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Keeping the Light
Posted on May 31, 2026 by opreach
Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, theodore roethke, tulips
Let Earth Delight Your Feet
Posted on May 27, 2026 by opreach
Forget not that Earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Category: SpiritualityTags: fence, flowers, illinois, kahlil gibran, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, tulips
Trees Are Sanctuaries
Posted on May 24, 2026 by opreach
Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.
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Let Earth Change You
Posted on May 20, 2026 by opreach
Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, garden, illinois, lawn, lilacia park, lombard, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, tree, tulips
Broken but Blooming
Posted on May 6, 2026 by opreach
We’re all broken but blooming. The lilacs are another brilliant mirror of who we can grow to be, and already are.
Category: SpiritualityTags: blooming, eric alan, flowers, illinois, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote
Look Deeply
When we look deeply at a flower, we can see the whole cosmos contained in it.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flower, illimois, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, pistil, quote, thich nhat hanh, tulip
Happy Easter
Posted on March 31, 2024 by opreach
Our task is to take this earth so deeply and wholly into ourselves that it will resurrect within our being.– Rainer Maria Rilke To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: EasterTags: easter, flowers, illinois, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, rainer maria rilke, santa sabina center retreat, tulips
Earth’s Generosity
Posted on March 20, 2024 by opreach
The Earth is generous with us — and forgiving. We can be the same with each other.– Robin Wall Kimmerer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, lilac, lilacia park, lombard, nature, photo, photography, quote, robin wall kimmerer, santa sabina center
Mysteries
The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced. – Aart Van Der Leeuw To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
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The Springtime
Posted on March 31, 2023 by opreach
Yes! The springtime needs you.Often a star is waiting for you to notice it.A wave rolls toward you from the distant past.Or as you walk under an open window,the sound of a violin calls out to you.All this is a mission.But can you recognize… Continue Reading “The Springtime”
Category: SpiritualityTags: flowers, illinois, kim stafford, lilacia park, lilacs, lombard, nature, photo, photography, poem, quote, rainer maria rilke, santa sabina center retreat
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