“One day the sun shall . . . perchance
shine into our minds and hearts,
and light up our whole lives
with a great awakening light,
as warm and serene and golden
as on a bankside in autumn.”
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“Pay attention when plants come to you; they’re bringing you something you need to learn.”
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week – a chapel arrangement:
Shadow of the Week – a font in the chapel:
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“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
– Annie Dillard –
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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Old Pond
Frogs jumped in
Sound of water.
– Basho –
(translator, Lafcadio Hearn)
Pause.
Shoulders and hands relax.
Listen.
Listen past the noise
to sounds of wind, water,
bugs, birdsong,
church bell, distant train,
your own deep breath
drifting in and out.
Listen to sounds of peace.
Calm your soul.
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“Arching grasses come one by one;
seeds come flying on downy wings,
silent as fate,
to give life’s dearest beauty for the ashes of art;
and strong evergreen arms
laden with ferns and tillandsia drapery
are spread over all –
Life at work everywhere.”
– John Muir –
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come.”
Chinese proverb
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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What our hearts hold will, in the end, hold us.
– kh –
Hold kindness. Hold gratitude. Hold peace.
And carry that calm. The world needs it.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“On blue summer evenings I’ll go down the pathways
Pricked by the grain, crushing the tender grass –
Dreaming, I’ll feel its coolness on my feet.
I’ll let the wind bathe my bare head.
I won’t talk at all, I won’t think about anything.
But infinite love will rise in my soul . . .”
– Arthur Rimbaud –
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“We have to unlearn hurrying.”
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“The forest will answer you in the way you call to it.”
– Finnish proverb –
Nurture peace. Cultivate kindness. Carry the calm.
Nature of the week – a bee loudly buzzing as it enjoys crape myrtle:
Shadow of the Week:
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