Tag: flower

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

Let the Beauty We Love Be what We Do

Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. – Rumi

God’s Presence Fills Creation

Holy One of Blessing, Your Presence fills creation. – Rabbi Lawrence Kushner

Wisdom from a Dominican Mystic – Meister Eckhart

Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. – Meister Eckhart, Dominican mystic of the 13th century

Uncontrollable Nature

Nature just, “is.” It cannot be controlled. People can mess around with it. They can interfere with it. They can pollute it. They can damage it. They can degrade it. But they can never really control. it. The sun will rise every day. The… Continue Reading “Uncontrollable Nature”