Finding the Better Side of Everything

Being in this place makes me appreciate what I have at home so much more. But I am having to make the best of things while I am here. I have been fortunate to be in the job I've been placed in. At first I felt guilty because I was not out with the troops in the danger outside the wire. This last couple of weeks has shown me that what I am doing is important to the final success of the overall mission. I have been out taking pictures again, and will sharea couple here. Some are also

posted on the other sites that I post to.

Here are a couple:

Continued Writings

Window to the Soul.

When does anyone become fully in touch with who they are? Does anyone really know their true self? I feel it may take most people a lifetime to truly know who they are or think they are. Then sometimes surprisingly they find out that they where not even what they thought they were. I know a lot of people who seem to know what they want, what they are about, where they are going. Do they really know, or are they under a self imposed illusion that they are living out. Some are constantly seeking, to know who they are. They strive day to day trying to come to grips with the life they have been given. Sometimes that personal battle ends in tragic finality. People who find nothing and are not patient, or what they find or think they find is worse than what they can deal with. I do not know everything there is eo know about myself and sometimes what I do find is surprising.

Minds of Thought

I sometimes drive myself a little nutty. Because I can never stop thinking in my mind. With my mind on the move constantly it is hard sometimes to get settled into a restful state. You can be at total rest and your mind keeps on moving, traveling across vast regions, never seen but only imagined. Creativity is that way, sometimes conceiving in ones mind what you want the end state of your poem, or painting to be. It is best to follow what the heart says to the mind, and the mind says to the heart.

AAEtm 2 May 2006

My Dialogue (Ever continuing)

When I was very young, I was afraid of many things. I would go as far as to say I was a coward. Now I would say I'm still afraid but able to face my fears. What happens from cradle to grave, is as the catapiller to a butterfly.

AAEtm 2 May 2006

The Cedar Haiku by Art

Old desert cedar

Painfully weathered now dead

Seasons of life pass

AAEtm 2 May 06

All things eventually pass away and turn to dust. The trees of the desert or mankind itself.

Sites

http://www.betterphoto.com/gallery/free/gallery.asp?memberID=167773

Things I am thankful for.

I am first of all thankful for Dee, she keeps me up even when things are down.
I'm thankful I woke up yesterday when it was time to get ready for work and wasn't dead of natural causes or other. Were is that mortar round going to. Just joking. I'm thankful for my children and grandchildren, you are all accent to my life. I am thankful for all my old friends and all my new ones too. There was a time I didn't value my friendships as much as I do now. I was pretty much a loner. Randy once said he thought I was stuck up. I might have been or just didn't think myself worthy of friends, or just couldn't relate. These days it is different, I've made quite a few friends. It is a great difference to me. I am going to post an Image then I may be out of time. So until I can post again. You all be at peace.

This is of course Al Faw Palace again. Bet your all getting tired of Al Faw. Well I gotta photograph what I can.

This is from the East Balcony looking in toward the main entry.

I'm going to put some other links to let you see some things I'm up to.