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Spring is here and it is welcome as long as it brings all the beauty that this wonderful season carries. It always does. One of the great joys in life is the yearly arrival of Spring and the hope for revival along with a refreshment of our basic belief that all is well with us, is spite of all the negativity that permeates so much of the endless news cycles. Spending time outdoors simply looking at what is being offered is wonderfully gratifying to all the senses, both inner and outer.
In the other season of of our days (note the small "s") harmful emotions are the states of being we are told we have to be in by the media - anger, frustration, disgust, fearful - and so on - the joys of being alive become clouded in the mists of "nothing is good." In light of so much unhappiness in the world the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman have developed a new website that maps human emotions and offers a naming of the feelings we have and why we attach to them. It is a well done site and I highly recommend taking more than a cursory look. Here is the address:
http://atlasofemotions.com/
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The first two images are the first signs of new life I saw while in Acadia last week. They are small, perhaps 1-2 inches in size, and I had to look closely to see what Mother Nature was offering. Odd that Spring starts with the colors of Fall, red, yellow and orange. It is Nature's way and I will not give Her any suggestions as to how She works.
The seas were up over 12 feet at Schoodic Point and the images that follow were taken on that day recently.
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Schoodic Point -
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Acadia Park -
The road may be clouded with fog occasionally,
but it is the road we were guided to travel on.
God's Way, and our choice.
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Eagle Lake, Acadia Park -
Somewhere near the top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia.
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Some Humor:
(Spring is just on the other side of the off switch.)
Peace,
Bill Lagerstrom
