Bloom...

As long as we are persistence in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow. We cannot choose the day or time when we will fully bloom. It happens in its own time.

Denis Waitley

Don't notice it??

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. 

Alice Walker

Thorns and roses..

But he that dares not grasp the thorn. Should never crave the rose.

Anne Bronte

The narrow bud...

The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of morning, and
Flourish down the bright cheek of modest eve...

~William Blake (1757-1827), "To Autumn"

True silence...

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

 ~William Penn

Time...

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.  

~Henry Van Dyke

Without a wish....

Without a wish, without a will,
I stood upon that silent hill
And stared into the sky until
My eyes were blind with stars and still
I stared into the sky.

~Ralph Hodgson

Pink and petaled..

I turn all thorn then, but you come back again and make my thorniness fragrant and pink and petaled. 
~Rumi

Happy...

Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ~Cynthia Nelms

Stumbling Blocks...

One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.
~Jack Penn

One Happy Moment...

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. ~Erich Fromm

Sometimes...

Sometimes our hearts get tangled
And our souls a little off-kilter
Friends and family can set us right
And help guide us back to the light.
~Sera Christann

The Path...

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Not Lived...

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau, 1854

I question not...

I question not if thrushes sing,
If roses load the air;
Beyond my heart I need not reach
When all is summer there.
~John Vance Cheney

I Love thee...

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. ~Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Meditation...

Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ~Author Unknown

The winds of March...

When the winds of March are wakening the crocuses and crickets,
Did you ever find a fairy near some budding little thickets,...
And when she sees you creeping up to get a closer peek
She tumbles through the daffodils, a playing hide and seek.
~Marjorie Barrows

Never miss an Opportunity..

Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it. ~Author Unknown

In Peace...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. ~Victor Hugo