I thought I might find more color in the evening sky tonight when I took my walk at Newburyport’s Waterfront Park. No such luck. It was more like a winter sky:

I’m not sure if Hurricane Bill’s presence off the coast of Massachusetts attributed to the winter sky effect this evening or not…

Still, I am totally enjoying the ever changing vistas of the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport and my walks have been great for my spirit and given me more energy. I should start walking in Amesbury too. It’s such a beautiful town, right next to Newburyport. But so far I am enjoying the drive along the river that takes me to my walks at the Waterfront Park.

“The spirit of you seeks, in the largest sense, that grand moment when you have conscious awareness of its wishes, and join in joyful oneness with them.” – Neale Donald Walsch – Conversations With God, Book 1

“Today, I strive to make a difference in one way, touch one life. Today, I strive to Be All That I Can Be. Do my best. Today, I go forth and do the work of the Spirit that guides me, and trust it shall not lead me astray. Today, I trust that somewhere I have made a difference. I am grateful for that opportunity.” – Pamela J. Leavey

“Today, I honor the place in me that knows who I am. I am filled with a warm sense of comfort by honoring all that I am. I thank the Spirit that moves through me and brings my creations into fruition. I go forth on this day, knowing that I will do my best, in all that I do.” – Pamela J. Leavey

I read Sam Keen’s book Hymns To An Unknown God about ten years ago and it is still among my favorite books to draw inspiration from:  

“Road-weary, overwhelmed by the magnitude of the difficulties we face during our brief days, we are tempted to despair or to settle for cheap optimism. But in the deep place of the spirit, we are moved and called forth to undertake this ongoing adventure by the yearning, restless and creative One who – though called by the ten thousand names of God – is still clothed in marvelous silence.” – Sam Keen: Hymns To An Unknown God

“Only the wondering eye sees the sacred horizon enfolded within the petals of a blue flower.” – Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life.

“I have come to believe that “the quest” is a metaphor for the willingness to live and wrestle with the perennial questions that underlie the mythic answers that religion offers. My “question” is the “quest I’m on.” – Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life.

“If I explore the depths of my being, I will discover the heights of Being.” – Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life.

Only I can discover my spirit and make myself free. Only I can take the existential leap, make the decision that carries me beyond what I was yesterday (and what every expert would predict I would be tomorrow) and do a new thing. – Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life.

“Understanding that the ordinary is the miracle changes our fundamental stance and disposition. Life is no longer a problem to be solved but a mystery in which we may participate fully.” – Sam Keen, Hymns to an Unknown God: Awakening The Spirit In Everyday Life.