“Earth laughs in flowers.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson –
Wishing you earth’s laughter this week!
Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week:
Shadow of the Week:
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“It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
– Laura Ingalls Wilder –
Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – fragrant nanohana blossoms in Japan (canola flower in English):
Shadow of the Week – tree shadow at dawn on rice paper doors where I stayed in Japan last week :
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“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
– Emerson, “Nature” –
The word nature comes from the Latin nasci, which means “to be born.” Leaves are peeking out and stretching, buds are opening – must be the earth’s birthday. Enjoy!
Nurture peace, cultivate loving-kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – a redbud blossoming all along its branches:
This week, a double shadow:
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“Peace is joy at rest and joy is peace on its feet.”
– Anne Lamott –
May your peace find its feet. Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – our weekend snow:
Shadow of the Week:
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“The eye is the best of artists.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” –
In their book Living the Questions, David Felton and Jeff Procter-Murphy say that poet William Carlos Williams “used to carry a notepad around with him in which he listed ‘Things I noticed today that I’ve missed until today.'” With your eye as the artist, notice something beautiful today that you’ve missed until now.
Nurture peace, cultivate loving kindness, and carry the calm.
Nature of the week – paperbark:
Shadow of the Week:
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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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“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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“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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“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.”
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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This week, two quotes from children’s books seem timely:
“To fear is one thing.
To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.”
– Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved –
“Live courage, breathe courage and give courage.”
– Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon –
Nourish peace and cultivate loving kindness. Then live calm, breathe calm, and give calm.
Nature of the week: Japanese apricot blooming at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens:
Shadow of the Week:
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