This Time in Seoul

Walter Bruening, the world’s oldest man has just celebrated his 113th Monday. Here are his words of wisdom which give me so much hope as I feel something fantastic is happening to me:

“Life begins each morning whether we have succeeded or failed or just muddled along. Life is a school to learn, not to unlearn.

“Life is the creation by God and if you would know God, be not a solver of riddles. Look about you and you shall see Him playing with your children. Look into the air and you shall see him walking in the clouds, out-stretching his arms in the lightning and descending in rain. You shall see him smiling in flowers, then rising and waving his hands in trees.

“Life is a great teacher of truth. What is truth to one is not truth to another. What is true in one country may be false in another.

“Life is short but the influences of what we do or say is immortal. There needs to be much more of the spirit of fellowship among us and more forgiveness. The power of gentleness is little seen in the world.

“Remember that life’s length is not measured by its hours and days, but by that which we have done therein. A useless life is short if it lasts a century.

“There are greater and better things in us all if we would find them out. There will always be in this world — wrongs. No wrong is really successful.

“The day will come when light and truth and the just and the good shall be victorious and wrong as evil will be no more forever.

“Life itself teaches us to best prepare for that future which we hope for and for that journey to that land un-known, not made by hands.

“Everything just is beautiful; everything beautiful ought to be just.

“The mystery of the world remains unknown. Our maker alone is the key which unlocks all the mysteries of the universe.

“The world is neither a prison nor a palace of ease, but rather for instruction and discipline.

“This world has been good to all of us.”

Source: The Great Falls (Mont.) Tribune

A life lesson that I’ve learned:

What you love in others, you admire in yourself and that which you despise or dislike in others, you despise or dislike about your own self. So instead of judging others and wishing that they would change, change your own attitude, accept others faults as you would want them to accept yours and forgive, forgive, forgive YOURSELF.

I love you, Mom.
I love you, Seoul.

Greetings from Masseria Cafe!

Hello, really don’t want to get into the excuses about why I’ve been a bit absent of late. Don’t want to bore you.

I only want to blog when I feel I have something to say, so here I am.

Work is good and actually so good that it’s not actually work. It’s a privilege to do what I do.

What do you feel privileged to do? Why or why not?

For the past two weeks I’ve been walking around thinking to myself “There is only the work” I first heard these words while watching a film and it comforts me now at times when I feel a bit directionless. That I should recall that particular quote now that I’m quite serious about photography, is no coincidence.I know that I have to keep doing, inquiring, moving. To stop growing, moving and groovin’…I just can’t imagine it.

It’s who I am and what I do. Can you imagine not being you?

I have a new quote: There is only the joy. Live a life full of joy.

Enjoy your days.