Quietude is a state of calmness, a place of stillness, in which the seeds of love, joy and peace may quietly grow, flourish and blossom.
~ Mary Anne Byrne ~
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.
~ Henry David Thoreau ~
~ Art "Woodland Wildflower Dreams" by Amanda Horvath
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So beautiful, Nada!
When we stay in touch with nature, we remember that we are not separate from the earth, but part of its breath and rhythm. The rustle of leaves, the flow of rivers, and the stillness of mountains speak to something ancient within us—reminding us to slow down, to listen, and to simply be. Nature doesn’t demand, it invites. And in its quiet presence, we find the parts of ourselves we forgot we were missing.
~ Mary Anne Byrne The Garden Of Pensiveness
~ Image by Marc Adamus
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
In every wood, in every Spring,
there is a different green.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien
Every day, at least for a few minutes, go and be with the plants. Look at them and smile, touch them with love, and talk to them for a while. These little engagements will recuperate your heart and nurture your soul.
~ Bhuwan Thapaliya
Art: "Mother in the Garden" by Ada Augusta Wolfe
I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home. I thus dispose of the superfluous and see things as they are, grand and beautiful.
~ Henry David Thoreau
If you are in a bad mood, go for a walk. If you are still in a bad mood, go for another walk.
~ Hippocrates
The beautiful spring came, and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.
~ Harriet Ann Jacobs
Art by Asia Spettel
“I went out on an April morning
All alone for my heart was high,
I was a child of the shining meadow,
I was a sister of the sky.”
~ Sara Teasdale
Art: “The Spirit of Spring” by W. Savage Cooper
Joy
Rabindranath Tagore
And Joy is Everywhere;
It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of grey Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
in fighting evils...
Joy is there
Everywhere.
~ Art by Shannon Ackerson