Daily Bit Of Beauty: Thoreau: Simplify!

Daily Bit Of Beauty

Peace Through Kindness on Facebook

FREE INSPIRATION TO YOUR INBOX

Daily Bit of Beauty - nature & sacred poem (3/week)

Reflection For Radiant Living - saint quote/prayer (1/week)

WEBSITES

Earth: Our Beloved Earth.
Spirit: Your Life Is A Dream.
Peace: Peace Through Kindness

These are offerings of love
& care for the world.

Email is warmly welcome: comments@ourbelovedearth.com

FREE ECARDS

Spiritual & Green Living Ecards from Our Beloved Earth

Honor Our Beloved Earth

Honor Our Beloved Earth

with every word, thought, & CHOICE. we need compassionate ACTION.

Labels

absorbed in the Lord (3) achievement (4) action (7) Agnes Repplier (1) ahamkara (1) AIDS (1) aim (1) Albert Einstein (1) Albert Schweitzer (2) alive (2) Andrew Harvey (1) anger (3) anxiety (1) art (2) Ashvaghosa (1) atheism (1) attachment (2) attainment (1) attitude (1) authenticity (2) author: Abdu'l-Baha' (2) Author: Abhinavagupta (1) author: Alan Cohen (1) author: Anthony de Mello (1) author: Daphne Rose Klingma (1) author: Edward Hirsch (1) author: Father Jean-Pierre Medaille (1) author: Frederick Smock (1) author: G. K. Chesterton (2) author: Georg Feuerstein (1) author: George Burton Adams (1) author: Groucho Marx (1) author: Heather Havey (8) author: Helen Schucman (1) author: Hugh Prather (1) author: ibn 'arabi (3) author: Jai Guru Dev (2) author: James Michener (1) author: Jana Stanfield (1) author: jeanette winterson (1) author: Joan Baez (1) author: John Shepherd III (7) author: Jorge Luis Borges (1) author: Judy Garland (1) author: Ken Keyes (1) author: Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1) author: Lauryn Hill (1) author: Leo Buscaglia (1) author: Leo Tolstoy (1) author: Lin Chi (1) author: Lord Byron (1) author: Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati (23) author: Madeleine L'Engle (1) author: mary oliver (18) author: Moliere (1) author: Mother Teresa (4) author: Peace Through Kindness (Lily) (9) author: Richard Moss (1) author: Richard Rolle (1) author: Robert Heinlein (1) author: Ronni Sweet (1) author: Saraha (1) author: Sharman Apt Russell (1) author: Sogyal Rinpoche (2) author: Sri Chinmoy (2) author: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (1) author: Steve Winwood (1) author: Sven Goran Eriksson (1) author: Swami Chidananda (3) author: Swami Ramdas (6) author: Swami Sivananda (3) author: Tewa Pueblo peoples (1) author: Thomas Traherne (1) author: Tishan (1) author: Ts'ai-ken T'an (1) author: Wendell Berry (11) author: William Menninger (1) avarice (1) awaken (1) awareness (4) awe (1) Ayn Rand (1) bacteria (1) Baha'u'llah (1) balance (2) beauty (11) beggar (1) benevolent (1) birds (5) blame (1) bless (5) bliss (3) body (1) bold (2) Bonnie "Prince" Billy (1) book: The Crossing (1) boundaries (1) breath (4) buttercup (1) butterflies (1) capacity (1) care (5) Carl Sagan (1) charity (6) Charles Dickens (1) charm (1) cheerfulness (1) children (2) choice (1) choose this: animal guides (1) choose this: artistic expression (3) choose this: be your authentic self (1) choose this: beauty (7) choose this: blessings (4) choose this: breathe (2) choose this: bring happiness to others (14) choose this: care for all life (26) choose this: compassion (4) choose this: concentration (2) choose this: dance (1) choose this: emptiness (1) choose this: energy (1) choose this: faith (2) choose this: friendship (2) choose this: give respect to others (2) choose this: God-realization (18) choose this: grace (2) choose this: humility (2) choose this: integrity (1) choose this: joy (5) choose this: live close to nature (27) choose this: live your