The Golden Hour: And then there was light ...

The Golden Hour:

"In photography, the golden hour (sometimes known as magic hour, especially in cinematography) is a period shortly after sunrise or before sunset during which daylight is redder and softer compared to when the Sun is higher in the sky."

Indulge me. Just for a moment. I want to share this stunning, heart opening, light filled evening {and a few collected words} with you ...

Awake my dear 

Be kind to your sleeping heart. 

Take it out into the vast fields of light 

and let it breathe. 

~ Hafiz

Even if your life is now a cage,
For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,
Is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain
You hold the title to... - See more at: https://www.openhandweb.org/light_will_some_day_split_you_open_hafiz#sthash.NvzEiXDF.dpuf

Light will someday split you open
Even if your life is now a cage,
For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,
Is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain
You hold the title to... - See more at: https://www.openhandweb.org/light_will_some_day_split_you_open_hafiz#sthash.NvzEiXDF.dpuf

Light will someday split you open

Even if your life is now a cage,

For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,

Is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain

You hold the title to ...

~ Hafiz

Even if your life is now a cage,
For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,
Is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain
You hold the title to... - See more at: https://www.openhandweb.org/light_will_some_day_split_you_open_hafiz#sthash.NvzEiXDF.dpuf

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; 

the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
  ~ Plato

 Darkness cannot drive out darkness:

only light can do that."

~ Martin Luther King, Jr

There is a crack in everything.
That's how the light gets in.

~ Leonard Cohen

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.
  ~ Brené Brown

We went down into the silent garden.
Dawn is the time when nothing breathes,
the hour of silence.
Everything is transfixed,
only the light moves.
~ Leonora Carrington

Choose a place where you won't do harm - yes, choose a place where you won't do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
~ E.M. Forrester

Fear can only grow in darkness. Once you face fear with light, you win.
~ Steve Maraboli

Love is not consolation. It is light.
~ Simone Weil

Light is more important than the lantern,
The poem more important than the notebook.
~ Nizar Quabanni

She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.
~ Jerry Spinelli

The rose shadows said that they loved the sun, but that they also loved the dark, where their roots grew through the lightless mystery of the earth. The roses said: You do not have to choose.
~ Robin McKinley