Begin with yourself. There is no time to waste. It is your duty to do your part to bring God’s kingdom on earth.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that, it lights the whole sky.
This earth is a garden, The Lord its gardener, cherishing all, none neglected.
Your hills, O Earth, your snow-clad mountain peaks, your forests, may they show us kindliness… Impart to us vitalising forces that come, O Earth from deep within your body, your central point, your navel, purify us wholly.
Be aware of the contact between your feet and the earth. Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet.
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.
The churning separates the butter from the milk. In the same manner, through cosmic processes and upheavals of heat and cold, the five fundamental elements - earth, water, fire, air and space were separated and Earth, this Ball of Butter, emerged as the product of the churning.
Summer set lip to earth’s bosom bare, and left the flushed print in a poppy there.
