| Connection with gardens, even small ones, even potted plants, can become windows to the inner life. The simple act of stopping and looking at the beauty around us can be prayer. ~Patricia R. Barrett, The Sacred Garden, 2001 Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. ~Author Unknown i thank you God for this most amazing day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~E. E. Cummings In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime. But all these times and places and occasions are now and here. God himself culminates in the present moment, and will never be more divine in the lapse of all the ages. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden |
He would sit on a wooden bench leaning
against a decrepit trellis and look at the
stars through the irregular outlines of hi
fruit trees. This quarter of an acre of
ground, so sparingly planted, so
cluttered with shed and ruins, was dear
to him and satisfied him. What more
was needed by this old man, who
divided the leisure hours of his life,
where he had so little leisure, between
gardening in the daytime and
contemplation at night? Was this narrow
enclosure with the sky for a background
not space enough for him to adore God
in his most beautiful, sublime works?
Indeed, is that not everything? What
more do you need? A little garden to
walk in, and immensity to reflect on. At
his feet something to cultivate and
gather; above his head something to
study and meditate on; a few flowers on
earth and all the stars in heaven.
~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
against a decrepit trellis and look at the
stars through the irregular outlines of hi
fruit trees. This quarter of an acre of
ground, so sparingly planted, so
cluttered with shed and ruins, was dear
to him and satisfied him. What more
was needed by this old man, who
divided the leisure hours of his life,
where he had so little leisure, between
gardening in the daytime and
contemplation at night? Was this narrow
enclosure with the sky for a background
not space enough for him to adore God
in his most beautiful, sublime works?
Indeed, is that not everything? What
more do you need? A little garden to
walk in, and immensity to reflect on. At
his feet something to cultivate and
gather; above his head something to
study and meditate on; a few flowers on
earth and all the stars in heaven.
~Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
| The garden is a metaphor for life, and gardening is a symbol of the spiritual path. ~Larry Dossey, 1997 What I know of the divine sciences and Holy Scriptures, I learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks. ~Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Inside each one of us is a beautiful flower garden. This is the garden of the soul. With each lesson we learn, the garden grows. As we learn together, our individual gardens form a tranquil paradise. ~Sri Chinmoy Man's heart away from nature becomes hard. ~Standing Bear |
Learn to get in touch with the silence within
yourself and know that everything in this life
has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no
coincidences. All events are blessings
given to us to learn from.
~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
yourself and know that everything in this life
has a purpose. There are no mistakes, no
coincidences. All events are blessings
given to us to learn from.
~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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