Orchid Daze Part 4
Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"
~ Robin Williams
Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.
~ Ellis Peters
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
"If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom."
~ Audra Fuveo
"To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter; to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring — these are some of the rewards of the simple life."
~ John Burroughs
“Waking up in the morning, I vow with all beings to be ready for sparks of the Dharma from flowers or children or birds.”
~ Robert Aitken
"Sitting quietly, doing nothing,
Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."
~ The Gospel According To Zen
"Happiness? The color of it must be spring green, impossible to describe until I see a just-hatched lizard sunning on a stone. That color, the glowing green lizard skin, repeats in every new leaf. ... The regenerative power of nature explodes in every weed, stalk, branch. Working in the mild sun, I feel the green fuse of my body, too. Surges of energy, kaleidoscopic sunlight through the leaves, the soft breeze that makes me want to say the word "zephyr" - this mindless simplicity can be called happiness."
~ Frances, Mayes, Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy, 1999
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