"To him whom contemplates a trait of natural beauty, no harm nor despair can come. The doctrines of despair, spiritual or political servitude, were never taught by those who shared the serenity of Nature. For each phase of Nature, though not invisible, is yet not too distinct or obtrusive. It is there to be found when we look for it, but not too demanding of our attention." -Henry David Thoreau
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"Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust. The end is gain, of course. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be made strong, in fact. But the process is like all other human births, painful and long and dangerous."
-Margery Allingham, The Tiger in the Smoke, 1956
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There's no use in weeping,
Though we are condemned to part:
There's such a thing as keeping
A remembrance in one's heart...
-Charlotte Bronte, Parting
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"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." -Henri Nouwen
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The leaves are turning with the cooler weather. Today's time change has ushered in a day of summer like temperatures - sunny and 74 degrees. I took Rebel outside and while I was waiting for him to complete his business, I heard an almost imperceptible sound. It was the sound of a leaf gliding on the wind currents from its attachment to a tree to its destiny as ground cover for the winter. As I watched the leaf soar between tree branches toward the ground, I realized that the leaf's journey parallels that of humanity. Today is a particularly down day for me, in spite of the beautiful color pallette before my eyes - akin to "The Great Sadness" described in Young's book, The Shack. Thank goodness for friends. Debra sent a You-tube link with a much needed message for today. The message can be summarized to say "get up when you are down and finish strong"...take a couple of minutes to view the clip - it is definitely worth it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0DRk8dFjI
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"Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust. The end is gain, of course. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be made strong, in fact. But the process is like all other human births, painful and long and dangerous."
-Margery Allingham, The Tiger in the Smoke, 1956
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There's no use in weeping,
Though we are condemned to part:
There's such a thing as keeping
A remembrance in one's heart...
-Charlotte Bronte, Parting
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"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares." -Henri Nouwen
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The leaves are turning with the cooler weather. Today's time change has ushered in a day of summer like temperatures - sunny and 74 degrees. I took Rebel outside and while I was waiting for him to complete his business, I heard an almost imperceptible sound. It was the sound of a leaf gliding on the wind currents from its attachment to a tree to its destiny as ground cover for the winter. As I watched the leaf soar between tree branches toward the ground, I realized that the leaf's journey parallels that of humanity. Today is a particularly down day for me, in spite of the beautiful color pallette before my eyes - akin to "The Great Sadness" described in Young's book, The Shack. Thank goodness for friends. Debra sent a You-tube link with a much needed message for today. The message can be summarized to say "get up when you are down and finish strong"...take a couple of minutes to view the clip - it is definitely worth it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0DRk8dFjI
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