Tag: flower

A Breath of Gratitude

Gratitude is the sweet fragrance of an opening heart. – Aine Belton

Amazing Words from Etty Hillesum

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more the good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life

God – Creator of Unity and Diversity

God made so many different kinds of people; why would God allow only one way to worship? – Martin Buber

Listen!

When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. – Rachel Naomi Remen

On the Feast of Saint Thérèse

Today is the Feast of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux who is known as “The Little Flower.” So how better to celebrate her than with flowers and a few words from her, one of the three women doctors of the Church. The splendor of the… Continue Reading “On the Feast of Saint Thérèse”

Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. – Carl Jung

Basho Haiku

  across the road   from a field of sunflowers   a sunflower  ~ Basho

Let Go

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of dying, there is nothing you can’t achieve. Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter’s place.  When… Continue Reading “Let Go”

Be a Wildflower

May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beaut and joy of each day. – Native American Proverb

Wisdom from Basho

The temple bell stops ringing but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers – Basho