“Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment.”
-Ellis Peters
Listening to a Deeper Way
“Walking,
I am listening
to a deeper way.
Suddenly
all my ancestors
are behind me.
Be still, they say,
Watch and listen.
You are the result of the love of thousands.”
-Linda Hogan
“The woods are lovely,
dark and deep,
but I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep,
and miles to go before I sleep.”
-Robert Frost
Werifesteria – Old English – Verb
-to wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery
Walking on Clouds
“When there’s snow on the ground
I like to pretend I’m walking on clouds.”
-Takayuki Ikkaku
“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or
usher in storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
-Rabindranath Tagore
“You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds.”
-Henry David Thoreau
Kindness is Like Snow
“In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
—John Muir.
“Kindness is like snow –
It beautifies everything it covers.”
-Kahlil Gibran
Frozen Memories
“Winter’s icy grip
Encapsulating free form
Frozen memories.”
-Kata Boro
“february ice
hangs from the bare tree branches –
walks in still nature.”
-Viv Wigley
What We Have in Common
“The earth is what we all have in common.”
-Wendell Berry
Stillness Becomes a Radiance
Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.
~ Morgan Freeman
Arms of a Sister
“When sleeping women wake, mountains move.”
-Chinese Proverb
“Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.”
-Alice Walker
Destroy It With Kindness
“I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, other-centered men can build up.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“IN THE HANDS OF MAN
He who creates a poison, also has the cure.
He who creates a virus, also has the antidote.
He who creates chaos, also has the ability to create peace.
He who sparks hate, also has the ability to transform it to love.
He who creates misery, also has the ability to destroy it with kindness.
He who creates sadness, also has the ability to to covert it to happiness.
He who creates darkness, can also be awakened to produce illumination.
He who spreads fear, can also be shaken to spread comfort.
Any problems created by the left hand of man,
Can also be solved with the right,
For he who manifests anything,
Also has the ability to
Destroy it.”-Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
Solace
There is solace to be found, always.
May you find your solace even amidst chaos and uncertainty, at the abiding center of yourself, deep inside.
My solace is found in silence, writing, books, animals, simplicity, music, friendship, laughter and nature, yes, these are my places. Those sweet things that resonate to the core of being.
Yes, there is solace to be found.
“..i spill into
the kind of silence
only Khalil Gibran would understand.”-Sanober Khan
“Writing is the supreme solace.”
-W. Somerset Maugham
“Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by felling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.”
-Wayne Dyer
“Books can be a source of solace…”
-Michael Dirda
“I find solace in animals. I have a stray dog at home called Candy. I picked it up while I w as waiting at the airport one day. I always wanted to have a “macho” dog but got this sweet little thing instead.”
-Randeep Hooda
“Music has always been a great solace for me. It’s still something that gives me far more joy than movies, I must say. I love movies too. But somehow, music can transport you. There are so many different kinds of experiences you can have with music.”
-Allison Anders
“Is solace anywhere more comforting than in the arms of a sister?”
-Alice Walker
“Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.
-Lorraine Anderson
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
-Anne Frank
“Laughter heals, gives solace, and is life enhancing.”
-Liz Carpenter
How lovely to find quotes for each and every one of my special solaces….
