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Posted on March 31, 2019
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Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books. – A. Whitney Brown, Wall at bookstore – Chicago Botanic Gardens
Category: Care of the EarthTags: a. whitney brown, acadia national park, cadillac mountain, chicago botanic gardens, maine, nature, photo, photography, quote, sunset, trees
Posted on February 24, 2019
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May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation. – David Steindl-Rast
Category: SpiritualityTags: bench, david steindl-rast, morton arboretum, nature, photo, photography, quote, silence, snow, trees, winter
Posted on January 20, 2019
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Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life. – Jalallludin Rumi
Category: GratefulnessTags: Beauty, buddhist monks, gratitude, jalaluddin rumi, mountains, nature, path, photo, photography, quote, trail, trees, walkway, zion national park
Posted on January 16, 2019
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Drinking our cup is not simply adapting ourselves to a bad situation and trying to use it as well as we can. Drinking our cup is a hopeful, courageous, and self-confident way of living. It is standing in the world with head erect, solidly… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Cup of Hope”
Category: Hope / HealingTags: autumn, cup, henri nouwen, hope, nature, new hampshire, photo, photography, post-processing, quote, trees
Posted on August 12, 2018
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The true miracle isn’t walking on water or walking in air. Simply walking on this earth. – Thích Nhất Hạnh
Category: BeautyTags: bench, forest, morton arboretum, nature, park, path, photo, photography, quote, thich nhat hanh, trail, trees
Posted on January 10, 2018
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When the bridge is gone, the narrowest plank becomes precious. -Hungarian Proverb
Posted on January 7, 2018
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With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. – Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted on November 20, 2016
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Thanking heaven even for our difficulties and misfortunes is the best way to transform them. You will see your difficulties in a different light, as if you had wrapped them in a film of pure gold. – Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
Category: GratefulnessTags: adrian michigan, autumn, autumn colors, autumn trees, fog, gratefulness, gratitude, nature, omraam mikhael aivanhov, photo, photography, quote, trees
Posted on November 9, 2016
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The theme for the month of November (on Sundays) is still Gratitude. But for this particular Wednesday, I’ve decided we need a change in the words of the nursery rhyme. I’m going to squeeze a little hope in alongside gratitude. Don’t you think they’ll… Continue Reading “Wednesday’s Child Is Full of . . . Hope”
Category: Hope / HealingTags: autumn, autumn leaves, fence, hope, nature, nursery rhyme, oak park, photo, photography, quote, trees, wednesday's child
Posted on February 14, 2016
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Today is the First Sunday of Lent In today’s reading from Romans 10:8-13, Paul writes “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” We so often look and listen around us for God’s voice – for direction – for wisdom. Could… Continue Reading “Listen”
Category: LentTags: forest, illinois, lent, listen, nature, photo, photography, quote, river forest, romans 10:8-13, trees, winter
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