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Visual Soliloquy #33

Posted on November 12, 2010 by TA Loeffler

I believe that whether a person follows any religion or not is unimportant, he or she must have a good heart, a warm heart. –Dalai Lama

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Visual Soliloquy #32

Posted on November 11, 2010 by TA Loeffler

I wear a poppy so that others can see That I respect those who died for me The bright red shows of the blood that was shed For me and for others who live far ahead

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Visual Soliloquy #31

Posted on November 10, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides sense from thought. –Alexander Pope And from Rick Mercer…Remember to Remember.  

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Visual Soliloquy #30

Posted on November 8, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. –Brian Tracy

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Visual Soliloquy #29

Posted on November 7, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. –Edwin Way Teale

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Visual Soliloquy #28

Posted on November 6, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. –Zhuangzi

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Visual Soliloquy #27

Posted on November 5, 2010 by TA Loeffler

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Visual Soliloquy #26

Posted on November 4, 2010 by TA Loeffler

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. –Helen Keller

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Visual Soliloquy #25

Posted on October 31, 2010 by TA Loeffler

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding. –Norman Maclean

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Visual Soliloquy #24

Posted on October 30, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #23

Posted on October 29, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Sometimes the more goal-oriented we are, the less likely we are to obtain that goal. If you really, really want something, you have to forget how much you want it. Or else you’ll be too nervous to get it. But … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #22

Posted on October 28, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.  The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do.  You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #21

Posted on October 27, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. –Parker Palmer

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Visual Soliloquy #20

Posted on October 26, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Sometimes questions are more important than answers.” –Nancy Willard

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Visual Soliloquy #19

Posted on October 25, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The true measure of one’s worth is not where you come to be at journey’s end, but in the lives you touch along the way. –Anonymous

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Visual Soliloquy #18

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TA Loeffler

It’s Wear Purple Day so I only thought it fitting that I find a photograph that wears some too!

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Visual Soliloquy #17

Posted on October 20, 2010 by TA Loeffler

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief. –Aeschylus

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Visual Soliloquy #16

Posted on October 19, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The day was here. The woman stopped rocking in her chair. Pushing off the arms, she stood. She swayed some but caught her balance. She looked back towards the front door. She looked out to the awakening day. Her decision … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #15

Posted on October 18, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The feeling of being hurried is not usually the result of living a full life and having no time. It is on the contrary born of a vague fear that we are wasting our life. When we do not do … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #14

Posted on October 17, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Our life is an endless journey… The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road.” – Chögyam Trungpa

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Visual Soliloquy #13

Posted on October 16, 2010 by TA Loeffler

The summit in view So high in the air, Congrats to Eric For standing there! Eric Larsen summitted Mount Everest this morning completing his Save the Pole Expedition. He skied to the South Pole, then the North Pole and then … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #12

Posted on October 14, 2010 by TA Loeffler

That there is a place somewhere in the middle-not the middle of the road but the middle way-someplace found my touching the edges to find the boundary of the possible-and then easing to a space that allows all possibilities and … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #11

Posted on October 14, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are my teachers. I teach like the mountains teach me. With vision. With struggle. Asking students to reach up for an unknown sky, I ask for mindful engagement–for to climb or teach or learn without, leads to disaster.

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Visual Soliloquy #10

Posted on October 13, 2010 by TA Loeffler

An Open Gate in Chile In Honour of Miners Freed Welcome Home

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Visual Soliloquy #9

Posted on October 12, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Mountains are both solid and moving. They are steady, wise, and seemingly unyielding while at the same time they are changing through erosion and time.

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Visual Soliloquy #8

Posted on October 11, 2010 by TA Loeffler

You are exactly where you need to be, exactly on schedule. Continue to seek experiences that move you and to create experiences that move others.

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Visual Soliloquy #7

Posted on October 10, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Remember to be creative and risk-taking in all that you do. Your greatest potential for growth comes with the greatest risk.

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Visual Soliloquy #6

Posted on October 9, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Continue on your path. Allow the light in and around you. Deepen your faith and your connection to the light. And to all persons in which the light is reflected to you.

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Visual Soliloquy #5

Posted on October 8, 2010 by TA Loeffler

This path has barely begun. I’m wanting the glory of the summit when I’ve barely left the parking lot… this requires a long patient slog, over hills and through valleys and being willing to put one foot in front of … Continue reading →

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Visual Soliloquy #4

Posted on October 7, 2010 by TA Loeffler

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” — Dr. Seuss

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Visual Soliloquy #3

Posted on October 6, 2010 by TA Loeffler

moving like day into night, fall into winter, darkness into light, pain into healing, youth into wisdom, birth into death

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Visual Soliloquy #2

Posted on October 5, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Views from high places. Stark understanding. Rising above. Seeing nothing higher. Seeing in new ways. This is what makes the hardship both bearable and worth it.

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Visual Soliloquy #1

Posted on October 4, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Feelings flow like tides, moving in, moving out, moving through, to the sea, running downhill, picking up speed and momentum to claim what is rightfully hers and theirs and ours.

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Navigating the Landscape

Posted on September 25, 2010 by TA Loeffler

Happy Equinox, Hard to believe that summer is over and we’re heading for the darker part of the year.  I’ve always wanted the longest day of the year to be in August, not June.  That way, the loss of light … Continue reading →

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