Sunday Dinner: Aspirations

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“Faith is the bird

that feels the light and sings

when the dawn is still dark.”

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Rabindranath Tagore

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“Dreams are what guide us,

art is what defines us,

math is what makes it all possible,

and love is what lights our way.”

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Mike Norton

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The Williamsburg Botanical Garden bathed in morning light.

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“Rome was not built in one day;

But one day Rome was built.”

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Kayambila Mpulamasaka

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“We never know what we can be or do

until the need is there

and we are tested by it.”

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Terry Brooks

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“If you trust in yourself. . .

and believe in your dreams. . .

and follow your star. . .

you’ll still get beaten

by people who spent their time

working hard and learning things

and weren’t so lazy.”

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Terry Pratchett

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Monarch butterfly feeding on Asclepias syriaca at the Stonehouse Elementary native plant garden.

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“The heights charm us,

but the steps do not;

with the mountain in our view

we love to walk the plains.”

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“Clouds come floating into my life,

no longer to carry rain or usher storm,

but to add color to my sunset sky.”

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Rabindranath Tagore

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A female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly feeds on Martagon lily at the Stonehouse Elementary School garden.

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Woodland Gnome 2019

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“Our deep aspiration

is an immense source of energy.”

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Thich Nhat Hanh

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“Imagination grows by exercise

and contrary to common belief

is more powerful in the mature

than in the young.”
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Ursula K. Le Guin

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Our Forest Garden as June draws to its close.

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