“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” Robert Frost
Flowers
A flower’s fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds us in vestigial ways of fertility, vigor, life-force, all the optimism, expectancy, and passionate bloom of youth. We inhale its ardent aroma and, no matter what our ages, we feel young and nubile in a world aflame with desire.
Diane Ackerman — A Natural History of the Senses.
When we assume hummingbird consciousness,
our life becomes a wonderland of sensuous delights.
We live for beauty, delighting in flowers, aromas, fine mist, delicate tastes.
Hummingbirds awaken us to the beauty of the present moment.
Medicine Cards: The Discovery of Power Through the Ways of Animals
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart.
I am. I am. I am.”
— Sylvia Plath
In queenly elegance the Dahlia stands, and waves her coronet. – Joseph Breck
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.” Ovid
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
Henry David Thoreau
Love proves itself by deeds,
so how am I to show my love?
Great deeds are forbidden me.
The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers,
and these flowers are every little sacrifice,
every glance and word,
and the doing of the least actions for love
. — Therese of Lisieux
How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold?
Because the lovely little flower is free
Down to its root, and in that freedom bold.
William Wordsworth
“Look past your thoughts, so you may
drink the pure nectar of This Moment.”
― Rumi
Maverick Mist 