Month: February 2017

What is Our Task? Any Small, Calm Thing

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“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this poor suffering world, will help immensely.” – poet Clarissa Pinkola Estes

 

Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week:

Shadow of the Week:

 

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A Winged Heart

 

 

A Winged Heart

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“Wake at dawn with a winged heart

and give thanks for another day of loving.”

– Kahlil Gibran –

 

Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week:

Shadow of the Week:

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Love as Mist and Flood

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“Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly,

but flooding the river.”

– Malagasy Proverb (Madagascar) –

Nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week – flowering quince:

Shadow of the Week – cat in a puddle of sun:

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When is an Ordinary Sunday Extraordinary?

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“Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday.

It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain.

You can feel the silent and invisible life.”

– Marilynne Robinson –

 

The ordinary becomes extraordinary when we open all our senses to it. Be aware. How would you describe it? As a garden? Warm rain? Find your own description. Notice. Feel the silent and invisible life. It’s one way to nourish peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.

This week’s nature and shadow come in one photograph – a fern unfurling.

 

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