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Tag: Mountains

  • Color and Emotion

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    Color holds power to impact our moods, emotions, and behaviors. It’s documented color influences 85% of shoppers’ purchase decisions. What are your favorite colors? What emotions do they evoke? . . . red’s passion? – blue’s calm? – yellow’s happiness? – orange’s warmth? – black’s power – white’s purity? Generalities? . . . yes, but…

  • Soul Contentment

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    Soul contentment is hiking above snowline to witness the day fade into a golden horizon . . . and then hustling off the mountain before zero-dark thirty sets in and your spouse calls Search & Rescue 😊 “The heavens proclaim the glory of God. The skies display His craftmanship”. Psalm 19:1I M Blessed . .…

  • Contemplate Beauty

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     “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth, find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts”. Rachel Carson

  • Dawn’s Splendor

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    Creation’s awakening at dawn spurs a grateful rebirth of joy in my soul. Here’s a few glimpses of dawn’s wonder that was mine to behold this morning. “The whole earth is filled with the awe of your wonders; where morning dawns, where evening fades, you call forth songs of joy”. Psalm 65:8 I M Blessed…

  • Friluftsliv

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    Fred D
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    SAD . . . Seasonal Affective Disorder is attributed to the long, cold, dark days of winter. Yet, Scandinavian countries, where cold-dark thirty resides for 5 months each year, are consistently ranked among the happiest countries . . . Why? Friluftsliv – “free air life” – the mood-boosting Nordic concept of connecting with nature; breathing…

  • Soul Therapy

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    Fred D
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    Leaves and temperatures falling in synchrony with winter’s approach . . . invigorating soul therapy for wandering the Last Frontier’s wilderness reaches. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” Here’s a few ‘moments’ that left me breathless today. I M Blessed .…

  • Hik-‘ing’ Day

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    Fred D
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    Leaves fall-‘ing’ – Moose rambl-‘ing’ – River freez-‘ing’ – Snow melt-‘ing’ – Sun blaz-‘ing’ . . . a day made for an Alaskan wilderness wander Hik-‘ing’ through Creation 😊 I M Blessed . . . May U B 2“Love to Live, Live to Love” – Amy Carmichael     Keep Looking Up . . .…

  • Forever Young

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    Fred D
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    While our birth days are 5 decades apart, wilderness wanderings with my son helps me forget my age and live life young again . . . undeservedly blessed . . . living each day as though it’s my last . . . grateful yesterday wasn’t . . . knowing His best forever young is yet…

  • Snow Squalls and Sunshine

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    Fred D
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    A short morning snow squall followed by brilliant sunshine made for an interesting wilderness wander today . . . . Gotta’ love the Last Frontier! 😊 “Love to Live, Live to Love” – Amy Carmichael                                  +          …

  • Life’s Seasons

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    Fred D
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    This after-the-storm picture of Winter invading Fall had me contemplating my mortality. From first to final breath, much like the changing of the seasons, life is a continuum of seasons. The Spring of my life witnessed a carefree childhood morph into an adolescence of uncertainty and tentative teens before yielding to the Summer of adulthood,…