I believe natural beauty has a necessary place in the spiritual development of any individual or any society. I believe that whenever we destroy beauty, or whenever we substitute something man-made and artificial for a natural feature of the earth, we have retarded some part of man’s spiritual growth.
~ Rachel Carson
An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person. Enchantment may be a state of rapture and ecstasy in which the soul comes to the foreground, and the literal concerns of survival and daily preoccupation at least momentarily fade into the background.
~ Thomas Moore
(Maddy.)
… when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that’s present — love, health, family, friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us pleasure — the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.
~ Sarah Ban Brethnach
(Sun catcher on a rainy day in December.)
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
~ Buddha
(Yesterday’s rainbow.)
There is no enlightenment outside of daily life.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
(Magnolia blossom.)
Happiness consists not in having, but of being, not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is the warm glow of a heart at peace with itself.
~ Norman Vincent Peale
(The kitchen table. Robbins Crossing. November 2009.)
We inherit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted — our names, the color of our eyes and the texture of our hair, the unfolding of varied abilities and interests in different subjects . . . Each of us contains within our fragile vessels of skin and bones and cells this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise. Only when we recognize that we are heirs can we truly be pioneers.
~ Edward C. Sellner
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
~ Simone Weil
As we grow old … the beauty steals inward.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
(November moonrise.)
The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
~ Jean Jacques Rousseau
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