the light that shines from within

Nothing can dim the light
that shines from within.

~Maya Angelou, (1928 – 2014)

when you’re standing under the sky

When life feels too big to handle, go outside.
Everything looks smaller
when you’re standing under the sky.

~L. R. Knost

even the trees leaned toward her

A woman described a friend of hers as being such a keen listener that even the trees leaned toward her, as if they were speaking their innermost secrets into her listening ears. Over the years I’ve envisioned that woman’s silence, a hearing full and open enough that the world told her its stories.

~Linda Hogan

This is the way

I know you’re tired,
but come. This is the way.

~Rumi

the perfect teacher

This very moment is the perfect teacher,
and, lucky for us,
it’s with us wherever we go.

~Pema Chödrön

the bells that still can ring

 

Ring the bells that still can ring. . . .

~Leonard Cohen

 

 

 

 

the earth heals us

Earth Day 2020

A native bee visits a stem of prairie blazing star
in the native plant garden my husband and I created
as an oasis for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.

~Robin Wall Kimmerer

the best way out

The best way out
is always through.

~Robert Frost, (1874 – 1963)

miracles

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain,
surround us on every hand:
life itself is the miracle of miracles.

~George Bernard Shaw, (1856 – 1950)

 

in the present moment

 

There is no peace
that cannot be found
in the present moment.

~Tasha Tudor, (1915 – 2008)