I waited all week for this Thursday to come because I thought I could finally get to where I wanted to be today- my camera and me- but the drizzle had other plans for my plans.  Instead I found that little bit of heaven I yearned for today right in my own garden.  That’s the problem and the solution with plans, isn’t it?  What I thought I wanted to do did not work out but the alternative was just as good and it happened because I kept my mind and heart open.  No, I did not get to where I wanted to be but I stayed in a place that fed my soul.

“This is what should be done by anyone who is skilled in goodness.  And who knows the path of peace:  Let them be able and upright, straightforward and gentle in speech.  Humble and not conceited, contented and easily satisfied.  Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.  Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful, not proud and demanding in nature.  Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.”

~The Buddha’s Words on Kindness~