two choices

There are always two choices,

Two paths to take.

One is easy,

And it’s only reward is that it is easy.

~Unknown~

 

perhaps love…

Perhaps love is the process of my leading you gently back to yourself.  Not to whom I want you to be, but to who you are.

~Antoine De Saint-Exupery~

Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don’t know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, Love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel

And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don’t know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of change
Like a fire when it’s cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

~John Denver~

happiness

If the principles of contentment are not within us, no material success, no pleasures or possessions, can make us happy.

~Light From Many Lamps by Lillian Eichler Watson~

It isn’t necessary to search for happiness in far places.  It is everywhere around you and about you.  The quest for happiness is always in vain unless you can find it within yourself, within your own heart and soul.

~Maurice Maeterlinck~

Very little is needed to make a happy life.  It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

~Marcus Aurelius~

 

a winter’s tale

Some children of earth are privileged to spend a long and sunlit day in the garden of the earth.  For others, the day is shorter, cloudier, and dusk descends more quickly as in a winter’s tale.

~Joshua Loth Liebman~

patience

Let nothing disturb thee;  let nothing dismay thee;  all things pass;  God never changes.  Patience attains all that it strives for.  He who has God finds he lacks nothing.  God alone suffices.

~St. Teresa of Avila~

 

I shall not pass this way again

I expect to pass through this world but once;

any good thing therefore that I can do, or any

kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature,

let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it,

for I shall not pass this way again.

~Unknown~

pray

Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger people.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks.

Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle.

Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.

~Phillip Brooks~

Sturgeon River

These are the last of the pictures from my trip to the Sturgeon River.

Of course, I found another heart.   It’s been awhile since I found any.  I need to get out more and look for them.

I like that the moss and ferns growing on the sides of the bluffs are still green.

 

Sturgeon River

Sorry for the delay on these pics, my internet was out since Monday night.  Here’s some more pictures from my hike along the Sturgeon River last Friday.

 

Sturgeon River

Yesterday, my friend Melissa and I (and her German Shepherd, Maverick) took a hike along the Sturgeon River.  It was gray and cloudy, but it was very beautiful out there anyway.  I can’t wait to see this area in the summer and especially the fall.

You can see where the river overflowed it’s banks here.

I love the fact that the moss and ferns are still green.