One of my all-time favorite songs is It’s a Wonderful World by the great Louis Armstrong. Every morning waking up to the beauty of this good earth how can I not feel it is anything but wonderful world? There is so much beauty in every nook and corner of the planet. Yes, this pandemic weighs heavy at times, but when we go outside nature is always there to provide balm for the spirit. I hope you will find balm for your soul in this week’s offerings. We won’t be going anywhere today but I hope you enjoy the wonderful beauty right here at or near my home.

“Mirth is like a flash of lightening, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.” – Joseph Addison

“You see, I had been riding with the storm clouds, and had come to earth as rain, and it was drought I had killed with the power that the Six Grandfathers gave me.” – Black Elk

“When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all of us, then you begin to learn to listen to the soul, the soul of yourself in here, which is also the soul of everyone else.” – Joy Harjo

“Ah, Hope! What would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of today, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.” – Susanna Moodie

“Never lose hope. The darkest clouds precede the loveliest rain!” – Avijeet Das

“At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, here gusts of heat, at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: to glorify things just because they are.” – Czeslaw Milosz

“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something. To lie in the grass and count the stars. To sit on a branch and study the clouds.” – Regina Butt

“Only he shakes the heavens and from its treasure takes out the winds. He joins the waters and the clouds and produces the rain. Only he realizes miracles permanently.” – Michael Servetus

“I think I will be able to, in the end, rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven, and I will look down on my beautiful life.” – Yayoi Kusama

“Religion is among the most beautiful and most natural of all things – that religion that ‘sees God in clouds and hears him in the wind,’ which endows every object of sense with a living soul, which finds in the system of nature whatever is holy, mysterious, and venerable, and inspires the bosom with sentiments of awe and veneration.” – William Godwin

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.” – St. Augustine

“God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars.” – Martin Luther
I love your post for today, Carol. Great quotes and pictures.
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Thanks so much, Sadje. I am glad you enjoyed it.
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You’re always welcome my friend.
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❤
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That’s my dad’s favorite song too, so it warms the heart when I hear it being played.
Beautiful photos, Carol, and beautiful quoted words!
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Thanks so much. It is such an inspiring song. It really is a wonderful world, despite pandemic and politics!
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So true!
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Well said. There is so much terrifying stuff happening these days that it’s important to pause and find comfort/beauty in some of the good stuff, even if it’s small things like going outside for a walk. One thing this pandemic has forced me to do is to slow down and enjoy more of what’s in my own backyard. Take things a day at a time. Take care. Hope all is well.
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Yes, it’s important to take a break from all the darkness and heaviness. I am glad this resonated with you. We are doing okay, hope you are too.
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I love a double rainbow. “Whenever a rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on earth.”
—Genesis 9:16
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They do bring comfort, I am reminded of that verse as well. thanks, Crystal, I hope you have a lovely week.
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So many different kinds of beauty. When my children were little, we would often stand at the living room window and watch the sun coming up over Lake Huron. I would tell them that this was God’s saying, “Good morning! I love you!” Some mornings, He’d seem to whisper it, others He’d speak it, sing it, or shout it. One morning when the whole sky seems on fire I felt Him picking me up, swinging me around, and laughing!
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That’s so wonderful!
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Your photos are pristine and a perfect match for your selection heavenly quotes. Happy blessed Sunday!🌺☕️☕️
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thanks so much – may you be blessed as well. ❤
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Ditto! 💗🌺💐
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Rainbows are trending!🤔
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I complain sometimes about all the rain we’ve had this summer, but rainbows make the rain worthwhile. 🙂
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Nicely said and appreciated. Happy Friday!
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same to you. I hope you have a lovely weekend.
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🌺💗🌺🎼
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Thanks so much, you are so very kind. Happy Thanksgiving!
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