Thanksgiving

We can only be said to be alive in those moments

when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.  

~Thornton Wilder

 

8/11/2010 @6:00 am (sunrise)

 8/11/2010 @6:05 am (sunrise)

8/11/2010 @9:30 am 

 8/11/2010 sunset

 8/11/2010 sunset

 

8/11/2010 sunset reflection

 

8/11/2010 sunset  reflection

After so many years of hard work I finally managed to move to the home I always dreamt for.  This magic place is blessed every morning by a stunning sun rise over Rio de la Plata, while in the afternoon the blessing comes from another awesome sunset over the city. My magic kingdom is almost at the top of a building, so the views always take my breath away while filling my heart with warm gratitude and the sense of oneness.

Here I feel at peace with myself, I reconnect with my essence, feeling alive… part and parcel of the entire Universe. Past and future stop existing, the mind clears up; emotions rise and then settle down (just like the sun and the moon), and the only thing that matters is the magic jiffy where I’m still breathing and fully conscious. To me happiness is that magical tick where I just am… 

Looking at the sun and the moon, observing the sky and the river teaches me a lot about letting things be and go with the flow… that resisting to what it is takes me nowhere… because life is about change, transformation and awareness.

I’m thankful, and attempting to live in gratitude, free of expectations, open to receive and give.

loveNlight

Gabi

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Yes, I'm the one

Yes, I am the one

That messes up

Frequently misunderstood

Usually unpopular

A believer and a sinner

A seeker forever exploring

A permanent work in progress

An unwritten story

A trouble maker…

With unexpected tactics

Free, disobedient, astonishing

Yes, I am the one

Asking for nothing

Giving everything

In love with life

A bit bizarre

The crazy one

Yes, I am the one

So what!

© Gabriela Abalo

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Eye reflections - Weekend reflections # 61

I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs

because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.
~Author Unknown

 

My portraits are more about me than they are about the people I photograph.

  ~Richard Avedon

Regaining harmony

I have run out of words

Here I am on my very own

Nothing to say

A lot to observe

Trying to make sense of the nonsense  

Struggling to locate the symmetry of the self

Promiscuous feelings confusing everything

Provocative thoughts tempting the heart

Pretentious blasphemies insulting the soul

Overwhelming ego’s cacophony

Forcing the slow brewing of mixed feelings

One big pot to mix them all

Quietly observing and appreciating what it is

Attentive to the Universe messages

Resisting the resistance to what it is

Making a conscious effort to go with the flow

Getting deep into the being

Silently conversing with the soul

Free of pretends and inflexible principles

At peace with what it is

Unconditionally loving the self 

© Gabriela Abalo

Legacy

Clumsy hands moving up and down

Haunted fingertips infinitely counting

For every pearl a tear dropped

For every tear a pearl counted

Memories attached

Feelings concealed

Plenty to reveal

Symbol of purity and renovation

A continuous prompt to be sincere

An urge to remain dignified

A push to keep searching for happiness

The perfect gift she has ever received

From the one she will always grieve

 

© Gabriela Abalo

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Craft - Weekend reflections # 59

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Skywatch Friday, Season 4, Episode 17

 Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, 

we must carry it with us or we find it not.

  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

 Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,

where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.

  ~John Muir

The most beautiful view is the one I share with you. 

~Author Unknown

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I

Stubborn as I am  

Obstinate as I may appear to be

Determined to just be

Inflexible to restrain

Rarely looking back

Unconcerned of tomorrow

Forever in the now

Mischievous with rules

Impishly laughing to the “I”

Adventurously defying the “am”

Daringly trying out

Frightening sometimes

Intimidating from time to time

Constantly changing

Eternally living

Perpetually reinventing the “I”  

Always embracing the “am”

 

© Gabriela Abalo

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