Pines, Like Waltzes

 

The ten hours’ light is abating,

And a late bird wings across,

Where the pines, like waltzes waiting,

Give their black heads a toss.

Beech leaves, that yellow the noon-time,

Float past like specks in the eye;

I set every tree in my June time,

And now they obscure the sky.

– Thomas Hardy, “At Day-Close in November” –

 

Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.

 

Nature of the week:

Shadow of the Week:

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A Green Tree and A Singing Bird

 

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.”

– Chinese proverb –

 

In this season when our thoughts focus on gratitude, I’m thankful for each of you, for the grace, goodness, wonder, and hope that fills your hearts. Nurture peace within yourself, cultivate kindness toward others, and carry that calm wherever your life journey takes you.

 

Nature of the week:

Shadow of the Week – Looks like the profile of a rabbit to me:

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Light and Color

 

“How beautiful the leaves grow old.

How full of light and color are their last days.”

John Burroughs

 

Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.

 

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All the Places, All the Time, All the People

 

Do all the good you can,

By all the means you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all the times you can,

To all the people you can,

As long as ever you can.

John Wesley

Nurture peace, cultivate kindness, and carry the calm.

 

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