Jiddu Krishnamurti – Monte Stevens Photography Blog

“You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing, and dance, and write poems, and suffer, and understand, for all that is life.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Yesterday I started my day with coffee at Mugs, attended a Zoom meeting then met a friend for lunch. When I got home, my weather app said it was “27 degrees but feels like 12 degrees,” the wind was blowing at 25 mph and humidity was 30%. I believed they were right for a change! So, I curled up in a chair with an electric throw blanket (Christmas gift) wrapped around me, my journal, a book and my tablet. And the day was a gift of clear blue Colorado skies and plenty of sunshine… that is life for me. Ya just had to hold on to your hat. Looking forward to meeting with a few of my high school classmates for lunch today. Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday and enjoy life!

Understanding of the self only arises in relationship, in watching yourself in relationship to people, ideas, and things; to trees, the earth, and the world around you and within you. Relationship is the mirror in which the self is revealed. Without self-knowledge there is no basis for right thought and action.
Jiddu Krishnamurti

Well, Hannah out did herself, showing off again, this morning with her latte art. I wonder sometimes if the reason I order mocha lattes is because of the artwork or because I enjoy their flavor. Think I’ll just go with both!

We have clear blue skies and temperatures in the high teens but expecting it to warm up into the high 40’s. I love the mornings when the sun shines in my front room window, spreading its light across the floor and furniture. It is something I look forward to it each day. Depending on the time of year also determines the length of time I get to enjoy it.

Relationships have become a vital learning experience in my life over the past 20 plus years. I am learning how to improve them, how to nurture them and how to build relationships with others who are different from me. I am learning to embrace relationships I would not expect to have, such as all my baristas. I am learning to repair damaged and broken relationships. And with the advent of the internet I’m also learning to embrace virtual relationships. I must also include the relationship I have with God, this unknown HIgher Power, that something I cannot define or comprehend, as well as a renewed relationship with all of creation. And, I am learning to be someone healthy in a relationship. As this year comes to a close I find I have a grateful heart for the gift of relationships in the year.