Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would be different.
~ Katherine Mansfield
Water
(Frost on the locust tree.)
The longer I live, the more my mind dwells upon the beauty and the wonder of the world.
~ John Burroughs
(Sunlight on snow and hoar frost.)
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility.
~ Rachel Carson
(Winter’s blanket.)
Kindness is like snow — it beautifies everything it covers.
~ Author unknown
(Sunlight and shadows on snow in black & white.)
Simple style is like white light. It is complex, but its complexity is not obvious.
~ Anatole France
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have eyes to see them.
~ John Ruskin
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
(Red-tailed hawk on a snowy day.)
Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things. You will see many strange and wonderful things come and go, but you will be still.
~ Ajahn Chah
(Sun catcher on a rainy day in December.)
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
~ Buddha
Bountiful Healing 