Tag Archives: Quote

Living The Simple Life

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

The easeful days, the dreamless nights the homely round of plain delights The calm, the unambitioned mind which all men seek, and few men find. ~ Austin Dobson

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Reading Nature

Posted on October 12, 2019 by

Lectio Divina in Nature Step out onto the Planet. Draw a circle a hundred feet round. Inside the circle are 300 things nobody understands, and, maybe nobody’s ever really seen How many can you find? ~Lew Welch Lew Welch, Ring … Continue reading →

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A Bouquet of Fungi

Posted on October 12, 2019 by

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. ~Bernard Baruch

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Being Better

Posted on October 5, 2019 by

The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better. ~St. Francis

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Living The Truth

Posted on October 4, 2019 by

You do not think yourself into a new way of living, you live yourself into a new way of thinking. ~St. Francis

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I Think I Can Fly

Posted on October 3, 2019 by

No one can predict to what heights you can soar. Even you will not know until you spread your wings.

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Deception

Posted on October 2, 2019 by

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words. ~John Ruskin

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Be What We Seek

Posted on September 28, 2019 by

Only when we are eager to love can we see love and goodness in the world around us. We must ourselves remain in peace, and then we will find peace over there. Remain in beauty, and we will honour beauty … Continue reading →

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Sleep

Posted on September 25, 2019 by

The sleep of the working man is pleasant whether he eats little or much but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep. ~Ecclesiastes  

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Pause And Reflect

Posted on September 24, 2019 by

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain

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Stories In Nature

Posted on September 21, 2019 by

We clothe events with the drapery of our thoughts. ~ James Allen

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Clearing A Spot

Posted on September 19, 2019 by

To begin is half the work. ~ Decimus Magnus Ausonuius.

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We Are All One

Posted on September 18, 2019 by

Emergent theories seem to confirm what mystics have been telling us all along—that we are one, not just all human beings, but all creation, the entire universe. As much as we may imagine and act to the contrary, human beings … Continue reading →

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Guilt and Regret

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Wearing guilt and regret is like wearing a pair of shoes too small for you. The discomfort ruins the whole day and adds to the regret for having put them on again. Maybe if we got rid of the small … Continue reading →

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Kindness

Posted on September 15, 2019 by

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recipient, at least it benefits the bestower. ~ S.H. Simmons

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