Spend

 

Spend the afternoon. 

 You can't take it with you.

  ~Annie Dillard~

Wilderness

 

The love of Wilderness is more 

than a hunger for what is always beyond reach;

 it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth,

 the earth which bore us and sustains us,

 the only paradise we shall ever know,

 the only paradise we ever need,

 if only we had the eyes to see ...

  No, wilderness is not a luxury

 but a necessity of the human spirit, 

as vital to our lives as 

water and good bread.

~ Edward Abbey~

Upside-Down

 

 Sometimes I have to stand on my head 

to see things as they are,

 when the world seems so upside-down

 that this is the only position

 in which anything makes sense. 

~Author Unknown~

Explained

 

When we remember we are all mad, 

the mysteries disappear 

and life stands explained.

 ~Mark Twain~

Family

 

The only rock I know that stays steady,

 the only institution I know that works

 is the family.

 ~Lee Iacocca~

Counted

 

In the spring I have counted 

one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather 

inside of four and twenty hours. 

~Mark Twain~

Rest Your Spirit

 

Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth,

 her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas; 

rest your spirit in her solitary places.
~Henry Beston~