The Secret Garden

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."      

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Taking the First Step

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, 

just take the first step".  Martin Luther King 

Beauty

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful,

 we must carry it with us or we find it not."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thought for Today: The Universe

"Though this hut is small, it contains the universe."

 

Sekito Kisen, Zen Master

Quote of the Day

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. 

Martin Luther King

Thoughts from the Sea

"One learns to accept the fact that no permanent return is possible to an old form of relationship; and, more deeply still, that there is no holding of a relationship to a single form. This is not tragedy but part of the ever-recurrent miracle of life and growth. All living relationships are in process of change, of expansion, and must perpetually be building themselves into new forms. But there is no single fixed form to express each changing relationship. There are perhaps different forms for each successive stage; different shells I might put in a row on my desk to suggest the different stages of marriage- or indeed of any relationship...."
from Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh


The Universe is constantly creating and changing, bringing new forms
into being just as old ones pass away. Birth, life, decay, death, rebirth.

Curiosity * Openness * Awareness * Grace

Remaining present to what is occurring while being open to what may unfold without attachment or the need to direct the course of events gives us all the opportunity for true joy. What a delight!

Question: What surprises are here for me today?




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