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]

Plant A Tree, Train A Flower, Sow A Field

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who

sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.
~ John Greenleaf Whittier

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[GMW #3031]

One Who Plants A Tree

One who plants a tree, plants a hope.~ Lucy Larcom
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[GMW #3000]

Holiness Comes Wrapped In The Ordinary

Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary.
There are burning bushes all around you.
Every tree is full of angels.
Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb.
~ Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B, A Tree Full of Angels
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[GMW #2976]