Category: Spirituality

Brevity

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”

Wisdom of Wendell Berry

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.

Your Soul Is Alive

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.

Intrusions of Beauty

Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.

Paintings

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

A Thousand Miracles

To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.

The State of Wonder

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.

What Do We See?

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.

Happiness?

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

Be Kind

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.