What everyone needs

You can pray out loud when you're walking on the Oregon Coast. Not just because the others walking are few and far between and not just because the pounding of the waves swallows your voice, but because you feel like you're in heaven. Or at least the Garden of Eden.

You can be inspired when walking on the Oregon Coast. Not just because you are surrounded by such majesty and not just because you are breathing deeply such pristine air, but because you are not distracted by what you have to do and how fast you need to get it done.

Everybody needs their own Oregon Coast.

It might not be in Oregon. It might be in the mountains or under the stars or in the garden. It might be in the car with the radio off or in a closet when everbody else is otherwise occupied.

Everybody needs to pray out loud now and then . . . and be inspired.

Beauty on Main

We were there to create art. Main Street in Bountiful.

Almost everybody else did it the hard way -- with paint brush and paints. I did it with my camera.

And I did find beauty.

But my favorite sights weren't only the natural wonders seen close-up on a busy street, but the intense concentration of those who saw beauty and then created some of their own.