Happy New Year Wishes on The Wonder of Nature

On this, the first day of 2010, my thoughts are on love and peace, a better life and doing more good in the world--for others as well as myself.  When I think of what inspires and motivates me most, I think of Nature.  So it is with these thoughts, that I bring you the gifts of nature today,

in poetry and pictures.

ENJOY.  And, Happy New Year!

It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

- Anne Frank

It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination.

- Henry David Thoreau

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while Nature cures the disease

-Voltaire

See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence...we need silence to be able to touch souls.

- Mother Teresa

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled.

- Henry David Thoreau

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

- Frank Lloyd Wright