In my life, almost every day, there is every emotion. Love. Joy. Sadness. Hope. Excitement. Expectation of the Infinite Dawn. I give thanks for each one. Is life fair?, a friend asked me this morning. Life does not need to be fair. We have no right to expect anything from it, only from ourselves. I love the different feelings moving through me. It tells me I am here, I am alive, I am living my life. There are small miracles and tragedies, and successes and disappointments. Fran walking around. Chicken and fox notecards. Walking with Izzy on the path at dawn. Seeing Maria brush our donkeys. Looking forward to taking photos with George Forss this afternoon. Working on my books. Taking my photos. Paying my bills. That is the dance, and I am grateful every minute to be in it. This morning, I got some photos of emotion. I’ll put them up here, and on my Facebook Page.

We are conditioned, I think, to judge life only by the happiness it brings, but I have learned not to do that. A good life is not a life free of loss and sorrow, not a perfect life. It is a rich life a full life, that challenges me to grow and  embrace every emotion, every experience and give thanks for each one. Each one – grief, love, happiness – is sacred to me. I do not feel sorry for myself, or for my life. Life is a cycle, the richest river that there is.