Yet by Bodhi Smith

Dec 31, 2021

"yet" a brand new impression and blog from me...

 
"yet another year passes and i've yet to find her...but, i'm on the cusp of a happy new year before me, and i'm feeling grateful for everything that's now in my life" ― bodhinku, yet
 
"i'm happy to be me, happy to be alive, happy to be where i am, yet longing for another to come be with me, join with me...longing for her to find me and share with me all these breathless moments in my life..." ― bodhinku, yet
 
"the past is already gone, the future is not yet here. there's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment" ― gautama siddhartha buddha, sayings of buddha
 
"i want love, yet i don't want to be lost in love, i want to be found. to be discovered and uncovered bit by glorious bit; revealed and revered in each glorious facet. i don't want to be lost in love; i want to surrender into it fully. to make a willing leap and not a stumbled fall. i want to be eternal within her light, seen, not hidden. to allow only her to stand before my altar and into my inner temple. only her spirit present, conscious, and open. to only welcome her into my arms. she, the lady who stands beside me equal, authentic and whole. i don't want to be lost in love; i want to embrace it completely, unafraid, raw and blissfully awake with her wrapped around me like an aura, penetrating my meaning, making me complete" ― c. ara campbell (with additions by bodhinku)
 
"the paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, yet shorter tempers. wider freeways, yet narrower viewpoints. we spend more, yet have less. we buy more, yet enjoy less. we have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, yet less time...we have more degrees, yet less sense. more knowledge, yet less judgment. more experts, yet more problems. more medicine, yet more sickness....we drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch tv too much, and pray too seldom. we have multiplied our possessions, yet reduced our values. we talk too much, love too seldom, yet hate too often....we've learned how to make a living, yet not a life. we've added years to life, but not life to years. we've been all the way to the moon and back, yet have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. we conquered outer space, yet not inner space. we've done larger things, yet not better things....we've cleaned up the air, yet polluted the soul. we've conquered the atom, yet not our prejudice. we write more, yet learn less. we plan more, yet accomplish less. we've learned to rush, yet not to wait. we build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, yet we communicate less and less....these are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships....these are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, yet broken homes. these are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. it is a time when there is much in the showroom window, yet nothing in the stockroom. a time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete....remember, to spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever. remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side....remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent...remember, to say, "i love you" to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. a kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you....remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person might not be there again. give time to love, give time to speak! and give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind" ― bob moorehead, words aptly spoken
 
"you suppose you are the trouble, but you are the cure. you suppose that you are the lock on the door, but you are the key that opens it. it's too bad that you want to be someone else, you don't see your own face, your own beauty. yet, no face is more beautiful than yours, though i have yet to see it" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
 
"i have known you
since the beginning
of time
the one
i have loved always
in spirit.
yet still need to discover
 
"i'm seriously a metaphor of this tree, yet just me still...standing all alone under the stars on a beach, just me. wishing yet another tree would join me to share this beautiful world i live in, under that stars, yet so bright in our light" ― bodhinku, yet
 
"don't let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. don't let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. the love in this world you desire can be discovered. it exists.. it's real.. it's possible...it's yours" ― ayn rand, atlas shrugged
 
"i long for your first touch, your first kiss one-day. i miss you, yet i've still not met you in the flesh. yet...yet,we've met spiritually before, we have, i know with certainty. i'm hopeful, as i'm always, that yet another year will not pass without us finally finding each other again. yet, there is hope, always hope. so when at that moment, we can just stare endlessly into those loving eyes we see across from ours, those eyes we always knew all along, we will find our longed for bliss...but my god, how can i be truly happy when i've not met you on my path yet?" ― bodhinku, yet
 
"don't you know yet? it's your light that lights the world" ― jalaluddin rumi
 
"although i long for my love to find me yet, my new year's resolution is simple: i will breathe and love...and i will be grateful for each breath i get, and make each moment count as much as i possibly can, for tomorrow is not guaranteed, this is all we get, right here and now, waste none of it, breathe and love" ― bodhinku, yet
  
"my life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean under endless stars...yet under all these endless stars, what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" ― david mitchell, cloud atlas
 
this song is just one beautiful tune, aligned perfectly with the meaning of my impression and blog today...the singer is full of adoration and devotion for the love of his life, though he has yet to meet her... "yet" by duncan laurence   ... (just click on any of words in the blue links to listen to the song)... 
 
