listen

I think I will do nothing for a long time but
listen,
And accrue what I hear into myself…. and let
sound contribute toward me.

~Walt Whitman, (1819 – 1892)

miracles

As to me I know of nothing else but miracles.

~Walt Whitman, (1819 – 1892)

abundance

Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life
is the foundation for all abundance.

~Eckhart Tolle

I choose to listen to the river

I choose to listen to the river for a while,
thinking river thoughts,
before joining the night and the stars.

~Edward Abbey, (1927 – 1989)

Everyday life reimagined as art

In which the endless, textured fields of another bountiful Iowa autumn make me believe I’ve somehow strayed into a magnificent, life-sized canvas fresh from the brush of Grant Wood…

you go at the pace of the water

There is no rushing a river.
When you go there,
you go at the pace of the water
and that pace ties you into a flow
that is older than life on this planet.
Acceptance of that pace, even for a day,
changes us, reminds us of other rhythms
beyond the sound of our own heartbeats.

~Jeff Rennicke

they know the way

Follow your dreams.
They know the way.

~Kobi Yamada

beyond the beauty

I, the fiery life of divine essence,
am aflame beyond the beauty of the meadows.
I gleam in the waters,
and I burn in the sun, moon, and stars. . .
I awaken everything to life.

~Hildegard of Bingen, (1098 – 1179)

an orchard invisible

A seed
hidden in the heart of an apple
is an orchard invisible.

~Welsh proverb

I shall not pass this way again

I expect to pass through life but once.
If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show,
or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being,
let me do it now and not defer or neglect it,
as I shall not pass this way again.

~William Penn, (1644- 1718)