Gratitude Gladdens the Heart

“Gratitude gladdens the heart. It is not sentimental, nor jealous, nor judgmental. As gratitude grows, it gives rise to joy. We experience the courage to rejoice in our own good fortune and in the good fortune of  others. Joy is natural to an open heart. Continue reading “Gratitude Gladdens the Heart”

Nature Made Us Individuals

Nature made us individuals, as she did the flowers and the pebbles;

but we are afraid to be peculiar, and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, or a string of mold candles.

Why should we all dress after the same fashion?

The frost never paints my windows twice alike.

~Lydia Maria Child~ Continue reading “Nature Made Us Individuals”