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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Tag: nature
Experience the Mysterious
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as… Continue Reading “Experience the Mysterious”
Be the Thing You See
Be the Thing You See To look at any thing, If you would know that thing, You must look at it long: To look at this green and say ‘I have seen spring in these Woods,’ will not do–you must Be the thing you… Continue Reading “Be the Thing You See”
To Be Alive – Continued
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 in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. –… Continue Reading “To Be Alive – Continued”
To Be Alive
To be alive in this beautiful, self-organizing universe — to participate in the dance of life with senses to perceive it, lungs that breathe it, organs that draw nourishment from it — is a wonder beyond words. – Joanna Macy
Eternity in Nature
What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it. – Isaac Bashevis Singer
What Shall We Plant Today?
We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all. -Dorothy Day May the seeds you sow bring forth loveliness.
Living the Moment
Every morning is like a new reincarnation into this world. Let us take it then for what it is and live each moment anew. – Paul Brunton
With Whom or with What Does Your Heart Beat?
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature. – Joseph Campbell
Weekly Photo Challenge: Golden Hour
It is said that the best times to photograph landscape is during the “golden hour”, that magical time near dawn or dusk when the sun’s light adds a special magical light to all. The bright sunlight that we experience later in the day can… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Golden Hour”
