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Thoughts On A Sunday Morning

12/1/2019

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“The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. To sense that behind anything that can be experienced there is something that our minds cannot grasp, whose beauty and sublimity reaches us only indirectly: this is religiousness. In this sense, and in this sense only, I am a devoutly religious man.”
-- Albert Einstein
My son Mackey recently sent this photo of me overlooking the grandeur of Colca Canyon, Peru. We hiked together there more than two years ago, but I'd never seen this photo until now. It reminded me of the above quotation from Einstein about religiousness, sentiments I truly felt in those unforgettably inspiring moments in Colca Canyon.
Thanks to Mackey, I'm sharing this warm remembrance with friends around the world on this chilly morning in Greece, the first day of December 2019.
​Life is good, enjoy!
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Kathie
12/1/2019 07:37:05 am

Awesomeness!

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Liz Benne
12/1/2019 08:44:42 am

Dave, thanks for all your wonderful posts. Have a blessed, safe and very enjoyable holiday in Greece and wherever you are. Hope you're around for our 50th to share some of your experiences with us.
Liz

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Denise Dersch link
12/1/2019 09:04:51 am

Dave, the view is spectacular. Keep going Travelin’ Pants. Be safe and enjoy life!

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