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Amber Waves of Grain

MarcyAwakenings featured Marcy @Hot Rod Cowgirl who is Riding Through Life One Horse At A Time…Courage Is Being Scared To Death But Saddling Up Anyway! Marcy is a true American who captures America the beautiful not only with her poignant words but also her awesome photography.

You are encouraged to visit Hot Rod Cowgirl where Marcy and Wild Bill are both riding through life one horse at a time! Giddy-up! AND Whoa! only when there is no other place to go! 

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GO to Awakenings and join Marcy…

Somewhere Along the Highway

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More Food for the Soul

Gather Daily Soul Food @http://pinterest.com/sharlashults/daily-soul-food/

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Life’s Journey

The journey along the rivers of life destines us toward many different shores. Along the way, choices must be made…the question at hand, this way or that? Much like the rivers that flow swiftly downstream, life glides along with ease. Then, there are those that flow against the norm making the way much more difficult. Often it is within those times of sadness and discomfort when we find renewed spirit, seek to aid those aging closest to us and face heartaches in order to experience joy.

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Voyages: Life Journeys

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From the moment of birth
Our true destiny is set
To travel life’s journeys
Overcoming fear and regret

One day may be somber
The next, glad instead
As each new path of life
Reaches far ahead

Voyages all through time
Touch varying walks of life
Those of understanding
As well as those of strife

From a desert oasis
To a sun-drenched island
Warm amazing adventures
Surround life like a garland

Flowers of the fields
Covering land like the dew
Could be choking weeds
Or blossoms fresh and new

Pages of life’s scrapbook
May be ragged and torn
Filled with worn images
Of the lost and forlorn

Could chapters be rewritten
Granting ways to understand?
The journeys across life’s paths
Reach out with a helping hand

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Sharla Lee Shults

“The journey between what you once were and who you are now becoming
is where the dance of life really takes place.”

—Barbara DeAngelis (Author, motivational speaker & TV personality. (n.d. to Present)

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Journey is more beautiful than the destination http://pallaksharma.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/jouney-is-more-beautiful-than-the-destination/
Life is a Journey http://shirleymaya.com/2013/06/24/life-is-a-journey/

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Effervescence

 Effervescence

Transparent tiny bubbles
Those lucent little pearls
Trickle and tickle the nose
Of giggling little girls

Soap bubbles, sparkling water
Sarsaparilla, root beer
Dispense tingling sensations
Any time of the year

A twist of the wrist
Releases a soda’s fizz
Hissing and spitting
All to the tune of “Gee whiz!”

Lovely bubbly champagne
The fizz everybody knows
Launches a warm feeling
All the way down to the toes

Unique, lively, bubbling
Essence of a sparkling escape
Incites genial conversation
Leaving no room for debate

The feel of fizzy fizz
Sometimes incessant
Describes life at its best—
Effervescent!

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Sharla Lee Shults

Effervescence—Aughey, John H. (Reverend, author, Civil War prisoner of war, 1828–1911)

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Heart to Heart

Hugs we give
Words we impart
Best are those
Heart to heart

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Mood

StayHappy

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Daily Soul Food

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Inspiration for the Soul

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Daily Soul Food

Inspiration for the soul comes about on a daily basis from many different sources. New postings as Daily Soul Food may not appear every single day but each posting is ready to be revisited at any moment in time. You are invited to visit often for nourishment.

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Creative Moon Photography by Laurent Laveder

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French based photographer Laurent Laveder create amazing Moon Photography, these are part of his project titled Moon Games. His entire collection is a MUST SEE!

Sharla Shults‘s insight:

These are just as wonderful as the first time I ever saw this photography. No matter how many times you view them a new inspiration occurs!

See on www.picturescollections.com

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Misty Morning Fog

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Early Morning 11/02/2013

Images appear subdued
Amidst the dense, pesky fog
Softly kissed by stratus clouds
Disturbed by a croaking frog

Figures in the far distance
Emit varying shadowy hues
A feel so melancholy
Reminiscent of ol’ country blues

The highest peak of a mountain
Enshrouded within the thick fog’s bed
Converges with the sky’s splendor
Striking patterns of gray overhead

Just a mere touch of fog
Steamy haze in view
Evokes mystical thoughts
Chilling through and through

Silhouettes against a blue sky’s backdrop
Endure nature’s transformation
Misty morning fog amid dawn’s glory
An object of fascination

From the sky to the terrain
Trickling rays of sunlight drift
Transparency emerges
As the fog slowly lifts

©2013 catnipoflife©2013 catnipoflife
Sharla Lee Shults

The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.

—Carl Sandburg (U.S. biographer & poet, 1878–1967)

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Natural Symmetry: Mother Nature’s Kaleidoscope

 Time to take 5! Stop what you are doing, maximize the screen, take a deep breath and relax!

 “Take a wild journey into Mother Nature’s Kaleidoscope! This is a visual exploration of the wonderful world of symmetry, using clouds, waves, and sunsets to create a mesmerizing mosaic of shifting, churning colors.” ~Mother Nature Videos

clouds lazily drift
waves ebb with the tide

sunsets mesmerize

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Sweetest Day 2013

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Let Sweetest Day serve as a reminder:

a thoughtful deed makes life a whole lot sweeter!

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

~ Leo Buscaglia

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