by Cristina S.
Member since:
March 21, 2007

IMPERATIVE

May 02, 2009 06:42 AM EDT (Updated: May 02, 2009 04:55 PM EDT)
views: 97 | rating: 10/10 (16 votes) | comments: 41

Live this gift – life


Live
this gift –
life – amazing!
There is scenery to
choose from: sunsets, beaches, mountains,
rainbows too, all waiting for you, needing
to be seen. Wondered at by you
their purpose – now fulfill
it! To do this
you must
live!


sunsets



beaches

 

mountains


rainbows too

 


 

Live!
We weave
together, join
hands, hearts and souls – weaving
life – a child nourished, comforted,
a fellow weaver encouraged. None so
powerless that could not lend a
hand, if only for an
instant – for this
please do
live!

None so powerless that could not lend a hand


we weave together


join

 

weaving life


join hands, hearts and souls

 

 

Live
this gift –
life – amazing!
There is scenery to
choose from: sunsets, beaches, mountains,
rainbows too, all waiting for you, needing
to be seen. Wondered at by you
their purpose – now fulfill
it! To do this
you must
live!

 

Live!
We weave
together, join
hands, hearts and souls – weaving
life – a child nourished, comforted,
a fellow weaver encouraged. None so
powerless that could not lend a
hand, if only for an
instant – for this
please do
live!
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Comments: 41

Svetlana Goryacheva May 2, 2009, 6:43am EDT
Fantastic - both the poem and the accompanying photos! :-)

Blessings and best wishes - S.
Cristina S. May 2, 2009, 7:00am EDT
Thank you Svetlana!
William Dotani May 2, 2009, 7:49am EDT
This is beautiful, uplifting and inspiring. Your first stanza is simply wonderful to start this photographic journey of that precious, good and wonderful. Excellent post. Thank you.
Marianne R. May 2, 2009, 7:57am EDT
Beautiful photos
Cristina S. May 2, 2009, 8:21am EDT
Bill, I feel honored! thank you!

Marianne, thanks for stopping by!
What an extraordinary piece, friend... great message to begin this day.
j - Frugal Mom - r. May 2, 2009, 11:07am EDT
Absolutely fabulous Cristina, and I love your beautiful photographs.
Katrina Hall May 2, 2009, 1:24pm EDT
How beautiful - and how true, as I think about it more and more. Love the phots that tie it all together in such a joyful way!
This is fantastic! Between the inspirational words and the remarkable photos I feel a sense of peace.
Natalie Neal Whitefield May 2, 2009, 2:16pm EDT
We are so blessed! Life to be lived. Every moment of every day, a gift of creation held out to us---finer than the purest gold, more precious than the richest jewels! Such a joy! Your beautiful photo essay is featured today at Home Comfort ...
Alison H. May 2, 2009, 3:19pm EDT
Very nice!
Sonia M. May 2, 2009, 4:17pm EDT
Oh, Cristina....this is absolutely gorgeous and so inspiring! What a way to start a morning......thank you!
Nana to Seven Cutiepies May 2, 2009, 4:42pm EDT
Cristina, thanks for the warm fuzzy feeling this wonderful photo essay gave me.
Cristina S. May 2, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
Thank you all for your lovely and kind comments!

Natalie, what you say is exactly what I mean - thanks for the feature!
Marianne M. May 2, 2009, 7:55pm EDT
Spectacular words ... and photos, Cristina!
Donald M. May 3, 2009, 5:45pm EDT
So much love to give and so much life to live, the beauty of this world is in the eye of the beholder. You have given so much in this article and photos.
Sheila Deeth May 5, 2009, 8:17pm EDT
What a lovely journey of pictures and words. Thank you Christina.
Curt L. May 6, 2009, 9:11pm EDT
Ineffably exceptional!
Exquisite!
Rose (just an ole GA peach) Williams May 8, 2009, 4:32pm EDT
Simply stunning Cristina...both your words (I love the rictameter form) and your gorgeous photos!!!! You outdid yourself with this one dear friend ;-)
Cristina S. May 9, 2009, 1:16am EDT
Rose, Curt, Sheila - your praise means a lot to me - you are such wordsmiths!

Norma and Marianne, thank you for your kind comments!
Dr. Ashok Saxena May 11, 2009, 4:44am EDT
ilove the life as u see it also i love the lover of this wisdom who shares beauty with us,Just great,
Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' May 11, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
fanatastic, wondrous and amazing write!You're one talented photographer who added xtra beauty with her words.
William Dotani May 17, 2009, 2:19am EDT
I reread this and now I like the second stanza.

Of course I deeply apologize for being so fickle, but I probably was eating a pickle on my first read and now I drinking green tea and having relatively sane conversation with you, although I bet you're in the kitchen just ready to whip up a new recipe. Will you become a Sushi Chef? I'm sure there are many who want to know, but I'm sorry not to be able to give a GPS location since I don't own one. I'll take for granted to be glad you're swell and understand. I need some green tea lubrication because a suggestion was made I might be an android.
René Allen May 20, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
How BEAUTIFULLY and POWERFULLY relayed Cristina!

This is FEATURED in PROPHETIC PULSE ~ A Paradigm Shift

Blessings ~
Your Friend,
Rene
Victoria H. May 26, 2009, 1:28pm EDT

Love this, Cristina!  Great photos and love the poem you wrote to go along with it.  How very true it is!
Cristina S. Jun 4, 2009, 4:44am EDT

Thanks Victoria!
Dr. Ashok Saxena May 26, 2009, 10:08pm EDT

amazing photos...I have no words.
Cristina S. Jun 4, 2009, 4:44am EDT

Hello Ashok, thank you for your kindness
Rose H. May 29, 2009, 7:50pm EDT

Beautiful! I don't know which I like better, the words or the pictures.

I think that is the first time I've seen you do poetry. It tugs at the heart.

 

 

 
Cristina S. Jun 4, 2009, 4:46am EDT

Hi Rose, I do it once in a while - you will find more if you look up my posts...

This was meant to tug some hearts - strongly felt the day I wrote it :-)
Jerry Kays May 30, 2009, 3:04pm EDT

:-)
Sunaura *. May 30, 2009, 4:20pm EDT

Wonderful message and images
William Dotani May 31, 2009, 1:58pm EDT

This is nice to review. Your photography is quite good.
Cristina S. Jun 4, 2009, 4:49am EDT

Thank you - your praise is always an honor!
William Dotani May 31, 2009, 2:00pm EDT

Are using a Kodak Instant camera? Please don't tell me you're using a Polaroid or maybe one where you have to apply the silver oxide on a glass plate then get under a cloth to snap the shot.
Cristina S. Jun 4, 2009, 4:49am EDT

Hi Bill,

Used to have one of those - Kodak Instamatic - don't even know where it went, lol! Then, for many years, a Cannon AE-1 (I think) which took super photos...

no glass plates, lol!
William Dotani Jun 6, 2009, 2:31pm EDT

Does this mean you're using a Poloroid?
William Dotani Jun 6, 2009, 2:30pm EDT

We weave life together!!! Yes!!! The care we have in making our basket shoows the quality inside us.
Cristina S. Jun 27, 2009, 2:19am EDT

Thank you to all of you for your many kind comments!
Jenn P. Aug 19, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
great close up

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