"i found you in flares of city lights and your corner's the streets that i passed by. your heart beats a million miles away. but i feel you with me now, so please don't fade, somewhere, some way. we've got a lifetime to live. i've got my whole heart to give. what can i hold on to if i haven't met you? all of our memories ahead, so many good times left. but what can i hold on to if i haven't met you yet?...imagine the sunset in july. we'll dance like the waves on the coastline. imagine a dream where you don't wake. can you make it all slow down? we'll find our way somehow, someday. we've got a lifetime to live, i've got my whole heart to give. what can i hold on to if i haven't met you? all of our memories ahead, so many good times left. nut what can I hold on to if i haven't met you yet?...nothing seems real without you, like i can't feel until i found you. we've got a lifetime to live, i've got my whole heart to give. what can i hold on to if i haven't met you? all of our memories ahead, so many good times left. but what can i hold on to if i haven't met you yet?" ― duncan laurence, yet
 
"i'm all alone, yet still together with a lady who is out there somewhere. we've yet to cross paths in this world, but i know she is real. her and i think alike and are looking for the same things together. i feel her in my heart, and my soul desperately longs to connect with hers" ― bodhinku, better together
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MEANING
"i must continue to hope she finds me, but yet another year passes of longing for her and imagining such a beautiful love we will have. yet she is here now. she is always here. i carry her in my heart until the day i can carry her in my arms" ― bodhinku, yet

"yet" is defined as 4 different meaning by merriam-webster:
1. referring to something that will happen in the future
2. up to now; still happening; at this moment; as soon as now
3. nevertheless; but; in spite of that
4. in addition to, one more time; on top of everything else; no less
 
and to me beliefs, there's definitely a wonderful feeling and intent of hope in the term "yet"...

"hope is powerful. hope sees opportunities, even in challenges. hope fills the soul, even when it feels empty. hope shares kindness, even when we feel so far apart. hope creates momentum. hope fuels the change. believe in hope. it is the only thing that yet matters" ― rachel martin

i'm seriously a metaphor of this tree, yet just me still...standing all alone under the stars on a beach, just me. wishing yet another tree would join me to share this beautiful world i live in, under that stars, yet so bright in our light...happy to be me, happy to be alive, happy to be where i am, yet longing for another to come be with me, join with me...longing for her to find me and share with me all these breathless moments in my life...
 
so this meaning and message written in between my words is for her...i know she is out there, i feel her close by...but still as yet find myself celebrating another new year's eve all alone, just me and my doggie, besos to bring in the new year together...he will again be my kiss at midnight, and live up to his apt name of "besos" (spanish for kisses)...
 
yet another year comes to a beautiful end. no regrets. but still, you're still not with me yet. in the end, i'm alone yet again on the thirty-first, yet i'm content alone. i've my doggie here with me, he is so devoted, what more do i need? yet it's you who i miss dearly...
 
i long for your first touch, your first kiss one-day. i miss you, yet i've still not met you in the flesh. yet...yet,we've met spiritually before, we have, i know with certainty. i'm hopeful, as i'm always, that yet another year will not pass without us finally finding each other again. yet, there is hope, always hope. so when at that moment, we can just stare endlessly into those loving eyes we see across from ours, those eyes we always knew all along, we will find our longed for bliss...but my god, how can i be truly happy when i've not met you on my path yet??
 
