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

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)

to be simple, to be free

‘Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free,
‘Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

~Shaker dancing tune, 1848