“All things must come to the soul
from its roots, from where
it is planted.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila
Secret of the Vine
Gardening
Pray Often
“For prayer is nothing else
than being on terms of
friendship with God.”
~ Saint Teresa of Avila
Hit the Pause Button
“Life seems but a quick succession
of busy nothings.”
~ Jane Austen
Wisdom in Forgiveness
“If you are bitter, you are like a
dry leaf that you can just squash,
and you can get blown away
by the wind. There is much more
wisdom in forgiveness.”
~ Vusi Mahlasela
Sunburst Moments
“And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon
and the hills growin’ brown and
golden under a sinkin’ sun.”
~ Roy Bean
Time Changes Things
“All we have to decide
is what to do with the time
that is given us.”
~ J. R. R. Tolkien
Autumn Speaks in a Whisper
“Adopt the pace of nature:
her secret is patience.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Autumn Leaves
“A wind has blown the rain away
and blown the sky away and
all the leaves away,
and the trees stand. I think, I too,
have known autumn too long.”
~ e. e. cummings
Autumn’s Second Spring
“Summer ends, and Autumn comes,
and he who would have it otherwise
would have high tide always and
a full moon every night.”
~ Hal Borland
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