Flower Inspiration

Snail

Food for Thought

We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
When the mind is pure,
 joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. 

~ Buddha

March

Harshness vanished. A sudden softness

has replaced the meadows' wintry grey.

 Little rivulets of water

changed their singing accents. Tendernesses,

hesitantly, reach toward the earth

from space, and country lanes are showing

these unexpected subtle risings

that find expression in the empty trees.

 ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Early Spring

Earth, Teach Me

Earth teach me quiet ~ as the grasses are still with new light.

Earth teach me suffering ~ as old stones suffer with memory. 

Earth teach me humility ~ as blossoms are humble with beginning. 

Earth teach me caring ~ as mothers nurture their young. 

Earth teach me courage ~ as the tree that stands alone. 

Earth teach me limitation ~ as the ant that crawls on the ground. 

Earth teach me freedom ~ as the eagle that soars in the sky. 

Earth teach me acceptance ~ as the leaves that die each fall. 

Earth teach me renewal ~ as the seed that rises in the spring.

 Earth teach me to forget myself ~ as melted snow forgets its life. 

Earth teach me to remember kindness ~ as dry fields weep with rain. 

 - An Ute Prayer

Butterfly