"yet another year passes and i've yet to find her...but, i'm on the cusp of a happy new year before me, and i'm feeling grateful for everything that's now in my life" ― bodhinku, yet
 
there's been a deep underlying message in all my blogs for the past few months...an undercurrent in my psyche, and one that's the stream of thought in most of those weekly blogs...i've been pleading to her, though i've not met her yet. pleading to meet her, though i already know her. hoping beyond hope and not stopping in believing she's real and looking for me, feeling the same way i am, she's on a divergent path to discover me...
 
in the labour day blog of "togetherness" back in september, these were my words:
"i'm all alone yet still together with a lady who is out there somewhere. we've yet to cross paths in this world, but i know she is real. her and i think alike and are looking for the same things together. i feel her in my heart, and my soul desperately longs to connect with hers. she lives each of her life's moments fully and looks past none of them. she's artistic and free. her spirit dances with the milky way each night. she hopes, she dreams. she loves. she feels the same way about me and breathes my name into her lungs, though she has not met me in this life yet. she longs to be together with me one day...she exists, i just need to look into her eyes anew and know that i've always known her...i hope one day comes soon, that one day when our eyes connect deeply with each other and she asks me: fly away with me, and let's never look back, and i respond to her: of course, if you are a bird, i 'm a bird...and we take off and fly together to a happily ever after of togetherness...i know she's out there somewhere, these words are for her: i know you exist. i know you are walking this planet somewhere looking for me too, and one day we will meet, and we will share countless breathless moments of 'oh my god' together"... i can't wait until i finally find her, and she finds me and says, 'oh it's you!'. and we can transform into the feathers covering each others wings and fly away into our colorful sunset together...that's our life's treasure, better together...and when her and i finally reconnect together only knowing one thing, that something of this certainty comes but once in a lifetime, we will dance and laugh and play together under the stars, and sing this song together without the need for words all night long"
 
though she has yet to arrive, i know the day will come, i have deep faith in her finally finding me, and as soon as i see her, that first look will be all it takes. one look and love will fill my body with such a powerful energy. an energy that brings the long lost smile back to my face, and fills my heart with happiness unimaginable. a peaceful calming rush of pure love, that's still yet eternally there inside me, but needs her yet to make it flow completely...
 
a feeling such as this cannot be explained or described, it can only be felt. it can only be known. and if you feel it now, and know its energy pulsing through your body, you are one of the lucky ones. and you know what i continue to long for...a life full of kisses, and holding hands, and giggles, and smiles, and words without speaking, the first thing every morning and the last thing every night...
 
yet i find myself here, i'm all alone, yet still together with a lady who is out there somewhere. we've yet to cross paths in this world, but i know she is real. her and i think alike and are looking for the same things together. i feel her in my heart, and my soul desperately longs to connect with hers...
 
though i long for my love to find me yet, my new year's resolution is simple: i will breathe and love...and i will be grateful for each breath i get, and make each moment count as much as i possibly can, for tomorrow is not guaranteed, this is all we get, right here and now, waste none of it, breathe and love....[a big sign with a deep breath and exhale]
 
"if there is a love story you want to read, but it has not been written yet, then you must write it yourself" ― bodhinku, yet
 
++(((this favourite poem of mine is for her, i know she is out there...this is to the lady of my dreams, directly from my heart to hers)))++
 
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
                                                     
i fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart) " ― e. e. cummings
 
this beautiful love song fits in with my blog today with how i've been reflecting on my 2021 at the end of this year, along with how i've been feeling lately about all of the ladies i've known and loved, yet knew that they were not the one (including those this year). i shared and spent lovely time with them, deep emotional moments, until things had to end because of me knowing deep down inside that they were just not "the one". and with no regrets, i always move onward in my hopes of finally finding her...this from an unlikely duet, paired beautifully together even though they have super different backgrounds and musical genres, recorded in 1984: "to all the girls i've loved before" by willie nelson and julio iglesias ... (just click on any of the words in the blue links to listen to the musical selection)....

"to all the girls i've loved before who traveled in and out my door. i'm glad they came along, i dedicate this song to all the girls i've loved before...to all the girls i once caressed. and may i say, i've held the best for helping me to grow. i owe a lot, i know, to all the girls i've loved before...the winds of change are always blowing and every time i tried to stay, the winds of change continued blowing. and they just carried me away...to all the girls who shared my life, who now are someone else's wives. i'm glad they came along, i dedicate this song to all the girls i've loved before...to all the girls who cared for me, who filled my nights with ecstasy. they live within my heart, i'll always be a part of all the girls i've loved before...the winds of change are always blowing and every time i tried to stay, the winds of change continued blowing and they just carried me away...to all the girls we've loved before, who traveled in and out our door. we're glad they came along. we dedicate this song to all the girls we've loved before. to all the girls we've loved before who traveled in and out our doors. we're glad they came along, we dedicate this song to all the girls we've loved before" ― willie nelson & julio iglesias, all the girls i've loved before
 
