The wisdom of the black bear cub

January 17, 2010

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With so many points in our lives where we can’t stop, where we have to push through and accomplish the goals, meet the expectations, fulfill the needs, we can’t forget that pushing so hard means we leave important things behind.  What can the black bear cub teach us about the important [...]

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Seasons of Love

January 16, 2010

In 1996, the composer and playwright Jonathan Larson gave the world a song which alters the course of lives, and will continue to alter the course of lives yet to come, around this globe. And, the day before his intense and thoughtfully powerful play, which includes this song of dynamic reflection, was to premiere – [...]

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The best you can be

January 12, 2010

None of us is offered every perfect element to create a perfect life.  Yet, we do create the most perfect version of ourselves we can with the opportunities, experiences and tools available to each of us.
music by Kevin MacLeod, Simple Duet

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Change a moment

January 10, 2010

We come into this world and we change it. Whether you live to be 98 years old or 9 minutes old, you change the world.  Your life has impact and each time you encounter another person you have a chance to change a moment, to change a life.

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Remembering you with love…

January 5, 2010

The date of Death’s knock ever changes us.
The anniversary of sadness’ initiation,
the memory of loss’ entrance,
we find ourselves haunted by the echo of passage.
None of us escapes the staring into still space realization when one whom we love dies.

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After the fire

January 2, 2010

music by Kevin MacLeod, Daybreak
Recorded by a stream in a damaged forest five months after a fire, the redwood forest doesn’t stop to mourn its loss or consider its tragedy.  The forest immediately begins the process of regeneration, of rebirth. Seeds immediately drop, seedlings sprout and life moves forward.  What may appear to be a [...]

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The Gift of Synchronicity

December 30, 2009

Often are the times when the words of another strum the chords for a song my mind, heart or spirit enjoys humming right along with. Therefore, we here at Moments Count will treasure opportunities to offer you the thoughts, wisdom and insights of others who enjoy playing with imaginative ideas and conjuring creativity to enhance [...]

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Vincent

December 18, 2009

Somewhere in you is an artist. Somewhere in your life is an artist that you can appreciate and support. What is always important is that we take the opportunity to express the artist within and to understand and support the artists in our lives. And when we make the choice to criticize we need to be honest enough with ourselves to understand from where the criticism arises. For the art that is created is an expression of the interior landscape of the person who created the art and there is no criticism of that expression that does not become a criticism of the human being.

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In nature

December 15, 2009

www.MomentsCount.com I am one who seeks my self outdoors. Nature is gracious in its sharing with me. And, I am appreciative. Its gentle spontaneity, capricious temperament, easy conversation and ceaseless energy offer me respite. When wandering in fields and meadows, through forests and deserts, along shorelines and foothills I know I will hear inner sounds of my own. I have learned when I am in the open spaces I can see beyond my physical world to my internal world.

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It could happen to you…

December 6, 2009

You are walking one lovely day, without a care in the world, when a very unexpected craft lands in front of you. You will be offered the opportunity of a lifetime. What will you do?

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