whisperingwillow: (via grasshoppersay)

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:01:46 -0700

whisperingwillow:

(via grasshoppersay)

"It’s free all night, come get some! Deem yourself worthy, embrace the pain! Crunch 6:30"

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:32:48 -0700

“

It’s free all night, come get some!

Deem yourself worthy, embrace the pain!

Crunch 6:30

”

- tjd

whisperingwillow: cingcang-keling11: drumr6198ish: raymaclean:...

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:00:42 -0700

whisperingwillow:

cingcang-keling11:

drumr6198ish:

raymaclean:

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world,

and the best we can find in our travels

is an honest friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

meestarman: omgbradley: fuckyeahglobetrotters: The Island of...

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:02:43 -0700

meestarman:

omgbradley:

fuckyeahglobetrotters:

The Island of Capri, Italy at sunset.

taken and submitted by madigor

Good morning! I hope all those in your circle of love are...

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:21:00 -0700

Good morning! I hope all those in your circle of love are healthy and happy.

I mentioned last week that people are literally looking down more and more this simply due to the ever-increasing use and need of our cell phones in our lives. Whether walking, on a bike, working out, eating with others or even while driving; we are connected to them.

I just recently started texting. I know how could I function without it? I was the last guy to get a beeper, a pager, a cell phone and yes, the last guy to finally text. I get the benefit; it’s just that I work out of my home a lot so email has always sufficed. I knew when I got my new phone I wanted texting but not the web. I am trying not to be connected twenty four/seven. Many people are. Many people love it. I am not judging. I am just not one of them. The ability to reach anyone, anytime, connect w/ your home computer, your tv, browse, shop, email, text, fb, twitter, take a photo or video and instantly share it with millions of people is amazing… and you never have to look a real person in the eye.

Over the years I have become less and less of a phone type person. Meaning I don’t like chatting on the phone for very long. When I have down time, I usually want to do anything but be on the phone. I have friends in my life that for years we may only speak once a year and that is our friendship. So, the people I do speak with for the sake of just chatting is very few. Now post texting, I am speaking even less. We are now and will forever be connected to everything at any time. There is a ton of positive in that. But with that level of connectivity, there clearly comes with it a certain disconnect, or detachment from people. Which has created the ability to say anything to anyone and not care because you are hitting a send button, not saying it face to face. A friend brought up Cleveland Cavalier’s owner Dan Gilbert and his 14-page email he sent Cav’s fans the day after Lebron’s decision. He went off on Lebron, and that email went around the world. My friend asked if he would have ever done or said any of that to Lebron’s face? That same disconnect, detachment, time and space that we have created by being so “connected all the time” has also created an ability to not have to be accountable for all that we have the ability to say. I have friends that have websites and some of the comments that are left are unbelievably mean and extremely undeserving. I had someone go to my website, went to my old photo site, went to videos and watched one. The comment he left was, & I quote, “I can’t believe you just f-ing wasted 4 minutes of my life!”

How did I do that to him? Again, he didn’t know me, didn’t matter, not a real person so it doesn’t matter, hit send and continue to be unhappy (I’m just assuming he was:)

Let us all remember that a personal, real connection is far better than a million followers. That is why we are blessed and why we always need to have that intimacy in our lives.

Enjoy someone today!

peace & God bless in two thousand & zen
-tjd

15 Stone Stacks on El’ Pescador by tjd

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 09:00:42 -0700

15 Stone Stacks on El’ Pescador

by tjd

Ride. Cut back hard. Ride.

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:02:42 -0700

Ride. Cut back hard. Ride.

landscapelifescape: turret of Miners Castle along the Pictured...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:59:42 -0700

landscapelifescape:

turret of Miners Castle along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Salient Shores (by Richard Thompson)

(via whisperingwillow)

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 09:00:43 -0700

(via whisperingwillow)