August 15, 2007
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Garden & Pottery shop, San Diego, CA
Every experience in life, everything with which we have come in contact in life, is a chisel which has been cutting away at our life statue, molding, modifying, shaping it. We are part of all we have met. Everything we have seen, heard, felt, or thought has had its hand in molding us, shaping us. Orison Swett Marden
Comments (10)
Love the shot…it’s true, isn’t it? That we are indeed shaped and molded by every experience we journey through…super post. Good to hear from you, Molly. RYC: hang in there. It will never cease to amaze me how as soon as we get used to living life as we do, something goofy comes along to change the direction. ~ Jeanne
Completely agree with the quote… I’ve also heard the idea refered to in this way: we are a mixed tape of everything and everyone we’ve been affected by. Interesting to think on…
~S
ah,, the quote really makes me take note…
look back,, and finally nod in agreement…
love the photo molly…. you have the perfect marriage here.
be well, *~matthew~*
Great photo, Molly. I love garden sculpture and would have lots of it if not for the cost.
Is that St. Jude in the middle? Patron of impossible cases. He helps me often.
And we are a product of all that happens to us as we journey through life. How can we not be? Everything impacts us for good or bad.
Mom
Unfortunately I can’t even remember some of the things that have evidently shaped my being. But photos help a lot. I can browse through photo albums and memories long forgotten flood back to my consciousness.
A mixture of faiths in that photo.
interesting collection of statues…
mary, joseph and buddha?
Did you ever hear the story that the round objects so often seen on buddha’s
head are snails who live there to keep him cool? A burmese guy told me that and he could have been pulling my leg
As to the quote:
many will agree with it and so it is true enough
to learn from experience is wise
to idenitify with it is folly
ryc, that’s so funny, i was thinking the same thing as i was posting it.
ryc: no, it was from an annual festival on Long Island, NY. I’ve actually never been to NM, though I would love to someday…
~S
P.S. the travel to Israel, flight-wise was rather long… once there, I was on a group trip so I was plenty safe, and mostly the only hard parts of it were some of the more strenuous hikes our group leader led us on.