The Most Practical Virtue

Hope in the planting
Hope in the planting

As we face the grand ecological crisis of our time, our most important renewable resource is hope. We simply must put it on with our shoes each morning.

– Barbara Kingsolver

Wisdom from the Meister

Soaring osprey
Soaring osprey

If the soul could have known God without the world, the world would never have been created.

– Meister Eckhart

A Walk Always Helps

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

-John Muir

I wasn't exactly expecting to see him on the path!
I wasn’t exactly expecting to see him on the path!

Oneness with the Universe

A universe to be at one with
A universe to be at one with

The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that its center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

― Nicholas Black Elk

 

The Mark of Wisdom

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

The uncommon beauty of the common red-winged blackbird
The uncommon beauty of the common red-winged blackbird

What Do the Mountains Tell Us?

The glorious mountains of Glacier National Park
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? Psalm 121:1

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
– John Muir

What Time Do You Have?

The trouble is, you think you have time.
–  Buddha

How much time does the butterfly or the clover have?
How much time does the butterfly or the clover have?

From Where Have You Come?

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

– Henry Ward Beecher

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So How Is Winter for You?

Everyone keeps asking – since I’ve moved from San Francisco to the Chicago area – how it’s going for me. How am I adjusting to winter in the midwest. Actually, I think that the snow is beautiful, and, really, it’s people that I miss. And I stumbled upon this quote the other day:

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
– Anton Chekhov

But I don notice that people don't sit on the snow cushions on these benches
But I do notice that people don’t sit on the snow cushions on these benches

Wisdom of the Ages

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

– Ansel Adams

A sunrise like this brings a day worth exploring!
A sunrise like this brings a day worth exploring!