A quiet space is a place of refuge – a space for reflection, contemplation, restoration and nourishment of mind, body and emotions. Taking time to rest and receive – the natural world offers quiet, majestic, sacred spaces that rest the senses and replenish the heart.
Lake Water Peace
Practice not-doing and everything will fall into place. ~ Lao Tzu
When I Am Among The Trees
Mary Oliver
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
