chipmunk
jaw held tight
hickory fruit
(much like photographed above)
too fast
for Henny
Charlotte’s Webs read:
SOME PIG
TERRIFIC
RADIANT
HUMBLE
Humanity is all of these, and more….
We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or other people’s models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open.
~Shakti Gawain
What makes it hard sometimes to determine whither we will walk? I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright.
~Henry David Thoreau
The ancient masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable. There is no way to describe it; all we can do is describe their appearance. They were careful as someone crossing an iced over stream. Alert as a warrior in enemy territory. Courteous as a guest. Fluid as melting ice. Shapeable as a block of wood. Receptive as a valley. Clear as a glass of water.
~Lao Tzu
The nature of the universe is such that the ends can never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.
~Aldous Huxley
I never lose the opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often the mustard seed germinates and roots itself.
~Florence Nightingale
Each one of us is merely a small instrument. When you look at the inner workings of electrical things, often you see small and big wires, new and old, cheap and expensive lined up. Until the current passes through them, there will be no light. That wire is yu and me. The current is God. We have the power to let the current pass through us, produce the light of the world. Or we can refuse to be used and allow darkness to spread.
~Mother Theresa
Gail, I felt the quote from Lao Tzu woven through your entire post today.
A fine collection!