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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Gardening is how I relax. It's another form of creating and playing with colors.
~ Oscar de la Renta
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. ~ Gertrude Jekyll ~
You have to appreciate every single day that you're alive. Life is a little bit like a garden - you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.
~ Oscar de la Renta
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
~ Ernest Hemingway
Art: "I Love my Little Cat", (ca. 1930), by Jessie Willcox Smith
I hope you realize that every day is a fresh start for you.
That every sunrise is a new chapter in your life waiting
to be written ..
~ Juansen Dizon
Art by Adrienne Adams
I will not rescue you for you are not powerless,
I will not fix you, for you are not broken.
I will not heal you, for I see you in your wholeness.
I will walk with you through the darkness, as you remember your light ..
A Medicine Woman's Prayer by Sheree Bliss Tilsley
Art by Jeanie Tomanek
In silence we recognize the need to be at home with ourselves in order that we may go out to meet others, not just with a mask of affibility, but with real commitment & authentic love.
~ Thomas Merton
Painting by Marcel Rieder
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.
~ John Lubbock, "The Use Of Life"
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'Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation which is not nurturing to the whole woman.'
~ Maya Angelou
Art by Vilhelm Hammershøi
Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden.
~ Robert Brault
~ Art by Elena Salnikova