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Manito Park Conservatory Part 3

May my soul bloom in love for all existence. -Rudolf Steiner

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If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom? -Khalil Gibran

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How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold. -William Wordsworth

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Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom. -Rumi

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I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom. -Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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“stay strong through your pain

grow flowers from it

you have helped me

grow flowers out of mine so

bloom beautifully

dangerously

loudly

bloom softly

however you need

just bloom”


Rupi Kaur
Author
Milk and Honey

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Maybe I’m not a good enough artist that people just think of me. Maybe in the future, I’ll bloom into something that will just make people look at me for what I am. -Jeff Buckley

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When you’re doing exactly what you want to do, it’s not tiring. You’ve been planting these seeds, and finally, you have a full garden in bloom; you’re like, ‘Oh, I just want to smell the flowers and play among the flowers all day.’ That’s what I’m doing. I’m playing among the flowers. -Colman Domingo

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Bloom like a flower; unfold your own beauty. -Debasish Mridha

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If beautiful lilies bloom in ugly waters, you too can blossom in ugly situations. -Matshona Dhliwayo

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See the world around you!

Previous Manito Posts:

Manito Park and Botanical Gardens

Manito Park and Botanical Gardens – Part 2

Manito Park and Botanical Gardens – Part 3

Manito Park and Botanical Gardens – Part 4

Manito Park Conservatory

Manito Park Conservatory Part 2

A Stroll in the Garden

“The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.” ― Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

Gaillardia Indian Blanket

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Foxglove

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

Phlox

“I don’t fancy colors of the face, I’m always attracted to colors of the brain.” ― Michael Bassey Johnson

Phlox

“Music gives color to the air of the moment.” ― Karl Lagerfeld

Snapdragon

“Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow.” ― Khalil Gibran

Chrysanthemum

“Love was a feeling completely bound up with color, like thousands of rainbows superimposed one on top of the other.” ― Paulo Coelho

Russian Sage

“Life is a sea of vibrant color. Jump in.” ― A.D. Posey

Autumn Joy Sedum

“Colours are nature gone wild.” ― Raheel Farooq

Goldenrod

“Color is the soul’s softest whisper, a tender touch in darkness, yet it reveals itself neither through fragility nor delicacy, but through a pronounced courage.” ― Jayita Bhattacharjee

Woolly Bear Caterpillar

“If you’re to choose to paint your life today… What will it be? Remember, you’re the artist, not the canvas.” ― Val Uchendu

Woolly Bear Caterpillar

“Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, but they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple.” ― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Autumn Crocus

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.” ― G.K. Chesterton

Autumn Crocus

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
– Arnold Schwarzenegger

Rose

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Phlox

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
– Khalil Gibran

Daisy

“And one has to understand that braveness is not the absence of fear but rather the strength to keep on going forward despite the fear.”– Paulo Coelho

Daisy

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
– Christopher Reeve

Daisy

“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”– Chris Bradford

Lily

“All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me…. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”
– Walt Disney

Lily

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius

Snapdragon

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”– J.K. Rowling

Lily

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”– Vincent Van Gogh

Poppy

“The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song.”
– Psalm 28:7

Larkspur

Stay healthy!  Stay safe!