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Wonders – Always before my Eyes
I’ve read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes. – Kathleen Raine
Getting Perspective
I’ve learned to time things so that I am driving with a beautiful sunset off to the west as I drive home. It calms me. It gives me perspective. I think, “There is a hideous traffic jam in front of me. There are trucks… Continue Reading “Getting Perspective”
Celebrating Nature through the Lens
From the time I first picked up a camera, I have celebrated nature through my lens. And nature has responded by teaching me some extraordinary lessons. – Dewitt Jones
Gentle God
Gentle God God is breathing gently, God never hurries, Is never anxious or pressing, God just waits, Breathing gently upon us With great tenderness Until we look to God – And, knowingly, Nod. – Edwina Gateley, from I Hear a Seed Growing
Thoughts on Hope – 14
[The one] who has health, has hope. And [the one] who has hope, has everything. – Arab Proverb
Let Us Center Our Lives
Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness. – Paramahansa Yogananda
Old Inuit Song
I think over again my small adventures my fears those small ones that seemed so big For all the vital things I had to get and to reach And yet there is only one great thing the only thing To live to see… Continue Reading “Old Inuit Song”
Where Do You Find Peace?
The Peace of the Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood… Continue Reading “Where Do You Find Peace?”
A Reason to Hope
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The Peace of Wild Things
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Wendell Berry. The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives… Continue Reading “The Peace of Wild Things”
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