And I Rejoice In It All

Where are
we going?
Do not ask!
Ascend,
descend.
There is
no beginning
and no end.
Only this
present
moment
exists,
full of
bitterness,
full of
sweetness,
and I
rejoice
in it all.
--Nikos Kazantzakis




Palisades of the Desert from Cardenas Butte (top)
from Whites Butte (middle)
outside Hance Canyon looking east (below)