We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
04247 – Beautiful Butterfly
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04081 – Here is Your Country
Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders. Do not let selfish men and greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches, or its romance.--------------------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: Here is your country....
04053 – The Cost of Living
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or...
03778 – Most Meaningful to Us
What we had done was to seek out, in our chosen home community, those things that were the most meaningful to us. We realized that it is all too easy to ignore the natural beauty and simple pleasure right around us and to complain instead about dull surroundings or...
03442 – Beauty is as Close as Breathing
May we have eyes to see and ears to hear and wits to understand that beauty is as close as breathing and is crying out to be born within ourselves and in the world.
03426 – Soul of the Soul…
Oh soul, you worry too much.You have seen your own strength.You have seen your own beauty.You have seen your golden wings.Of anything less, why do you worry?You are, in truth, the soulof the soul of the soul.
03352 – Everybody Needs…
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature can heal and give strength.
03203 – Love Like No Other
From his hospital bed this morning (one-day stay for a minor procedure), Dad asked me to please help him with flowers and a cake for Mom’s birthday. She is turning 75 this weekend. Once at the store, I had to send multiple pictures of options to him before he was...
03157 – Just Be!
If you're exhausted, rest. If you don't feel like starting a new project, don't. If you don't feel the urge to make something new, just rest in the beauty of the old, the familiar, the known. If you don't feel like talking, stay silent. If you're fed up with the news,...
02959 – Seeing Beauty
The ability to see beauty never grows old.