enjoying the roses

Copyright 2016 by R.A. Robbins

. “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon — instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” — Dale Carnegie

healing in the repeated refrains of nature

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 “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” — Rachel Carson

in celebration of the vernal equinox

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Oh, what a catastrophe for man when he cuts himself off from the rhythm of the year, from his unison with the sun and the earth.  Oh, what a catastrophe, what a maiming of love when it was a personal, merely personal feeling, taken away from the rising and the setting of the sun, and cut off from the magic connection of the solstice and the equinox! — D. H. Lawrence

 

Deep Roots

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“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.”
― Marty Rubin

Sure to be more springs

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“That is one good thing about this world…there are always sure to be more springs.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

Our human compassion binds us one to the other…

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“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Mandela

Hope can take on a life of it’s own

Copyright 2015 by R.A. Robbins

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.” – Michelle Obama

Hang on to your hat

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“Hang on to your hat. Hang on to your hope. And wind the clock, for tomorrow is another day.” —E.B. White

Hope is the power of being cheerful…

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“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” — G.K. Chesterton

Where there is no hope in the future…

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“Where there is no hope in the future, there is no power in the present.” -John Maxwell