Tag: nature
Posted on March 29, 2026
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We are so brief. A one-day dandelion. A seedpod skittering across the ice. We are a feather falling from the wing of a bird. I don’t know why it is given to us to be so mortal and to feel so much. It is… Continue Reading “Brevity”
Posted on March 25, 2026
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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.
Category: SpiritualityTags: fern, forest, muir woods, nature, photo, photography, poem, quote, sabbaths, trees, wendell berry
Posted on March 22, 2026
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If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.
Posted on March 18, 2026
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Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.
Posted on March 15, 2026
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Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.
Posted on March 11, 2026
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To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.
Category: SpiritualityTags: clouds, fence, hikers, mary davis, meadow, mountain, mountains, nature, photo, photography, quote, zion national park
Posted on February 22, 2026
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As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others — what and whom we can work with, and how — becomes wider.
Category: SpiritualityTags: deer, doe, fawn, guest house, lake orion, michigan, nature, pema chödrön, photo, photography, quote, when things fall apart
Posted on February 18, 2026
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You must not hate those who do wrong or harmful things; but with compassion, you must do what you can to stop them — for they are harming themselves, as well as those who suffer from their actions.
Category: SpiritualityTags: beach, clouds, compassion, dalai lama, nature, pacific ocean, photo, photography, quote, santa cruz, waves, wisdom
Posted on February 15, 2026
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Kindness and compassion toward all living things is the mark of a civilized society.
Posted on February 11, 2026
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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Category: LoveTags: barbed wire, birds, crane creek park, fence, hope, Love, maya angelou, nature, photo, photography, posts, quote, rohnert park