Posted on March 1, 2026
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Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Posted on May 11, 2025
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Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.
Posted on March 30, 2025
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I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. Mark Twain
Category: WisdomTags: donner lake, donner pass, forest, lake, mark twain, nature, path, photo, photography, trail, trees, wisdom
Posted on January 29, 2025
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The times are urgent; let us slow down.
Category: SpiritualityTags: african saying, chicago, forest, hill, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, qjuote, snow, trees
Posted on January 26, 2025
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Be a lamp or a lifeboat or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.
Posted on January 22, 2025
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We can find awe, then, in eight wonders of life: moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, music, visual design, spirituality and religion, life and death, and epiphany.
Category: SpiritualityTags: chicago, dacher keltner, forest, giant trolls, morton arboretum, park, photo, photography, quote, scupture, snow, thomas dambo, trees
Posted on January 5, 2025
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We are nature and we are it all the time, no matter how far away or how close we perceive it to be at each moment.
Category: SpiritualityTags: dupage river, fabiana fondevila, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, snow, stream, trees
Posted on January 1, 2025
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People often say that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.
Category: BeautyTags: black and white photo, bridge, chicago, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, salma hayek, snow, trees
Posted on October 13, 2024
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To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: Care of the EarthTags: acadia national park, autumn color, autumn leaves, autumn trees, maine, photo, photograpjy, quote, richard mabey, santa sabina center retreat, trees
Posted on September 4, 2024
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Faith is not about how we feel, it’s about how we live. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: FaithTags: anne lamott, autumn color, autumn trees, illinois, morton arboretum, park, path, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat, trail, trees
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