Let Us Recognize All of God’s Creation

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
– May Angelou

Can you spot the chipmunk?
Can you spot the chipmunk?

Created so that We May Rejoice

I am settling into my new home after driving through some of the most beautiful places in the world. It is time to return to my blog, OPreach. But since I haven’t found my stride ye, and have a few trips on the horizon, I plan to post only once a week for a while – every Tuesday or Monday. Of course if some irresistible creative thought occurs to me, I may make an “extra” post now and again.

For now I would like to share some of the beauty I have experienced along the way.

Wild Columbine at Two Medicine in Glacier
Wild Columbine at Two Medicine in Glacier

 

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.
― John Calvin

 

So Much Has Been Given Me

Because I will be traveling cross-country, on my way to my new home in River Forest, Illinois, I am taking a break from OPreach for the month of August.

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So much has been given to me; I have no time to ponder over that which has been denied.
– Helen Keller

The Wisdom of Experience

Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.

– Aldous Huxley

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The experience of a Tahoe sunset

The Making of the Wise Heart

It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.

– Sara Teasdale

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Wisdom of Exploration

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

– Ansel Adams

Exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway
Exploring the Blue Ridge Parkway

The Footsteps of the Wise

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.

– Matsuo Bashō

Who's footsteps will you follow?
Who’s footsteps will you follow?

 

Wisdom Unshaken

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

– Gautama Buddha

Rocks, shaped, but not moved, by the wind
Rocks, shaped, but not moved, by the wind

The Wisdom of Mistakes

Mistakes are the growing pains of wisdom.

– William Jordan

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Just a weed on the side of the road?

A Wisdom that Cries

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

– Kahil Gibran

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