Tag: forest

Wisdom of Wendell Berry

I go among the trees and sit still.All my stirring becomes quietaround me like circles on water.My tasks lie in their placeswhere I left them, asleep like cattle.

Happiness?

Happiness is a direction, not a place.

What Do We Need?

The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more… Continue Reading “What Do We Need?”

Holy Land

“The Holy Land is everywhere.”

Present in All Directions

When you are present in your own life it extends infinitely in every direction.

To Be Alive

I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable…but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

The Proper Place of Peace

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.

Faith Is

Faith is only found when needed,only real when used.Until then it is a seed . . .

Shaping the Mind

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

Wisdom of Mark Twain

I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain