I know you’re tired,
but come. This is the way.
~Rumi
what you hope for
The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for.
And the most you can do is live inside that hope.
Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
~Barbara Kingsolver
keep going
Strength is not a roar of thunder in the heart.
That is passion.
Strength is not a process of logic in the mind.
That is reason.
Strength is a soul-deep voice that whispers ‘keep going’
when we feel like giving up.
~L. R. Knost
in a time of no rain
Sit and be still until in the time
of no rain you hear beneath the dry
wind’s commotion in the trees
the sound of flowing water among
the rocks, a stream unheard before,
and you are where breathing is prayer.
~Wendell Berry
the perfect teacher
This very moment is the perfect teacher,
and, lucky for us,
it’s with us wherever we go.
~Pema Chödrön
I must return the gift
Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us,
giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair,
not because I have my head in the sand,
but because joy is what the earth gives me daily,
and I must return the gift.
~Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
preserving a gentle spirit in a heartless world
Gentleness is not weakness. Just the opposite. Preserving a gentle spirit in a heartless world takes extraordinary courage, determination and resilience. Do not underestimate the power of gentleness because gentleness is strength wrapped in peace,
and therein lies the power to change the world.
~L. R. Knost
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)
My Path with Stars Bestrewn 