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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on November 12, 2023 | 8 comments

He who cannot put his thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of dispute. ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
― Robert Frost

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Patience is to wait for the ice to melt instead of breaking it. ― Munia Khan

Swiftly growing anger
Dies rapidly
As the ice melts when the fire
Comes close to it.
― Ujjal Mandal

Always give them the old fire, even when you feel like a squashed cake of ice. – Ethel Merman

Have a dream, chase it down, jump over every single hurdle, and run through fire and ice to get there. – Whitney Wolfe Herd

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on December 1, 2022 | 14 comments

“What good is the warmth of summer without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?” — John Steinbeck

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“A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things.” — George R.R. Martin

“Thank goodness for the first snow. It was a reminder — no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” — Candace Bushnell

“Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.” — Ilka Chase

“With every falling flake, a unique spark of interest falls from heaven.” – Percy Miller

“The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.” — Joan Didion

“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.” — Vesta M. Kelly

“Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity.” – Novala Takemoto

“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” — Sara Raasch

“Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, nor time unmake what poets know.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stay healthy.

Stay safe.

Keep smiling.

See the world around you!

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A Stroll in the Garden

Posted on May 7, 2022 | 12 comments

“What a lonely place it would be to have a world without a wildflower!” – Roland R. Kemler

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“Love is like wildflowers; It’s often found in the most unlikely places.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Small-Flowered Woodland Star /Prairie Star

“Wildflowers aren’t meant to be cut & tamed. They’re meant to be loved & admired.” – Anthony T. Hincks

“I think I like wildflowers best. They just grow wherever they want. No one has to plant them. And then their seeds blow in the wind and they find a new place to grow.” – Rebecca Donovan

“There are as many ways of loving as there are people, and that wildflower variety is the great beauty of this dimension of existence.” – Rumi

“Wildflowers are the loveliest of all because they grow in uncultivated soil, in those hard, rugged places where no one expects them to flourish.” – Micheline Ryckman

“May your life be like a wildflower, growing freely in the beauty and joy of each day.” – Native American Proverb

“I’m going to give you a handful of wildflowers so, each petal that falls will remind you that the earth breathes, and the moon rises.” – Carolyn Riker

“Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood

Let the smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood

Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves.”

– Bob Dylan, ‘Let Me Die In My Footsteps’.

“Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart!” – Lady Bird Johnson

“If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wildflowers.” – Therese of Lisieux

“Being preoccupied with our self-image is like being deaf and blind. It’s like standing in the middle of a vast field of wildflowers with a black hood over our heads.” – Pema Chodron