Flowering

The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. ~ Song of Solomon 2:12

Fruit

They are like trees planted by streams of water which yield fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. ~ Psalm 1:3

Cling

Cling with all your heart to the One who is our life... ~ Clare of Assisi

Ordinary beauty

It is really through ordinary human life and the things of every hour of every day that union with God comes about. ~ Caryll Houselander

Notice

The range of what we think and do is limited by what we fail to notice. And because we fail to notice that we fail to notice, there is little we can do to change until we notice how failing to notice shapes our thoughts and deeds. ~ R.D. Laing

Mystery

God gently lures us into intimacy and unexpectantly explodes us into mystery. ~ Janet K. Ruffing

Sweet Rain

My dear friends, shall we let God's goodness fall upon us like sweet rain--falling in our mouths, blending with our tears, washing, always washing us, readying us for what is new? ~ Mary Bowen

Pilgrim

...the way of the pilgrim. It is the way on which one step, surprisingly, may lead us to the goal, and the goal may turn out to be, surprisingly, the first of many future steps on the road. ~ Brother David Steindl-Rast

Rock Under Our Feet

Like a rock, God is under our feet. Like a roof, God is over our heads. Like the horizon, God is beyond us. Like water in a pitcher, God is within us. Like a pebble in the sea, we are in God. ~ unknown

Open Heart

I stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibilities.
~ Macrina Wiederkehr

Beauty

Beauty draws us to God like a magnet. ~ Thomas Aquinas

Stillness of Seeing

In the busyness of this day grant me a stillness of seeing, O God. In the conflicting voices of my heart grant me a calmness of hearing. Let my seeing and hearing, my words and actions be rooted in a silent certainty of your presence. Let my passions for life and the longing for justice that stir within be grounded in the experience of your stillness. Let my life be rooted in the ground of peace, O God. Let me be rooted in the depth of your peace. ~J. Phillip Newell

Water

Water rushes to fill all the nooks and crannies available to it; water swirls around every stone, sweeps into every crevice, touches all things in its path--and changes all things in its path. The changes are subtle, often slow, and happen through a continuous interaction with the water that affects both the water and that which the water touches. ~ Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki