You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. — Thomas Merton
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. — E. O. Wilson
Away, away,—to the mountains away,
Where the pine trees murmur and sway,
And the foamy waterfalls sing and spring
Over the boulders gray.
In Covert, written by Ruby Archer
With even a little intuitive wisdom we will be able to see clearly the ways of the world. We will come to understand that everything in the world is our teacher. ~ Ajahn Chah
Meditation is like a single log of wood. Insight and investigation are one end of the log; calm and concentration are the other end. If you lift up the whole log, both sides come up at once. Which is concentration and which is insight? Just this mind. — Ajahn Chah
Never measure the height of a mountain until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it was. — Dag Hammarskjöld
You are not in the mountains. The mountains are in you. – John Muir
The mountains are the last place where man can feel truly wild. – We Dream of Travel
So this was what a mountain was like, the same as a person: the more you know, the less you fear. – Wu Ming-Yi
Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb. — Greg Child
The way up to the top of the mountain is always longer than you think. Don’t fool yourself, the moment will arrive when what seemed so near is still very far. — Paulo Coelho
“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing. — Barry Finlay Continue reading
Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. — John Muir
What an irony it is that these living beings whose shade we sit in, whose fruit we eat, whose limbs we climb, whose roots we water, to whom most of us rarely give a second thought, are so poorly understood. We need to come, as soon as possible, to a profound understanding and appreciation for trees and forests and the vital role they play, for they are among our best allies in the uncertain future that is unfolding. ― Jim Robbins, The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet
The forest is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demands for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life activity; it affords protection to all beings, offering shade even to the axe-man who destroys it. — Gautama Buddha
The sacred place of silent minds and deep souls is the depths of the forest! ― Mehmet Murat ildan
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart. — Helen Keller
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. — Maya Angelou
Some love stories aren’t epic novels. Some are short stories. But that doesn’t make them any less filled with love. — Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City
To love or have loved, that is enough. Ask nothing further. — There is no other pearl to be found in the dark folds of life. — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
I just want you to know that you’re very special. . . and the only reason I’m telling you is that I don’t know if anyone else ever has. — Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower Continue reading
Jendhamuni at Greylock Mountain on November 22, 2020. Mt. Greylock is the tallest mountain in Massachusetts.
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. — Johannes A. Gaertner
Although Thanksgiving comes but once a year, every day should be a day of Thanks. Among all the challenges that we face as people with hearing loss there are certainly brighter moments in every day — moments that deserve to be recorded in our Gratitude Journal. — Monique Hammond
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are. — Joyce Giraud
