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As Deep as Eternity

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Sleet began falling yesterday morning as the temperatures outside dropped into the teens. By afternoon, the sleet had turned to snow, and this morning I woke to a silent world, blanketed in white. It’s now midday, but everyone seems to be staying indoors, and the quiet continues. At the end of a busy, noisy week, this interlude of stillness and peace is welcome.

“Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.”

– Thomas Carlyle –

 

“Let silence take you to the core of life.”

– Rumi –

 

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

Nature of the week – the view from my desk:

Shadow of the Week:

 

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Even in Darkness and Silence

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“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”
– Helen Keller, The Story of My Life –

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

Nature of the week – a stream at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens:

Shadow of the Week – morning shadows on the wall by my desk:

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Like Silence, Listening

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“I saw old Autumn in the misty morn

Stand shadowless like silence, listening

To silence.”

– Thomas Hood –

 

Pay deep attention. Listen to silence. Nurture peace, cultivate loving-kindness, and carry the calm.

Nature of the week –autumn sun shining through coleus leaves:

Shadow of the Week:

 

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Speak Silence

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“. . . Let thy west wind sleep on

The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes,

And wash the dusk with silver. . . .”

            – William Blake, “To the Evening Star” –

 

So much of nature speaks in silence, and it’s most often when we’re silent that we hear it.

Ours is a noisy world. Find time to settle into silence this week and listen to nature.

 

Nature photo of the week – moon in the branches:

Moon:branches

Shadow of the Week:

Gate-Danna's

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

 

Text and photos © 2016 Karyn Henley. All rights reserved.