Think back on the last five years of your life, my friend. Think of all you would have missed if you’d given up on life then – the new friends you never would have known; the sunrises and sunsets you wouldn’t have seen; the lessons you wouldn’t have learned, and the changes you wouldn’t have been able to make; the pictures never painted; songs never sung; all the love and laughter you would have denied yourself… isn’t it great to be alive?!
photo of Mount Shuksan by Karen Molenaar Terrell
“No, you’re living.”
photo of sailboat on Bellingham Bay by Karen Molenaar Terrell
Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans – John Lennon
I use to think if I could just get through this appointment, and that meeting, and the scheduled event I could get on with living my life – and then it hit me – WHOAH – that stuff IS my life! I know. Duh, right?
photo of the Seattle skyline by Karen Molenaar Terrell
How much of our time should we spend preparing for the worst? And how much time should we allow ourselves just to enjoy the life we have?
photo of beach in Lincoln City, Oregon, by Karen Molenaar Terrell
I woke up feeling young again… 🙂
photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell
If I might offer a few suggestions for talking with others about religion? 🙂
What does it feel like to experience healing? Like this… 🙂
all photos in photo collage taken by Karen Molenaar Terrell
When I’m outside, amongst trees and birds, or standing on a beach looking towards the sea, I feel connected to something beyond myself. It’s impossible for me to feel lonely, or depressed, or friendless, when I’m immersed in the life of creation.
Photo of 700 year-old tree in Deception Pass, Washington, by Karen Molenaar Terrell.
A career is a precious thing. And those times when I’ve been inspired to go beyond the duties, responsibilities, and orders – those times when I’ve been more concerned about doing the right thing than “meeting expectations” – those are the times when I most honored the gift of my career, and claimed ownership of it.
photo by Karen Molenaar Terrell
Why would any of us – descendants of immigrants ourselves – want to deny others the same opportunities we and our ancestors had?
photo of a schooner in Bellingham Bay by Karen Molenaar Terrell
Adventures of the Madcap Christian Scientist 