Golden Gate Garden

Botanical Garden

The Insanity Abyss

Will you or won't you?

Have you ever watched the movie What Dreams May Come?  The movie is about a couple that loses their children in a car accident and how they learn to cope or not cope.  Eventually the mother commits suicide and the father has to make the decision to join her in her insanity or let her go. 

Think about it...  There are people in our lives that we feel are living in insanity.  After all, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result.  Sometimes we will join someone we care about in their insanity or just let them go because we can't stand seeing them that way. 

I believe in genuine relationships but some people live in a world that they can live in whether it be real or not.  Some people want to live in reality and some do not.  Remember The Matrix?  Will you or won't you?  Blue pill...  Red pill...  And as we all know truth is stranger than fiction...

Groupthink

Or the Lack Thereof...

Birds of a feather flock together.  That being the case, is it any wonder that you have the same reaction to a number of people that hang out together?  It's interesting to note how different groups adhere to each other.  I've been part of a group that was very easygoing and social but there in your time of need.  I've also been a part of a group that has had a lot of drama and petty behaviors throughout.  If different people bring out the different aspects of our personality then doesn't it make sense that a group would also do the same thing?  Different groups bring out different things in each of us.  Some group experiences are positive and some are not.  Makes you wonder...

Floral Hues

Shades of Nature

Finding Yourself

Not in Paris but in San Francisco

If you have ever watched the movie Sabrina then you know that Paris is where you go to find yourself.  You spend your days taking long walks and sitting in cafes while writing in a journal.  However you can also find yourself walking along the piers of San Francisco.

Do you truly know yourself?  Some people spend their whole lives not knowing who they are.  They become what other people want them to be or they absorb another person's persona.  It's the same with finding your soulmate.  You can't find the person you are meant to be with until you truly know yourself.  Otherwise you will come up with a false positive.  So many people are searching for someone they think they want only to realize that maybe they didn't find the right person after all.  However the most important question of all?  Are you right for the person you want?  Not always...  Are you going to keep a person against their will because of your selfishness?  True love is letting go...  True love is mutual...  If it's not mutual it's not real...  Selfish love is making someone miserable because you think they need to be with you when they don't.

Vibrant Autumn

A Floral Tapestry

God's Promises

A Rainbow...

Remember the story of Noah's Ark?  And how God promised to never destroy the earth again in a flood?  I was thinking about that tonight while driving.  I saw this very large and magnificent rainbow.  I don't think I have seen one like this since I was in New Mexico years ago.