”If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. If a shower drives us for shelter to the maple grove or the trailing branches of the pine, yet in their recesses with microscopic eye we discover some new wonder in the bark, or the leaves, or the fungi at our feet.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
(Journal, September 23, 1838)
“The Earth offers gift after gift — life and the living of it, light and the return of it, the growing things, the roaring things, fire and nightmares, falling water and the wisdom of friends, forgiveness. My god, the gift of forgiveness, time, and the scouring tides. How does one accept gifts as great as these and hold them in mind?
Failing to notice a gift dishonors it, and deflects the love of the giver. That’s what’s wrong with living a careless life, storing up sorrow, waking up regretful, walking unaware. But to turn the gift in your hands, to say, this is wonderful and beautiful, this is a great gift — this honors the gift and the giver of it. . . . Notice the gift. Be astonished at it. Be glad for it, care about it. Keep it in mind. This is the greatest gift a person can give in return.”
— Kathleen Dean Moore, Wild Comfort: The Solace of Nature
Elisa's Spot 
The hope of Spring… (Will it come again? Will it?)
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OK, so this must be a repeat blog, as it looks like I already commented. Ha ha, this memory doesn’t really remember all that much. I just looked at Baby it’s cold inside from last Sunday and thought, “Wow, who wrote THIS?” (This can be both positive and negative…)
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Yeah, when I began the day I had no inspiration for a new way to post it and the music of this one was soothing, so I stickied it. I had some artistic inspiration afterwards!
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Oh what i wanted to say was “HAPPY SOLSTICE, ELISA!”
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Thank you! Thank you!! The same to you!
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A lovely video gift Elisa, thank you. Wishing you a wonderful Holiday Season:)
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I hope that these days find you nesting and resting 🙂
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The root of the first part of the Celtic word Druid is the same as the root in the native English words tree and true. You can read more in the Word History note at:
http://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=true
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I am very glad for you effort in posting and in your words. I tend to berate my own skills at acting the Bard. Though, I suppose, I tend to do it by using descriptive vision and sounds as a multisensory method of passing things along. I like the way meanings are conveyed.
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I was in such a bad mood this morning, what with the snow and ice and below zero temperatures — this video certainly changed my mind!
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awwww thank you!! 🙂
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