by Bill Byrne | Sep 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
October……It is the fall of the year, a time of very warm days and still , very cool nights. I’m staying at one of our spots on the ranch where beauty comes together in many different forms to create a peacefulness not found elsewhere. The creek here comes off a rock ledge and forms a pool of still waters at the bottom of it. As the water flows over the ledge, there are constant, yet always changing, sights and sounds…the interplay of the rocks, ledges, and white swirls of water, all being framed by the changing color of the leaves of autumn, and all accompanied by the sound of running water, a God given form of music that strikes a chord in all of us. Add to this the rising sun, and fog laying over the field, and the warmth of an early morning campfire, and it becomes an experience to be felt, to be lived
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by Bill Byrne | Sep 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
When you live outdoors with nature and wake up before dawn, there is this beautiful time when all the birds, and animals, join the transition from darkness to light. It is truly a time of tremendous change, a movement from silence to song, and from rest to activity, from night to day. What is it in the start of a new day that makes it something to embrace, to look forward to? Why does the dawn have so much more allure than the evening? To me the morning, the rising of the sun, represents a new beginning…it represents hope. Hope is the feeling that things will be better, that life will improve, that God and a reason for being does exist. Hope is our desire to return to God, to the essence of the seed that we are. Hope is our attuning to the energy that God displays all around us. Hope is facing the sun, spreading your arms, closing your eyes, and feeling the warmth and light flow thru you.
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by Bill Byrne | Sep 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The first hints of Fall are always nice, with a promise of cooler weather and a little more time away to pursue other interests. Our “season” has been quite busy, with more people being guests at the ranch, and with time spent finishing up the many jobs we started last winter. I always have felt that it is better to have too many things lined up that we want to accomplish, and I like to put a timeline to all our new “adventures”. However, the years are teaching me about patience also. Most everything seems to take longer than planned on, but “here a little, there a little,” one small shovel full at a time with will move great mountains. A valuable lesson I am learning is that patience is an active force, that grows as we use it.
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