"she exists, yet she has yet to find me...she's my last first kiss. each morning she's the first beautiful sight i see, and every night she's the last glowing light before my eyes close. she is my all day, my all night. she is my eternal love, but i have yet to meet her" ― bodhinku, yet
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MORE BODHINKU QUOTES
"writing makes me think about what lies deep inside me, it's a process that helps me reflect and understand my enigmatic emotions better...and today this blog makes me feel so thankful for those that truly love me, especially this eternal love inside, for her, for my light behind these words today, though i have yet to meet her in the flesh..." ― bodhinku, eternal
 
"eternal is defined as: lasting or existing forever, without end or beginning...imagine a love with no beginning or end. imagine a love existing forever. imaging a love without the constraints of time--no hours, days, or years. just a love that's always there, one that has always been there and always will be. a love eternal" ― bodhinku, eternal
 
"yet, i hope one day comes soon, that one day when our eyes connect deeply with each other and she asks me: fly away with me, and let's never look back, and i respond to her: of course, if you're a bird, i'm a bird...and we take off and fly together to a happily ever after of togetherness" ― bodhinku, togetherness
 
"she stands next to him as his cure
likewise all that matters is next to her, 
like trees looking off into the eternal free, 
all warm and cozy nestled by the sea, 
knowing this is where for sure
they were always meant to be 
forever from here to eternity" ― bodhinku, eternal
 
"anywhere we might be
no matter how ugly 
or good the weather
we're there eternally
loving together
knowing you, knowing me
knowing nirvana's pleasure
as far as i can see
only your eyes, your face
glowing with thee
takes me to the place
anywhere we might be
all night and diurnal
together eternal" ― bodhinku, eternal
 
"i sing the sweetest song
i shout out your name
with or without
you around me
nothing is the same
and you and i are to blame
sweet melody of our soul

i scream for you
i want more
it's you that i adore.
my bird with the brightest feather
our world is floating
it's our belief  
when we're together

we're like a river
we're wild and free
i believe our home is full of magic
our world is like it is meant to be.
let's sing our song
not for a moment
but for sweet eternity" ― bodhinku, eternity
 
"adoring of each other fully. full of beautiful love and magical connections. teaming with understanding and devotion. filled to the top in togetherness existing as one" ― bodhinku, togetherness
 
"and when her and i finally reconnect together only knowing one thing, that something of this certainty comes but once in a lifetime, we will dance and laugh and play together under the stars, and sing a song together without the need for words all night long" ― bodhinku, better together
 
"these trees look like they are posing for the photo, the three of them just happy to be together. i mean, seriously hanging out with a couple hella good friends, a warm sea breeze, sugary sands, crystal blue water, and sunshine at the beach...togetherness, what more do you really need?" ― bodhinku, together
 
"i know you exist. i know you are out there somewhere looking for me too, and one day we will meet and we will share countless breathless moments of 'oh my god' together" ― bodhinku, togetherness 
 
"she lives each of her life's moments fully and looks past none of them. she's artistic and free. her spirit dances with the milky way each night. she hopes, she dreams. she loves. she feels the same way about me and breathes my name into her lungs, though she has not met me in this life yet. she longs to be together with me one day" ― bodhinku, together
 
 "i can't wait until i finally find her, and she finds me and says, 'oh it's you!'. and we can transform into the feathers covering each others wings and fly away into our colorful sunset together...that's our life's treasure, better together" ― bodhinku, better together
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MORE QUOTES FOR EXTRA MEANING
"yet all we think we know, our theories of love are as valuable as are those that a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world" ― gautama siddhartha buddha, sayings of buddha
 
"the reason why the universe is yet so endless is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms" ― lao tzu, tao te ching
 
"contentment alone is enough indeed, the bliss of eternity can be found in your contentment" ― lao tzu, tao te ching
 
