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Our Sparkling World
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Mark of Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The uncommon beauty of the common red-winged blackbird
Wisdom in the Common
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
The miraculous in a nasturtium
The Mark of Wisdom
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is anything as beautiful as the common poppy?
Where Does Wisdom Lead?
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
And sometimes a well-marked trail is helpful
What Is God Saying?
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
During this season of Lent, let us be attentive to the love letters that God is writing to us.
God’s beautiful penmanship!
The Rose Just Is
These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones. They are what they are; they exist with God today. There is not time to them. There is simply the rose.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just a rose
