Remember the quiet wonders. The world has more need of them than it has for warriors.
Charles de Lint
The quiet wonders. The most important things. So important to notice them, remark on them, celebrate them and pay tribute to them.
I try to notice quiet wonders each day - whether they be the sky, the clouds, a flower, a spider's web, a bird song, a shadow play, a tattered piece of cloth, a rusty nail, a scent, the universe in a rock pool, a bird dashing by, new growth after winter, an act of kindness and goodness...
Life is better understood when we pay attention to the quiet wonders that open our eyes, our minds and our hearts a little bit - the ability to wonder and enjoy their special magic. They help make more sense of the world I think.
And yes, we need them more than we need warriors.
Central Park, Christmas Day 2013 - the beauty of the old.
Charles de Lint
The quiet wonders. The most important things. So important to notice them, remark on them, celebrate them and pay tribute to them.
I try to notice quiet wonders each day - whether they be the sky, the clouds, a flower, a spider's web, a bird song, a shadow play, a tattered piece of cloth, a rusty nail, a scent, the universe in a rock pool, a bird dashing by, new growth after winter, an act of kindness and goodness...
Life is better understood when we pay attention to the quiet wonders that open our eyes, our minds and our hearts a little bit - the ability to wonder and enjoy their special magic. They help make more sense of the world I think.
And yes, we need them more than we need warriors.
Central Park, Christmas Day 2013 - the beauty of the old.
Remember ... my word for 2016. Thank you for this reverie.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely word to hold onto Liz - it can add so much to our days. Glad you enjoyed the words...go well.
Deleteah Clematis vitalba aka Old Man's Beard, such a seemingly delicate beauty it can be a take over merchant given half a chance & is classified as a weed here in Victoria & Tasmania
ReplyDeletehere's an interesting medicinal value in relation to the "quiet wonders"-
"The plant appears in the Bach Flower remedies, quoted for “Indifference, Dreaminess, Inattention and Unconsciousness”, and is one of the ingredients of the well-known Rescue Remedy.
Ohh how very fascinating Mo! I love it as it looks here, and maybe it belongs in New York? Intriguing re Rescue Remedy and fascinating to think it might help dreaminess! A quiet wonder indeed. Thanks and go well.
DeleteSo true Fiona. Similar thoughts are uppermost in my mind at the moment too. Thank you for my 2016 card which arrived yesterday! It already has a home which I intend to post about soon!
ReplyDeleteI think many of us are stopping to consider the small moments and quiet wonders. Life beyond is too fraught to even attempt to deal with at times. So glad the card arrived and can be part of such a lovely gathering of garden things! Go well.
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