"i offer you peace. i offer you love. i offer you friendship. i see your beauty. i hear your need. i feel your feelings. my wisdom flows from the highest source. i salute that source in you. let us work in love, for unity and peace" ― mohandas mahatma gandhi 
  
"great love is not found randomly or by impulse. yet instead by a series of small things brought into focus" ― vincent van gogh
 
"that’s the thing about great love. it elevates everything around it. you walk through a forest together and it becomes a great temple. you eat a meal together and you sit at god’s banquet table. you merge your bodies and all heaven breaks loose. that’s why we can’t stop singing about love. every verse is a cry for being an eternal happiness as one" ― jeff brown
 
"there is no more precious a privilege than to be loved without reserve or judgement. to look deeply into your partner’s eyes and see, that yet despite your many faults and flaws, you will always be eternal, because you are cherished precisely as you are. once you have known a love like that in your life, it stays with you eternally" ― beau taplin, remedy
 
"by night, love, tie your heart to mine, and our two as one will in their sleep yet defeat the darkness" ― pablo neruda
 
"at night i dream that you and i are two trees that grew together, roots entwined, and that you know the earth and the rain like my mouth, since we are made of earth and rain" ― pablo neruda, 100 love sonnets
 
"we are travelers on a cosmic journey, stardust, swirling and dancing in the eddies and whirlpools of infinity. life is eternal. we have stopped for yet a moment to encounter each other, to meet, to love, to share. this is a precious moment. it is a little parenthesis in eternity" ― paulo coelho, the alchemist
 
"that is the simple secret of happiness. whatever you are doing, don’t let past move your mind; don’t let future disturb you. because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. to live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. and when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential...you will miss your whole life" ― osho, the hidden splendor
 
"i know my journey's not over yet, and that life is a winding path, but i can only hope it somehow circles back to the place i belong. that's how i think of it now. i belong with her" ― nicholas sparks, the notebook

"the power of a glance has been so much abused in love stories, that it has come to be disbelieved in. few people dare now to say that two beings have fallen in love because they have looked at each other. yet it is in this way that love begins, and in this way only" ― victor hugo, les miserables
 
"you can talk with someone for years, everyday, and still, it won't mean as much as what you can have when you sit in front of someone, not saying a word, yet you feel that person with your heart, you feel like you have known the person for forever.... connections are made with the heart, not the tongue" ― c. joybell c.
 
"you must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, yet find your eternity in each moment. fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. yet there is no other land; there is no other life but this" ― henry david thoreau, walden  
 
"look again at that dot. that's here. that's home. that's us. on it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. the aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam....the earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot....our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. in our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves....the earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. there is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. visit, yes. settle, not yet. like it or not, for the moment the earth is where we make our stand....it has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. there is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. to me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known" ― carl sagan, pale blue dot
 
"isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" ― l.m. montgomery
 
"life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward eternal in the same direction" ― antoine de saint-exupery, the little prince
 
"yesterday is gone. tomorrow has not yet come. we have only today yet. let us begin" ― mother theresa
 
"you hide me in your cloak of nothingness. reflect my ghost in your glass of being. i am nothing, yet appear: a transparent dream where your eternity briefly trembles and i sigh" ― jalaluddin rumi, bridge to the soul  
 
"my heart is so small
it's almost invisible.
how can you place
such big sorrows in it?
"look," she answered,
"your eyes are even smaller,
yet they behold the world." ― jalaluddin rumi, bridge to the soul 
 
"there is a basket of fresh bread on your head, yet you go door to door asking for crusts" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
 
"a moment of happiness, you and i laying together on the grass of eden, apparently two, but one in soul, you and i. we feel the flowing water of life here, you and i, with the garden's beauty and the birds singing. the stars will be watching us, and we will show them what it is to be a thin crescent moon. you and i unselfed, will be eternal, as we laugh together, you and i. in one form upon this earth, and in another form in a timeless sweet land" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 

