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Quotes I enjoy

Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables, they probably get jet-lagged, just like people do - Elizabeth Berry

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" Philippians 4:6-7

The secret of happiness is not found in seeking more,

but in developing the capacity to enjoy less

- paraphrased from Socrates quote

“See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence. We need silence to be able to touch souls.” – Mother Teresa

Nature in all its diversity grants us a glimpse into the heart of God the Father which is nothing but Love.

Trust in this love and you will never be dissapointed

Mg - in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.

If more of us valued food and cheer and song

above hoarded gold,

It would be a merrier world

JR Tolkein

Live simply, love generously,
care deeply, speak kindly and
leave the rest to God............
Ronald Reagan

If your ouput exceeds your input
then the upkeep is your downfall..
anon

It is not what you look at that matters,
it is what you see
Hendry David Thoreau

Making a garden is not a gentle hobby for the elderly,
to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire.
It is a grand passion.
It seizes a person whole,
and once it has done so he will have to accept
that his life is going to be radically changed.
May Sarton
Plant Dreaming Deep, 1983

When the trees sing,
It doesn't really matter
If you know the song,
Or if you know the words,
Or even if you know the tune.
What really matters
is knowing ....
That the trees are singing at all.
Mattie Stepanek, 1990-2004

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, 1837-1921

Happiness is like a butterfly:
the more you chase it, the more it will elude you,
but if you turn your attention to other things,
it will come and sit softly on your shoulder…”
– Thoreau

“Exercise is a dirty word.
Every time I hear it
I wash my mouth out with chocolate.”
~ Charles M. Schulz

You who walk
maybe with troubled thoughts....
Come, enter here and rest
and may the sweet serenity
of growing things....
and the heavenly peace
be mirrored in thy soul.
by Michael Palmer

Gods Garden
The Lord God planted a garden
In the first white days of the world,
And he set there an angel warden
In a garment of light enfurled.
So near to the peace of Heaven
That the hawk might nest with the wren,
For there in the cool of the even
God walked with the first of men.
And I dream that these garden closes
With their shade and their sun-flecked sod
And their lilies and bowers of roses,
Were laid by the hand of God.
The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
-One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
For He broke it for us in a garden
Under the olive-trees
Where the angel of strength was the warden
And the soul of the world found ease.
Dorothy Francis Gurney

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return.
Mary Jean Iron

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
Albert Einstein

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time."
~ John Lubbock
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