True Nature

 

For in the true nature of things,

 if we rightly consider, 

every green tree

 is far more glorious 

than if it were made of 

gold and silver.
~Martin Luther~ 

Dogma

 

Cats were put into the world 

to disprove the dogma 

that all things were created 

to serve man.

 ~Paul Gray~

After All

 

After all, 

this is a world of

 rock and water and air.

 It is elemental. 

 It is not ours.
~ Janet Kauffman~ 

Feeling

 

Happiness

 is the feeling

 you’re feeling

 when you want to 

keep feeling it. 

~Author Unknown~

Give Up

 

They that can give up 

essential liberty

 to obtain a little temporary safety

 deserve neither liberty nor safety.

 ~ Benjamin Franklin~

Corner

 

There is only one corner of the universe

 you can be certain of improving, 

and that's your own self. 

 

~Aldous Huxley~

Unite

 

Now is the time to unite

 the soul and the world. 

Now is the time to see

 the sunlight dancing

 as one with the shadows. 

~Rumi~

Child-like

 

I am often accused of being childish. 

 I prefer to interpret that as child-like.

  I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. 

 I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. 

 I still listen to instinctual urges.  

I play with leaves. 

 I skip down the street and run against the wind. 

 I never water my garden without soaking myself. 

 It has been after such times of joy 

that I have achieved my greatest 

 creativity and produced my best work.

 ~Leo F. Buscaglia~

Perfect

 

Our perfect companions 

never have fewer 

than four feet.

 ~Colette~

Meaning

 

We should give meaning to life,

 not wait for life to give us meaning. 

 ~Author Unknown~

Stray Gifts

 

Pleasure is spread

 through the earth
In stray gifts 

to be claimed by 

whoever shall find.
~William Wordsworth~

Friend

Your friend is that man 

who knows all about you,

 and still likes you. 

~Elbert Hubbard~

Sing

We should run through the forest
We should swim in the streams
We should laugh, we should cry,
We should love, we should dream
We should stare at the stars and not just the screens
You should hear what I'm saying and know what it means

To sing, sing at the top of your voice,
Love without fear in your heart.
Feel, feel like you still have a choice
If we all light up we can scare away the dark

 

~ PASSENGER~

Landscape

We are a landscape 
of all we have seen.
~Isamu Noguchi ~ 

Stand

 

Give me a land of boughs in leaf,
A land of trees that stand;
Where trees are fallen there is grief;
I love no leafless land.
~ A.E. Housman ~ 

Happy Fathers' Day

 

The heart of a father 

is the masterpiece of nature.

 ~Antoine-François~

 

Happy
Fathers' Day!

Meandering

 

Meandering

 leads to

 perfection.
~ Lao Tzu~

Learn

 

You cannot help but learn more 

as you take the world into your hands.

 Take it up reverently, 

for it is an old piece of clay,

 with millions of thumbprints on it.

 ~John Updike~

 

Nice work this year Kidos!!!

 I am proud of all your hard work.

 

Wild Goose Chase

 

Don’t refuse to go on an 

occasional wild goose chase —

 that’s what wild geese are for.

 ~Author Unknown~

Bright Future

 

I would feel more optimistic 

about a bright future for man

 if he spent less time proving 

that he can outwit Nature 

and more time tasting 

her sweetness and

 respecting her seniority. 

 ~Elwyn Brooks White~

Brook

 

The brook 

would lose its song

 if you removed the rocks.

 ~Fred Beck~

Or

You can shed tears that she is gone,

 or you can smile because she has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,

 or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.

 Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,

 or you can be full of the love you shared. 

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, 

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. 

You can remember her only that she is gone,

 or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.

 You can cry and close your mind, 

be empty and turn your back.

 Or you can do what she'd want: 

smile, 

open your eyes,

 love and go on.

~David Harkins~

 

 

I Miss you Mommy

I Love you.

Terra Firma

 

This planet is not Terra firma.
It is a delicate flower and it must be cared for.
It's lonely.
It's small.
It's isolated, and there is no resupply.
And we are mistreating it.

 ~Scott Carpenter~

Evolution

 

Nothing will benefit

 human health and increase chances

 for survival of life on Earth

 as much as the evolution

 to a vegetarian diet.

 ~Albert Einstein~

Flowers

 

In joy or sadness,

 flowers are our constant friends.
~ Kozuko Okakura~   

Special Light

 

We are each gifted in a unique and important way. 

 It is our privilege and our adventure

 to discover our own special light.

  ~Evelyn Dunbar~

Pause and Reflect

 

 Whenever you find yourself 

on the side of the majority,

 it is time to 

pause and reflect.

~Mark Twain~

Web

 

Humankind has not woven the web of life. 

 We are but one thread within it.  

Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.  

All things are bound together. 

 All things connect.  

~Chief Seattle~

Looking

 

There is no danger

 of developing eyestrain 

from looking on

 the bright side of things. 

 ~ Alexander Lockhart~

Dwell Among

Those who dwell among

 the beauties and mysteries of the earth

 are never alone or weary of life.

 ~Rachel Carson~