“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
Tag Archives: Nature
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
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….
Justice Everywhere
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”* * * * *“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.”* * * * *“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”* * * * *“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”* * * * *“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”-Martin Luther King
For All That Is To Come
“For all that has been,
Thank you.
For all that is to come,
Yes!”
-Dag Hammarskjol
The Soul Felt Its Worth
May your soul feel supreme peace as this beautiful season of Love & Light unfolds.
“And the soul felt its worth”
-O Holy Night, Adolphe Adam/Placide Cappeau
Sweet Solstice
Ahhh… Winter.
Now the sweet season of introspection, quiet, peaceful snowscapes, good books, long nights, welcoming fires, warm hearths, cozy afternoons, wanderings, deepening, dreaming, awakening…
We celebrate this longest night with a glad heart, knowing that with each subsequent day, the sun will grace us with ever more moments of light. Each day more light.
May our lives, our very souls know this too; each day more light!
O Winter ruler of the inverted year… I crown thee king of intimate delights, fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, and all the comforts that the lowly roof of undisturbed retirement, and the hours of long uninterrupted evening, know.”
-William Cowper
“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.”
– Pietro Aretino
“Winter is not a season, it’s a celebration.”
– Anamika Mishra
Your Place in the Family
Wild Geese, Mary Oliver
“You do have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting —
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.”
Mary Oliver reads “Wild Geese”
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hsimp=yhs-001&hspart=mozilla&p=you+tube+wild+geese+mary+oliver#id=3&vid=afb25b9ce445c4e85ca9f8849cdd980a&action=click
It Matters
“it matters what voices you listen to, it matters what books you read, it matters what you buy, what you do with your money if you have it and how you interact with those who don’t have it, it matters who you surround yourself with and why, it matters where you put your life labor, it matters where you put your love labor, it matters where you put your creative labor and what you create and why, it matters what you let into your life and what you are willing to live with, it matters what your relationship to the planet is or isn’t, it matters how you respond to danger at the door…even if it’s at your neighbor’s door.”
Inside You
“Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you.”
-Rumi
