
“When you arise in the morning
think of what a privilege it is to be alive,
to think, to enjoy, to love…”
~Marcus Aurelius
Meditations

Photos from Moab
by NancyL
“When you arise in the morning
think of what a privilege it is to be alive,
to think, to enjoy, to love…”
~Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Photos from Moab
by NancyL
“It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.”
~John Burroughs
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Photos by Nancy Lankston
Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
as they strive
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine
and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude –
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you,
do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.
It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
~Mary Oliver
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Image: European goldfinches
by Anton Mir-Mar
#longestNight
#WinterSolstice
#returnoftheLight
#grateful
#cycles
#seasons
#WheeloftheYear
#wild
#nature
#cherish
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“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself”.
~William Blake
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Image: Foggy Morning at Crater Lake by Nancy Lankston