“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves… All is a miracle.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
My husband and I climbed a mountain on the weekend. What a fantastic day! The effort to reach the top was rewarded ten fold by the amazing views and a deep sense of accomplishment. I am in awe of the Earth and her amazing strength and beauty. The true peace and quiet you can find simply by being near to nature and feeling her patience and perseverance is humbling.
“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.”
~ Linda Hogan
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
~ Henry Miller
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.”
~ John Quincy Adams
“Thought is the sculptor who can create the person you want to be..”
~ Henry David Thoreau
This life offers us so many opportunities to really live, to be alive in the moment, to feast on the abundance of life and create our own path. As we reach the top of one mountain life gives us another… we can climb forever continually shaping and dreaming and achieving new heights of love, of happiness and of understanding.
“Beyond the mountains there are mountains again.”
~ Haitian proverb
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"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something. And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." ~Hellen Keller
