Snowy Sunny Morning On Greenbelt
Vincent J. Fortunato • April 7, 2020
Mountains and rivers
Enlightened by the sunshine
Lightly touched by snow
Taken from my iPhone while on a bike ride along the Boise Greenbelt back in February. This is a view of the Boise River facing east near Lucky Peak Reservoir. Just like today’s unsettled times, the weather that morning was quite unsettled. When we started the ride, it was sunny and clear, but as we neared the reservoir, we encountered lake effect snow squalls while the sun began to disappear behind the clouds.
~Vincent J. Fortunato
Snowy Sunny Morning On Greenbelt
Photo by Vincent J. Fortunato
Earth Day is this week. As we consider the state of our world - and the ecology of both our material and spiritual environment - it makes sense to ask what our role is, has been, and is supposed to be in relationship to "our common home" (Pope Francis).
Here are some initial thoughts about elegance, nature, and depth; a poem about happiness; and even a haiku.
It takes just a second to break something. Restoring what was broken takes time.
Outcomes are not certain, though some are much more highly predictable than others.
Life is messy. We know that. But some people move through that mess with a surprising kind of grace.
“The poor in spirit are by no means poor-spirited. They are persons who see so much to be, so much to do, such limitless reaches to life and goodness that they are profoundly conscious of their insufficiency and incompleteness.” ~Rufus Jones, The Inner Life , p. 19
