Lagunatics

Bruce and I love the desert, but we are Beach Bums at heart.
These were from our last trip to Laguna

Bruce and Jason enjoying the view




















Too beautiful for words

Barefootin'

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

Poor Richards Almanac

There is change afoot.

Let us tread softly and surely forward; but never kick anyone to the side of the road.

There is litter up ahead. There will be - there are- people spewing anger and hate.

So adopt a road. Where you work, or play or worship: Walk among those who rant and rave and spread a mulch of optimism.

Eventually, the good stuff will take root.

There is a long road ahead.

Let us pack provisions of cooperation, and caring; leaving behind all those things that make us what we never want to be.

There are miles to go before we sleep.

Let us take the first watch.

Let us scatter before us and leave behind seeds of faith, hope and love that will grow in to the trees that those who follow will live under in peace.

Common Sense

I do not have a lot of fears. OK…you will never catch me on a cable car climbing up the side of a mountain.

But my true fear does not lie in concern for personal safety, or even in missing the half yearly sale at Nordstroms.

My real fear has always been of being a cliché’.

Of being ordinary.

Of being just average.

Of course, it has taken me some maturity to realize that there is no “average” person; that we are all unique and molded by life in different ways for different reasons.

Maturity has also shown me that my uniqueness does not come from an address, or clothes or income.

If I truly want to be unique- if you truly want to be uncommon- try being positive.

I have an assignment for you. Watch faces and conversations on the street, in restaurants, in cars- wherever you go today.

You will see people grinding axes…grinding their teeth….grinding away.

They are focused on what is wrong, who is wrong, and how it is wrong.

Common. Very, very common.

When I lived in LA, I always lived in the hills. It was important to me to be “above it all”. God had to bring me below sea level to show me that the real heights are all in my mind- and that is “the above it all” where I want to live.

Join me?