Posted on March 29, 2026
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We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is… Continue Reading “Brevity”
Posted on March 25, 2026
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I go among the trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quietaround me like circles on water.My tasks lie in their placeswhere I left them, asleep like cattle.
Category: SpiritualityTags: fern, forest, muir woods, nature, photo, photography, poem, quote, sabbaths, trees, wendell berry
Posted on March 22, 2026
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
Posted on March 18, 2026
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Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.
Posted on March 15, 2026
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Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
Posted on March 11, 2026
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To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.
Category: SpiritualityTags: clouds, fence, hikers, mary davis, meadow, mountain, mountains, nature, photo, photography, quote, zion national park
Posted on March 8, 2026
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When we enter a state of wonder, an opening is created; a possibility arises for us to view the world differently and to come to a different understanding.
Posted on March 4, 2026
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What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.
Posted on March 1, 2026
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Posted on February 25, 2026
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.