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

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)

 

A Light exists in Spring

A Light exists in Spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period –––
When March is scarcely here

~Emily Dickinson, (1830 – 1886)

 

in the present moment

 

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

~Tasha Tudor, (1915 – 2008)