Category: Spirituality

No Names

… I wonder what it would be like to go into a forest where nothing has a name… if we started all over, giving names, would any fact about the forest compel us to name the same units?  Kathleen Dean Moore 

Always Beauty

Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.  Albert Schweitzer 

The Teacher

Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your teacher.  William Wordsworth 

I Am the Tree

I saw the tree was standing thereBearing some of my life in itI was rising high in the branches of the treeAnd sinking deep in the roots of the treeNow I am the treeThe tree is me.  Bal Ram Adhikari 

How Trees Preach

Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.  Hermann Hesse 

Welcome!

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.  Hal Borland 

What Does Nature Teach Us?

“Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.”  Mark Coleman 

Keeping the Light

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. Theodore Roethke

Let Earth Delight Your Feet

Forget not that Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Kahlil Gibran

Trees Are Sanctuaries

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. Herman Hesse