“I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, “Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Christopher McCandless
Soft snow falling
Invitation to the woods
To cut fresh trails
Put down the week
Re-enter the world
Slow dance with nature
Conversation with quiet
The power of wonder and beauty
At your feet
Simple, accessible, overflowing
From doing to being
From activity to encounter
To be made new again, daily
Invite, seek, engage with peace, joy, delight
Start with in first, then spill over into the world
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.”― Albert Einstein