“In the chequered area of human experience the seasons are all mingled as in the golden age: fruit and blossom hang together; in the same moment the sickle is reaping and the seed is sprinkled; one tends the green cluster and another treads the wine-press. Nay, in each of our lives harvest and spring-time are continually one, until Death himself gathers us and sows us anew in his invisible fields.” LifeHumansMomentsAgeTogetherOur LivesFieldsSpringAreasSeasonsGreenWinePressesFruitSeedsInvisibleGoldenHarvestHuman ExperienceGolden AgeClustersSpring Time Book:Daniel Deronda Source: Daniel Deronda
“Learning to pause is the first step in the practice of Radical Acceptance. A pause is a suspension of activity, a time of temporary disengagement when we are no longer moving toward any goal ... The pause can occur in the midst of almost any activity and can last for an instant, for hours or for seasons of our life ... You might try it now: Stop reading and sit there, doing 'no thing,' and simply notice what you are experiencing.” TryingFirstsMightLastsMovingReadingGoalHoursStepsPracticeOur LivesAcceptanceActivitySeasonsRadicalInstantMidstTemporaryFirst StepsPausesSuspensionRadical AcceptanceDisengagement Author:Tara Brach
“When seasons change in our life, it's difficult. Because it feels like loss and no one likes loss. And I go through, how do you do that? How do you take that transition without losing it in the curve?” FeelsDifficultLossOur LivesLosingSeasonsLikesTransitionCurvesSeasons Change Author:Paula White
“When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very limitations of form, of our maleness and femaleness, of our parenthood and our childhood, of gravity on the earth and the changing of the seasons, is the freedom and harmony we have sought for so long. Our individual life is an expression of the whole mystery, and in it we can rest in the center of the movement, the center of all worlds.” WorldLongWholeStoriesEarthFormLife IsIndividualGreaterOur LivesMysteryChildhoodMovementExpressionSeasonsHarmonyLimitationParenthoodGravityIndividual LifeMaleness Author:Jack Kornfield
“Christmas means 'giving,' and the gift without the giver is bare. Give of yourselves; give of your substance; give of your heart and mind. "Christmas means 'compassion and love' and, most of all 'forgiveness' How poor indeed would be our lives without the influence of His teachings and His matchless example. "He whose birth we commemorate this season is more than the symbol of a holiday. He is the Son of God, the Redeemer of mankind, the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace.” GivingMindHeartMeanWould BePoorCompassionOur LivesInfluenceTeachingMankindExampleSonBirthKingsAnd LoveSeasonsSymbolsSubstanceFaithfulHolidayHeart And MindGiverRedeemerPrince Of Peace Author:Gordon B. Hinckley
“Every day of our lives and in every season of the year (not just at Easter time), Jesus asks each of us, as he did following his triumphant entry into Jerusalem those many years ago, ‘What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?’ (Matt. 22:42.) We declare that he is the Son of God, and the reality of that fact should stir our souls more frequently. I pray that it will, this Easter season and always.” ThinkingShouldYearsSoulFactsRealityAsksJesusChristOur LivesSonPrayingYears AgoSeasonsFollowingEasterI PrayEntryJerusalemTriumphantEaster SeasonEaster Time Book:That We Might Have Joy Source: That We Might Have Joy
“There are seasons of our lives when nothing seems to be happening, when no smoke betrays a burned town or homestead and few tears are shed for the newly dead. I have learned not to trust those times, because if the world is at peace then it means someone is planning war.” IfsWorldMeanWarSeemsOur LivesTearsHappeningsSeasonsTownsPlanningSmokeBetrayShedBurnedI Have Learned Author:Bernard Cornwell
“We need not worry if we can’t simultaneously do all of the things that the Lord has counseled us to do. He has spoken of a time and a season for all things. In response to our sincere prayers for guidance, He will direct us in what should be emphasized at each phase of our life. We can learn, grow, and become like Him one consistent step at a time.” IfsNeedsShouldGrowsPrayerLordStepsWorryOur LivesAll ThingsDirectSeasonsResponseGuidanceConsistentSincerePhasesSincere Prayer Author:Richard G. Scott
“I think that sometimes the great changes in our lives, the ones that divide time, happen so deep down and silently that we don't even know when they occur......It frequently happens that the seasons of the greatest change are the times that feel the most tranquil, the most suspended, the most...timeless.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsSometimesHappensOur LivesSeasonsDown AndDividesTimelessDeep DownTranquilSuspendedGreat Change Author:Anne Rivers Siddons