It is very strange … that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.

Elizabeth C. Taylor

There are places I’d like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. ‘Cause I’m trying to understand. And I’ve understood nothing.

Leonora Carrington

The incredible gift of the ordinary! Glory comes streaming from the table of daily life.

Macrina Wiederkehr

Every accident, and the essence of every being,
is a bud, a blanket tucked into a cradle,
a closed mouth.

All these buds will blossom,
and in that moment you will know
what your grief was,
and how the seed you planted has been miraculously,
and naturally, growing.

Now silence.
Let soul speak inside spoken things.

Rumi

“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

Hans Christian Andersen