Tag: winter
Posted on February 16, 2020
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The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. – John Schaar
Category: SpiritualityTags: forest, john schaar, nature, path, photo, photography, quote, snow, winter, yosemite, yosemite falls, yosemite national park
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 February 20, 2019
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Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning. – Etty Hillesum, Letters from Westerbork If Etty Hillesum could write this with all she endured, we too can be women and men of hope, like this sparrow hanging upside down from tender branch in… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Despite Everything . . . Live in Hope”
Category: Hope / HealingTags: Etty Hillesum, hope, letters from westerbork, morton arboretum, nature, photo, photograph, quote, snow, sparrow, winter
Posted on February 6, 2019
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Not one single atom opposes us. – Hongzhi Zhengue
Category: Hope / HealingTags: bench, hongzhi zhengue, morton arboretum, nature, photo, photography, quote, snow, strength, winter, zen master
Posted on February 3, 2019
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet
Category: SpiritualityTags: anne bradstreet, fog, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, river, snow, winter
Posted on February 19, 2017
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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. – Albert Camus
Posted on December 18, 2016
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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. – Anne Bradstreet
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
Posted on March 8, 2015
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Everyone keeps asking – since I’ve moved from San Francisco to the Chicago area – how it’s going for me. How am I adjusting to winter in the midwest. Actually, I think that the snow is beautiful, and, really, it’s people that I miss.… Continue Reading “So How Is Winter for You?”
Category: BeautyTags: anton chekhov, bench, dominican university, grotto, illinois, nature, photo, photography, quote, river forest, snow, snow cushion, trees, winter
Posted on March 1, 2015
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams
Category: WisdomTags: ansel adams, nature, photo, photography, quote, river forest, snow, sunrise, trees, winter, wisdom
