Fables and Flora

“Sonder is the realization that every individual passerby has their own life just as vivid and complex as yours.” Brent Faiyaz

"Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you"
Anonymous

Spring Blossoms

Blossoms 🌸🌸🌸

“The world needs less heat and more light. It needs less of the heat of anger, revenge, retaliation, and more of the light of ideas, faith, courage, aspiration, joy, love, and hope.” — Wilfred Peterson

“It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps.” Sharon Draper

"If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream." — Martin Luther King Jr.

‘Let hope settle in your heart and comfort your soul when things look dire. A trickle of hope allows kindness and compassion to grow.” Vanessa Lee Thomas

If everything you did to and for others last year, was done to and for you in the new year - would that make you happy?

"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." — Dolly Parton

“If the house of the world is dark, love will find a way to create windows.” Rumi

“When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.”
— Malala Yousafzai

"And perhaps there is a limit to the grieving that the human heart can endure. As when one adds salt to a tumbler of water, there comes the point where simply no more will be absorbed." – Sarah Waters

“later that night, i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered where does it hurt?

it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
― Warsan Shire

“The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane.” – Mahatma Gandhi

"The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. " Chief Joseph

“Inhale, then exhale. That’s how you’ll get through it.”

"Serenity is born of simplicity." Abhijit Naskar

“I took a rose from a vase and fastened it in her sash. She sighed a sign of ineffable satisfaction, as if her cup of happiness were now full.” – Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed, but when we are silent we are still afraid, so it is better to speak," Audra Lorde

Kind hearts are the gardens. Kind thoughts are the roots. Kind words are the blossoms. Kind deeds are the fruits. -Kirpal Singh

"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses" Abraham Lincoln

“We can’t heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.”
– Mary Davis

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

Happy Rose Wednesday!

"You cannot be of maximum service to others, to your family members, to your kids, to your partner, unless you take care of yourself." Rich Roll

“Nothing is really lost as long as you remember it”
― Ally Condie, Matched

“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
— Stanley Kubrick

Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic self. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.
– Sarah Ban Breathnach

"Taking time to do nothing often brings everything into perspective." Doe Zantamata