It has been a cold and grey spring, but the garden is slowly coming back to life. There is beauty everywhere. Open your heart and look closely. Be careful where you step. That thing you called a weed is beautiful too. Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘quotes’
Apr 11
a moment to savor
Okay, listen up because I don’t say this often. You were right. Today I had my last Italian class for this semester, and as it turned out I was the only one there (with Filomena, the teacher, of course) so I got a private class and we also talked a bit. – I think you [...]
Jan 17
drive out darkness
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction. The chain reaction [...]
Oct 14
no man is an island
Lucy posted this quote on Facebook and it rang so true to me that I had to save it onto here. The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes [...]
