Articles on Nature

  • Seek out a tree

    Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness. ~Eckhart Tolle

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  • Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is…

    Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is…

    Today’s post is by Mary van Balen Hank is one of my favorite people. I don’t know him well, but I’m getting there. At the end of most work days I stop and talk with him on my way out. We talk about politics and religion despite conventional wisdom that warns against it. He shares…

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  • Travel as Prayer

    Travel as Prayer

    Today’s post is by Anita Davidson To celebrate my 60th and her 30th birthday, my daughter and I took a trip to Ireland and Lithuania. Ireland because I’ve always wanted to go there and Lithuania because my maternal grandparents emigrated from there to the US. It was my first trip “across the pond” and I…

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  • You cannot step

    You cannot step into the same river twice, for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you. ~Heraclitus

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  • Stay close

    Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. ~Hafiz  

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  • In Community With All Living Things

    In Community With All Living Things

    Today’s post is by Wendy Adams “Oh Great Spirit, Land and Sky and Sea You are inside, and all around me.” Some of my fondest spiritual experiences have happened while I was on a retreat or pilgrimage. It is no coincidence that I need time away from my busy routine. I have to set aside…

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