All things beautiful: Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.

sábado, 22 de maio de 2021

Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade. –Rudyard Kipling,

When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden. –

Minnie Aumonier

If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden. – Robert Brault

Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than emperors. – Mary Cantwell

All gardeners know better than other gardeners. – Chinese proverb

Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized. – Allan Armitage

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives. – Gertrude Jekyll (2011)

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. – Henri Matisse

A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself. – May Sarton

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – Greek proverb

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Here's a dozen of my favorite things never to apologize for:

1) Never apologize for acting on your instincts.
2) Never apologize for being passionate.
3) Never apologize for being smart.
4) Never apologize for demanding respect.
5) Never apologize for saying no.
6) Never apologize for not embracing someone else's agenda.
7) Never apologize for disagreeing.
8) Never apologize for your faith.
9) Never apologize for your own sense of creativity.
10) Never apologize for ordering dessert.
11) Never apologize for being funny.
12) Never apologize for living your truth.

Every one of us casts a shadow.

There hangs about us, a sort of a strange, indefinable something, which we call personal influence--that has its effect on every other life on which it falls. It goes with us wherever we go. It is not something we can have when we want to have it--and then lay aside when we will, as we lay aside a garment. It is something that always pours out from our lives . . . as light from a lamp, as heat from flame, as perfume from a flower.

The ministry of personal influence is something very wonderful. Without being conscious of it, we are always impressing others by this strange power that exudes from us. Others watch us--and their thinking and actions are modified by our influence."

"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity." Ephesians 5:15-16

~J. R. Miller, "The Shadows We Cast"