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Posted on December 27, 2017
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The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Make Hope Happen”
Posted on November 26, 2017
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created. – Baal Shem Tov
Category: GratefulnessTags: baal shem tov, chicago botanic gardens, garden, gratefulness, gratitude, milkweed, milkweed bugs, nature, photo, photography, quote
Posted on November 22, 2017
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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
Category: Hope / HealingTags: anthem, bell, eco-justice center, garden, hope, leonard cohen, nature, photo, photography, quote, racine, song
Posted on February 19, 2017
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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
Posted on August 28, 2016
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Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement. – Jack Kornfield
Posted on August 21, 2016
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Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming. – Eihei Dogen, Sky Flowers
Category: SpiritualityTags: chicago, chicago botanic gardens, dogen zenji, flowers, garden, nature, photo, photography, quote, sky flowers, tulip
Posted on August 14, 2016
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Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. – Henry David Thoreau
Category: Care of the EarthTags: bunny, chicago, chicago botanic gardens, flowers, garden, henry david thoreau, nature, pansies, photo, photography, quote, rabbit, spring
Posted on June 26, 2016
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Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson
Posted on November 8, 2015
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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. – Marcel Proust
Posted on August 25, 2013
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Be tough in the way a blade of grass is: rooted, willing to lean, and at peace with what is around it. – Natalie Goldberg