Tag: garden

Wednesday of Hope – Where the Light Gets In

Ring the bell that still can ring. Forget the perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. – Leonard Cohen, Anthem

The Summer within Our Winter

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus

Let’s Live in Amazement!

  Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement. – Jack Kornfield

Emptiness in Bloom

  Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming. – Eihei Dogen, Sky Flowers

Where Do We Find Heaven?

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. – Henry David Thoreau

A Month of Rachel Carson – Week Three

Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson

Gardening Gratefulness

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust

Be At Peace

Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it. – Natalie Goldberg

Drink of the Experience of Spring, While It Is Still Spring

The one who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is apt to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance. – Ling Po

Astonishingly Beautiful

To  be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. -Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Quoted in Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re Cheese, by Kathryn and Ross Petras