Comments on: Not to Take Anything For Granted http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/ Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: J. http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/comment-page-1/#comment-52 J. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:49:47 +0000 http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/#comment-52 Many of life's treasures are truly ephemeral, with nature intending them to be, just that way, (SunCrest peaches, squash blossoms, ripe berries...). If we are humbled by the impermanence of these joys, we will see the beauty and goodness, at the very moments of our enjoyment. Being aware that these short lived joys are actually precious lessons nature is teaching us, we then know to not take for granted these gifts bestowed upon us, but instead, to savor the limited time we have them... a lesson for life as well. Many of life’s treasures are truly ephemeral, with nature intending them to be, just that way, (SunCrest peaches, squash blossoms, ripe berries…).
If we are humbled by the impermanence of these joys, we will see the beauty and goodness, at the very moments of our enjoyment. Being aware that these short lived joys are actually precious lessons nature is teaching us, we then know to not take for granted these gifts bestowed upon us, but instead, to savor the limited time we have them… a lesson for life as well.

]]> By: Raechel running http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Raechel running Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:01:21 +0000 http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/#comment-51 I am really so happy to find your musings. so true, so true! As a photographer living/working bi-nationally between US and Mexico I have fallen in love with the fields and the workers. I am inspired by your work and what I am learning to help GREEN up our relations with our neighbors; one would think we'd appreciate the hands that grow our food and perhaps through the dirt is a way towards a new peace and neighborly relations beyond the fence. Gracias! Here's to the beautiful GREEN and brown earth.... I am really so happy to find your musings. so true, so true!
As a photographer living/working bi-nationally between US and Mexico I have fallen in love with the fields and the workers. I am inspired by your work and what I am learning to help GREEN up our relations with our neighbors; one would think we’d appreciate the hands that grow our food and perhaps through the dirt is a way towards a new peace and neighborly relations
beyond the fence. Gracias!

Here’s to the beautiful GREEN and brown earth….

]]> By: Colleen ProppĂ© http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Colleen ProppĂ© Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:26:59 +0000 http://www.helgehellberg.com/692/not-to-take-anything-for-granted/#comment-50 Isn't it wonderful that life does provide us with so much change, so much challenge... Life is the best teacher! If everything was the same each year, we would get bored. Enjoy the blackberries... Make a cobbler.http://tinyurl.com/ryw5ek My favorite saying of the year thus far was uttered by a 7 year old girl, at the dinner table, speaking to a 7 year old boy who didn't want to eat what was set before him: "You get what you get, and you don't get upset". Brilliant words from such a young one! : ) Isn’t it wonderful that life does provide us with so much change, so much challenge… Life is the best teacher! If everything was the same each year, we would get bored. Enjoy the blackberries… Make a cobbler.http://tinyurl.com/ryw5ek My favorite saying of the year thus far was uttered by a 7 year old girl, at the dinner table, speaking to a 7 year old boy who didn’t want to eat what was set before him: “You get what you get, and you don’t get upset”. Brilliant words from such a young one! : )

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