Forum: Renewal

“Sometimes the road was only a lane, with thick hawthorn hedges, and the green elms overhung it on either side so that when you looked up there was...

“I took a walk on Spaulding’s farm the other afternoon. I saw the setting sun lighting up the opposite side of a stately pine wood.” – Henry David...

“Why is beauty so important? Because we derive energy and motivation from beautiful sights, beautiful sounds, beautiful words and ideas, and...

“There’s nothing like the unending delights of a garden. No matter how small my garden is, to me it is a place of tremendous peace and inspiration. I...

“Do not miss a day’s enjoyment or forgo your share of innocent pleasures.” – Apocrypha: Ecclesiasticus

“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures.” — Sir Francis Bacon

“Life is not intended to be simply a round of work, no matter how interesting and important that work may be. A moment’s pause to watch the glory of...

“No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.” –...

“Don’t overorganize your free time. Use leisure time for spur-of-the-moment impulses.” – Alexander Martin

“A bird’s song will set the steps to music all day long.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Pampering yourself is a requirement for peace and happiness.” – Susyn Reeve

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” — Henry Ward Beecher

“Amid all your duties, keep some hours to yourself.” – Margaret Fuller

“Think about a treat that you haven’t had in a while – one so delicious that just thinking about it makes you smile. Today, don’t settle for any...

“Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We miss the compass points that show us where to go. We lose the nourishment that gives us success. We miss...

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.” – St. Augustine

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Berthold Auerbach

“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a vacation would bring...

“The meaning of Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try...

“If I had my life to live over, I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't...