The Far Travels Of A Tree

I never saw a discontented tree.


They grip the ground as though they liked it, and
 though fast rooted
they travel about as far as we do.

They go wandering forth in all directions with every wind,

going and coming like ourselves,

traveling with us around the
 sun two million miles a day,

and through space heaven knows how 
fast and far!

~ John Muir

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[GMW #2858]

Earth's Loveliness Is The Soul's Staircase To Heaven

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be
through Earth’s loveliness.
~ Michelangelo

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[GMW #2967]