"i'm drenched
in the flood
which has yet to come

i'm tied up
in the prison
that has yet to exist

not having played
the game of chess
i'm already the checkmate

not having tasted
a single cup of your wine
i'm already drunk

not having entered
the battlefield
i'm already wounded and slain

o no longer
know the difference
between image and reality

like the shadow
i am
and
i am not" ― jalaluddin rumi, hush don't say anything to god 
 
"whenever beauty looks, love is also there; whenever beauty shows a rosy cheek, love lights her fire from that flame. when beauty dwells in the dark folds of night, love comes and finds a heart entangled in tresses. beauty and love are as body and soul. they have been eternal since the beginning of time, side by side, step by step" ― jalaluddin rumi
 
"i am a painter, painting pictures all the time, yet when i set them near your beauty...i want to throw them all away" ― jalaluddin rumi
 
"no one can tell if i’m laughing or weeping. i wonder myself. how can i be separated and yet be in union?" ― jalaluddin rumi
 
"you hurt and have sharp desire, yet your presence is a healing calm" ― jalaluddin rumi
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ABOUT THE IMPRESSION
"yet another year comes to a beautiful end. no regrets. but still, you're still not with me yet. in the end, i'm alone yet again on the thirty-first, yet i'm content alone. i've my doggie here with me, he is so devoted, what more do i need? yet it's you who i miss dearly..." ― bodhinku, yet
      
this is two separate exposures, one captured about 11 mins after sunrise on a calm windless beach in south saint petersburg, florida on august 4, 2021, and the another captured much later on after the sun went down of the stars...this composition is comprised of these two exposures...the beach scene and tree (f/11 @24mm for 111secs, iso-64), and the stars (f/1.4 @24mm for 15seconds, iso-2500)....  
 
in my photography, i always use filters to create longer exposure effects, saturate colors naturally, and balance the light in my composition in-camera...i often use as many as four filters at time, and i always use at least one filter in my completed impressions...
 
but for the exposure of the stars, no filters were necessary, so no filters were used...
 
however, for the tree exposure, to get the effects and balance i was looking for, i used two progreyusa filters in the capture of this composition, a 3.0 nd progrey antarctica filter to bring the light in the image down 10 stops to create this dreamy effect with motion blur of the water and naturally saturate the primary rgb's (reds, greens and blues) in the image  and a 0.9 gnd progrey aurora filter to help balance in-camera overall the image the way i envisioned it... in this case, to stop down the light at the top of the image an extra three stops and help permit details in the shadows of the palm trees come out better...
 
i also used the progrey g-120z magnetic holder to hold the filters and secure them to my nikon d850 with a nikon nikkor 24mm f/1.4 prime lens... 
 
and with this being a pretty long exposure of 111 seconds, a stable and sturdy tripod is an absolute necessity in order to keep the image sharp...i wish to openly thank my sponsors who have always supported me through both the good and bad times...for truly this long exposure impression would not be possible without the use of my induro phq3 series 5-way panhead with induro carbon fiber stealth tripod in combination with the progreyusa filters which i use with every photo i take...
 
"if nothing else...if i open my eyes, if i cry, if i think, if i sigh, if i giggle, if i dance, if i love, if i breathe, then i have lived a full days worth of life...nothing is wasted, nothing" ― bodhinku, if nothing else
 
"i do not want you to just be into my photography, instead, i'd much rather you take a journey into my pictures, and feel the impression i have created, feel it with all your senses" ― bodhinku, into 
 
"contemplate without thinking. be certain only in your uncertainty. stop the world. slow down everything. let it all be. shut off the noise. relax. seize this moment. reconnect. feel and sense what surrounds you. listen to all the colors of light whisper as they envelope you. see the melody and harmony that float about unnoticed. taste the solitude of all this wonderment. smell the beautiful silence. now discover your peaceful serenity. then, reach out and touch your faith with all your senses. this is my world. awaken!" ― bodhinku, my world
 
"my photography is my way of keeping a diary" ― bodhinku, my diary   
 
i leave you today wishing that bright joy 
and spiritual peace fill your life...
imploring you to make every moment count, 
no matter what, always and forever, 
for that is the only thing that truly matters... 
 
and above all else,
i hope this message and impression find you well.
 
namaste,
bodhi
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