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“If your actions were to boomerang back on you instantly, would you still act the same? Doing to others an act you’d rather not have done to you reveals a powerful internal conflict.” ~Alexandra Katehakis (Photo by VGeorgiev at depositphotos.com)

“The key to nature’s therapy is feeling like a tiny part of it, not a master over it. There’s amazing pride in seeing a bee land on a flower you planted – but that’s not your act of creation, it’s your act of joining in.” ~Victoria Coren Mitchell (Image courtesy of Robin Hitt)

“I think if you’re not a conservationist before you go to space, you’re at least partly a conservationist when you come back. Because when you see how thin that atmosphere is, that protective layer that we have here, you think, wow, we really have to take care of this because it does look so fragile from space.” ~Mike Foreman, former NASA astronaut Happy Earth Week! (Image by NASA, taken from Artemis II)

“I wish we could send every elected official into space because they’re bound to come back with a different perspective. … When I looked back on the earth as we orbited in the space shuttle, I looked through the eyes of a politician. And when I looked, I did not see political division, and I did not see racial division, and I did not see religious division. What I saw was we are all in this together as citizens of planet earth. And that is a profound effect on someone who

Happy Easter! “All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can’t see. … This moving through the dark into blossom is the threshold to God. … The courage of the seed is that once cracking, it cracks all the way.” ~Mark Nepo

“Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.” ~Louis D. Brandeis (Image of March 28 No Kings protest by Loren Elliott for The New York Times)

“When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.” ~Madeleine M. Kunin Welcome Spring!

“May love and laughter light your days, and warm your heart and home. May good and faithful friends be yours, wherever you may roam. May peace and plenty bless your world with joy that long endures. May all life’s passing seasons bring the best to you and yours!” ~Old Irish Blessing Happy St. Patrick’s Day! (Image by Vlad Chețan at pexels.com )

“Time doesn’t wait for until. The only time we all get is right now, this moment. And that means embracing the present, learning from the past (... letting go of what doesn’t need to [be carried] through), and striving for the future. It’s this beautiful synergy of energy – radiating from the gift of now.” ~Rachel Marie Martin (Image by Arek Socha at pixabay)

“Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other.” ~Elie Wiesel (Image by Betka82 at depositphotos.com )