Today I’m sharing a few more photos from my trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior in late September. I’ve picked a few quotes to go with them and hopefully they will brighten your day. Follow the light, my friends. Follow the light.

“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“The Sun will rise and set regardless. What we choose to do with the light while it’s here is up to us. Journey wisely.”
Alexandra Elle

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
John Muir

When I am among the trees

 

When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints of gladness.
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.

 

I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow often.

 

Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.

 

And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.”
– Mary Oliver –

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.”
C.G. Jung

“No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more light, to open people’s eyes, to reveal the marvels around.”
Paulo Coelho

“All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”
Santosh Kalwar

“In the very corner of my soul there is an altar to a different god.” ~ Fernando Pessoa

“To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, The Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Die

“There will always be a door to the light.”
Shiro Amano, Kingdom Hearts, Vol. 1

May you walk in beauty


Marilyn

Photographer sharing beauty, grace & joy in photographs and blog posts. I live in the Twin Cites in Minnesota, the land of lakes, trees, and wonderful nature.

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