Thread by @Theremina, “If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if [...]

mer

Theremina

“If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.”

Eleonora Duse

https://annavonsyfert.tumblr.com/tagged/comic

some immensely helpful advice from @emilymcdowell_

http://thecounselingteacher.com <3

"I was no longer so caught in my puny separateness that had to keep proving I was something. I was part of the universe, like a tree is, or like grass is, or like water is. Like storms, like roses. I was just part of it all.
It was no big deal, and yet it was very precious."

"When I say that I touched something, it meant that I came up and I met my soul, and I met the way in which I was a part of the universe." Ram Dass

https://www.ramdass.org/changing-lenses-excerpt/

#someofmybestfriendsaretrees

got up early this morning, before the fam did, before the sun did. fixed myself scrambled eggs with cheddar, chicken apple sausage, orange juice, strong black coffee. suddenly remembered this guy, on my 40th birthday, gifting me with his brave presence in my headlights