Posted on August 28, 2022
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“Hope just means another world might be possible, not promise, not guaranteed. Hope calls for action; action is impossible without hope.” Rebecca Solnit To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: Hope / HealingTags: forest, hope, nature, photo, photography, quote, rebecca solnit, redwoods abbey, redwoods monastery, santa sabina center retreat, sweet pea, whitethorn, wild sweet pea, wildflowers
Posted on January 26, 2021
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Shall oil burn the sky? Or can human wisdom like a saplinggrow taller, greener, more generous? How can we know what lies ahead? Plant a tree, and see. – Kim Stafford, from “2519” Starting on February 11, 2021, Santa Sabina Center’s will offer an Online Writing Retreat… Continue Reading “Plant a Tree”
Category: SpiritualityTags: 2519, forest, kim stafford, nature, online retreat, photo, photography, poem, quote, santa sabina center retreat, whitethorn, wild sweet pea, wildflowers
Posted on June 12, 2020
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Things are united by invisible bonds. You cannot pick a flower without troubling a star. – Galileo Galilei
Posted on January 14, 2014
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Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God. – Elizabeth Barrett Browning from Aurora Leigh
Category: SpiritualityTags: aurora leigh, elizabeth barret browning, flowers, forest, nature, photo, photography, poetry, quote, whitethorn, wild sweet pea
Posted on November 7, 2013
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more the good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
Category: GratefulnessTags: An Interrupted Life, Etty Hillesum, flower, gratefulness, gratitude, nature, photo, photography, quote, whitthorn, wild sweet pea