• Time

    If the only real time is the present, and the future is only a worry and the past a goodbye, then why does it feel like a rushing stream when we look back or when we worry about all that we want to do? The moon is full one night and before we know it, it is a waning crescent and what happened on the days in between? Do we remember?

    And yet, when we can slow down enough to enjoy the moment, the present moment, it seems as though time stands still – that time is a luxury that we can swim in and walk around in. That is the best relationship that we can have with time. To see it as expansive and here-now. To see time as our friend, inviting us to be. Just be.

    Flowers know all about time and seasons and gracefully transition from seedling to flower to seed, all with a sunny smile!

  • The Best Present

    Being PRESENT is the best present you can give yourself and the world!

  • Cocooning…

    Thumbing through a thoroughly researched book on caterpillars by David L. Wagner, I find words I have never met before that are almost poetic.

    A Story:

    A cryptically colored caterpillar walked into a bar to join her friends. They feasted on green leaves of many stripes and sizes and unique drinks made with the combined nectar of a variety of flowers.

    The Lepidopteris was is a corner arguing with his best friend about how to pronounce Lepidopteris – an argument neither of them could win.

    The loopers and geometers were learning how to dance to the beat of crickets and cicadas and were soon joined by the others.

    A typical evening at the Lotus Juice Bar and Grill on Eden Street. Something for everyone!

    Photo of the cocoon of a Sulphur Butterfly suspended in a Cassia Plant. After 3 weeks there was very little change.

    Photo and Story ©Laine Quinn 2025

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  • Say Yes!

     

    Cosmos cole helm

     

    Say yes to the unique individual self that you are

    in this time and space.

    You might have been here before

    and you might come again,

    but never as this particular person

    in this particular time

    and this particular space –

    ever evolving

    with our expanding universe.

    Say yes!

    To your place in the world of wonder!

     

     

     

    Photo credit: Cosmos Eric Coles and Mel Helm 2015, from The Astronomy Picture of the Day, APOD.

    Reposted from lainesblog on February, 2024

    ©LaineQuinn

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  • Friends…

     

    Twin-statue

     

    Life can be overwhelming at times – aging parents, sick children, losing a treasured pet.

    Even joy can flood the heart, so much beauty, so much love, so complex.

    That's where our friends come in.

    They walk with us even when we are apart and help us to make sense of our mortal lives.

    Where would we be without our friends?

    Here's to old friends, new friends and the friends we are about to meet!

    Thank You!

     

     

     

     

     

    Reprinted from Laine's Blog, November, 2011

    ©LaineQuinn 2021

    Sculpture found at Cummer Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida.

  • Time…

     

    Rose blog 2023 8.7.23

    As I grow older and and can glimpse the end of my days,

    there seems to be more time

    or time is more expansive somehow.

    Although the weeks zoom past with the years,

    the present moment is huge! 

    You realize that you don't have to be in a hurry all the time.

    That there is time. That that's all there is – time!

    Time to smell the roses or listen to a friend – really listen;

    time to tend the garden of your soul and spirit,

    time for love.

    Of course, this can happen at any age,

    learning to take a step back,

    take a beat

    and pay close attention.

    It's grand when we can master this even a little!

     

     

     

    ©Laine Quinn 2023

     

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  • Just Wondering’…

     

    Worrying…

    It's quite a distraction…

    and then,

    well…

     

    Worywond dsnyblog

     

    Wonder on the other hand,

    it will lift you up and up and up!

     

    Worywond 1.12.13

     

    (I wonder what I will worry about today?)

    (I worry what I will wonder about tomorrow!)

     

     

     

     

     

    This post was first published in March 2015. The Captain rests at Disney and the sunset was off my deck!

     

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