6:53am sunrise from the backyard in LA

I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend -- to make flights, carrying others along if you can manage it.  To do this takes courage, even a certain conceit.  …E.B. White

6:52am sunrise over 59th Place in LA

Scripturally we could say that you are the image and likeness of God.  You could say that you are another way the universe becomes conscious of itself.  You could say we are the infinite field of unfolding possibility.    ....Michael Bernard Beckwith

6:49am sunrise in LA

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.   …Melody Beattie

6:46am sunrise-NOT with rain in Los Angeles

Choose to align yourself with people who are like-minded in their search for simplified inspiration. Give those who find fault or who are confrontational a silent blessing and remove yourself from their energy as quickly as possible. Your life is simplified enormously when you don’t have to defend yourself to anyone, and when you receive support rather than criticism.   …Dr. Wayne Dyer

6:43am sunrise-NOT in LA

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.                  ….Orson Welles

7:00am sunrise in Palatine, Illinois

The God of the clouds, the God of the moon and the sun, the God who is templed in all creation is within you and manifests as peace.   …Paramahansa Yogananda