Tag Archives: world

Seek Peace, Live In Peace

Life seems to have taken on a different shade now for everyone. Brave fronts try not to show fear and worry over so many things And yet a million birds still flit about the bubbling pond, scent of cedar, fir … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Limiting Our World by Limiting Our Words

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world…Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Planning My Day

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~E. B. White

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

We Can Change The World

We have a chance to do something extraordinary. As we head out of this pandemic we can change the world. Create a world of love. A world where we are kind to each other. A world were we are kind … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Our Own Little Worlds

We create them, our own little worlds where we think we are the same, we have a label, we have a name. We are the wise, who know what is best for all those others not part of our quest. … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Something Golden

A miraculous event unfolds when we throw the lead of our personal story into the transformative flames of creativity. Our hardship is transmuted into something golden. With that gold we heal ourselves and redeem the world. ~Mirabai Starr  

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Art

Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world -our own- we see it multiply until we have before us as many worlds as there are original artists. ~ Marcel Proust

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

In A Perfect World

Getting caught up in anger over the way things ‘should be’ we fail to see what is – beauty, order, incredible colours, animals, seasons, fruit, sky, awesome beauty – Why do we fail to see it. Why does our focus … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Know Thyself

Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. ~Cervantes

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Come Alive

“Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~Howard Thurman

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

From My Serene Spot In The Woods

I send out love to my world healing for those we have wronged, peace for those who know only war and hate, strength for those who are weak and restitution for those who have lost all they valued. Lord help … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

My World In A Puddle

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Voices

“We cannot change the world by a new plan, project, or idea. We cannot even change other people by our convictions, stories, advice and proposals, but we can offer a space where people are encouraged to disarm themselves, lay aside … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Don’t Put It All Back In The Attic

Don’t put it all back in the attic, that generosity that moves us to give more than we take, the happy greetings to those we never noticed before, the desire to be with those we love even though they are … Continue reading

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Sweeping Truth

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean. ~ Goethe

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment