First, Go where you Need to.
A couple of weeks ago, I headed for a favorite area in the Woods. As I stepped out into the parking lot, I wondered which trail I should take. I had been thinking that where I wanted to go was…
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Woods Wisdom
If Love were an Oak
All trees come in genus and species. The genus being the family and the species being the individual variety. While all of the trees in a given family have some similar characteristic that binds them, the individual species offers a…
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Today’s Meditation
Experience these, for a Sunday morning meditation. 1. Stand at the edge of the trail, above the creek running vibrantly with two days of rain. Witness the sounds of the roiling water as it echoes up the sides of the…
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Why not return – Amsterdam 3
Over the years, the question has arisen in me (and I’m sure in very many others) as to why I don’t return to Amsterdam, my hometown, the “little city with a big heart” that I love, nestled on the southern…
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If a tree falls in the woods, does it survive?
Have you ever noticed how many trees blown over, or knocked down by snow or another tree toppling over them, have not given up on life? The next trip into the woods, pay attention to these trees. Realize the stem…
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Autumn Trees
Pause in your life,Make the time,Take the chance,To stand alone,In the breeze laden Woods,And watch the trees dance. Peter J Quandt
A great deal to say.
I have a great deal to say,Yet, the words trip over my thoughts. Why is that?Because, what I have to say,Doesn’t come from my thoughts.What I have to say,Doesn’t come from words.It comes from what I FEEL. There are no…
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The lessons of falling leaves.
Yesterday, as I took a Sunday morning walk in the Woods, I found myself stopping often, pausing to see and hear leaves falling and whatever my external and internal senses drew me to observe. I hadn’t gone but maybe 3/4…
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24/7 Church
I often enjoy starting my Sunday morning with a walk in the Woods. This morning, while I was out there, I was reminded of a conversation I had with one of my employees, several years ago.As a landscape contractor, I…
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Feel the love, Feel the light
There is a love, as a father has for his child,There is a love, as a man has for a woman,Yet, if this is true love, it comes from neither.It is a love that is always there.When we connect with…
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