Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

Happy Holidays!

 

 

Happy Holidays everyone!!!

Stay Safe and Strong!

 

 

A Simple Solution...

 

Respect

 

That's the word that seems to be missing from the conversation

about harassment and abuse.

 

Respect.

 

That powerful men abuse their power is nothing new.

    That we objectify beauty is as old as time

and isn't going away!

 

But throw in respect and that beauty is recognized as other,

as another person,

not mine.

 

It creates a healthy boundary, something that eluded my generation,

as we were taught to be nice to people

no matter how they treated us.

(Smile!)

 

Teach children to respect themselves and others,

and there will be a systemic change,

a change that has already begun.

 

It's all good.

 

Now that we are sticking together.

 

 

 

Cummer Gardens Statue, Jacksonville, Florida.

 

Every Day

 

Every day the sun rises,

whether we see it or not,

the rotation of the earth allows for one sunrise and one sunset a day.

 

 

On the International Space Station the sun rises and sets about 15 times a day!

 

It's a shift in perspective,

a way different point of view!

 

 

 

 

St. Augustine Beach sunrise, last month, 2017.

 

I've been working on something...

 

...and then I came across this little gem and wanted to share it.

 

 

"...more peaceful than morning."

 

 

 

Unwrapping a delivery at the Gallery where I work, I spotted this. No photo required!