As he [Sir Malcolm Sargeant, conductor of the London Philharmonic] stood in waist deep in the shallows of Whaler's Cove, the littler Spinners came drifting over, sleek and dainty, gazing at him curiously with their soft dark eyes. Malcolm was a tactful, graceful man in his movements, and so the spinners were not afraid … Continue reading Quote for Today: Karen Pryor
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Quote for Today: Jalina Mhyana
The Wishing Bones A thousand grandmothers ago Pyrrha and Deucalion repopulated the world with rocks, bones of mother Earth, a generation of my ancestors strained from the mud of a drowned planet. But I’m more interested in my earliest grandmothers, their gills and wetness, before they crawled from that blue expanse and learned to … Continue reading Quote for Today: Jalina Mhyana
Quote for Today: Bashõ
Falling upon earth, Pure water spills from the cup Of the camellia. -- Bashõ Image: The camellia's tears, Katherine McDaniel, 2019
Quote for Today: Alan Watts
Faith is a state of openness or trust. To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief, … Continue reading Quote for Today: Alan Watts
Quote for Today: Victoria Erickson
Half of me is filled with bursting words and half of me is painfully shy. I crave solitude yet also crave people. I want to pour life and love into everything yet also nurture my self-care and go gently. I want to live within the rush of primal, intuitive decision, yet also wish to sit … Continue reading Quote for Today: Victoria Erickson
Quote for Today: Paramahansa Yogananda
As water [vapor] by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form. --Paramahansa Yogananda Public Domain Image via pxhere
Quote for Today: Julian Hawthorne
States of the atmosphere pass into us as water through the meshes of a sieve, and storms occur in us before they break upon the world without, creating restless sensations. ―Julian Hawthorne, "Absolute Evil" Public Domain Image via Pixabay
