“Life is available only in the present moment. If you abandon the present moment, you cannot live the moments of your daily life deeply.” (Thich Nhat Hanh)
Tag Archives: nature
Trees…
“If we surrendered
to earth’s intelligence
we could rise up rooted, like trees.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
Pacific Coastal Forest, Canada
Nature …
Mushrooms – Lower Mainland, British Columbia
“Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
Bees…
The men of experiment are like the ant;
they only collect and use.
But the bee…gathers its materials
from the flowers of the garden and of the field,
but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
– Leonardo da Vinci
HONEYCOMB – Heidenheim, Germany
Cherry blossoms …
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers. (Nhat Hanh)
Paths…
Path
“There is not one set path in life. Don’t be afraid to walk your own path, to follow your heart and passions. This is your life to create.” – Avina Celeste
Autumn …
See …
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old. Franz Kafka
Greenness …
“Spring drew on…and a greenness grew over those brown beds, which, freshening daily, suggested the thought that Hope traversed them at night, and left each morning brighter traces of her steps.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
Marvelous…
In all things of nature
there is something
of the marvelous.
ARISTOTLE
adventures of a traveling translator 