dreams (1) choose this: love (50) choose this: love animals (6) choose this: love the earth (7) choose this: meditation (7) choose this: notice nature (6) choose this: oneness (2) choose this: open heart (6) choose this: passion for life (2) choose this: peace (13) choose this: positive attitude (4) choose this: prayer (10) choose this: quiet (1) choose this: relaxation (2) choose this: responsibility (1) choose this: serve others (4) choose this: spirituality (4) choose this: tipi (1) choose this: turn the other cheek (1) choose this: yoga (4) Christ love (1) Christian: Bible - 1 Peter (1) Christian: Bible - Colossians (1) Christian: Bible - Corinthians (1) Christian: Bible - Ephesians (1) Christian: Bible - Lamentations (1) Christian: Bible - Matthew (1) Christian: Bible - Proverbs (2) christian: Bible - Quotes (1) Christian: Bible - Romans (1) Christian: gnostic - First Apocalypse of James NHC V 28.7-10 (1) Christian: Gospel of Philip (1) Christian: Hypostasis of the Archons (1) Christian: Rule of Benedict (1) Christian: Valentinian sermon (1) communion (2) community (3) compassion (7) concepts (1) confidence (1) conflict (1) consciousness (4) contemplation (3) content (4) Cormac McCarthy (1) courage (1) courtesy (1) craving (1) Dakota Sioux (1) darkness (5) dawn (2) death (1) defeat (1) delight (4) delusion (1) dependence (1) depths (1) Derek Walcott (1) desires (6) destination (3) destiny (1) detachment (1) devotion (6) difficult times (1) diligence (1) discovery (1) divine (5) divinity (2) diwali (2) do not worry (1) don't give up (1) doubt (1) dreams (9) dying (1) E. Jean Carroll (1) Earth (12) ecstasy (1) Edward Carpenter (1) effort (2) egoism (9) Ekai (1) elderly (1) Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1) emotion (1) emptiness (2) energy (1) enjoy (2) enlightenment (3) enrich (1) equal (2) Erma Bombeck (1) Ernest Holmes (1) everything (1) evil (1) example: Hookers For Jesus (1) excellence (1) existence (1) exploration (2) failure (2) faith (2) family (1) fear (7) feeling (2) feeling good (2) fire (1) flame (1) florida (1) flow (1) flowers (9) forest (2) forgetfulness (1) forgiveness (4) form (1) formless (1) fragrance (1) freedom (10) friendliness (3) friends (3) frugality (1) fuel (1) Gandhi (1) generosity (3) genius (2) gentleness (7) George Bernard Shaw (1) germs (1) gift: attention (1) gift: life (5) gift: love (9) gift: Nature (21) gift: power of speech (2) gift: presence (2) glory of God (9) go within (2) goal (1) God (73) God in all life (29) God is Love (16) God-realization (75) Goddess: Kali (1) goodness (5) grace (4) grass (1) gratitude (2) Great Spirit (2) greed (2) grief (1) Han-Shan (1) happiness (11) happy (3) hard work (3) harmony (3) Harold and Maude (2) Harold's Planet (2) hate (2) hawaiian philosophy (2) Hayden Carruth (1) heal disease (1) heal tension (1) heal the Earth (9) heart (14) Heaven (5) hero: Peace Pilgrim (1) hero: Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1) Hindu: sacred text - Bhagavad Gita (4) Hindu: sacred text - Upanishads (2) ho'oponopono (2) holy (6) Holy Spirit (7) honey (1) hope (2) horses (2) house-holder (1) Howard Nemerov (2) humble (2) humility (9) humor (6) huna (1) hunger (1) identity (4) ideologies (1) ignorance (3) illuminate (3) illusion (1) imagination (1) immortal (1) important (1) improve the world (3) in the moment (2) inclusivism (1) Inger Christensen (1) injustice (1) inner calling (1) inner child (2) inspiration (4) insults (1) integrity (2) intelligent (1) interiority (3) intoxication (1) intuition (1) Iron and Wine (1) jealousy (1) Jean Shinoda Bolen (1) John Francis (1) journey (1) joy (8) judgment (5) kahuna (1) karma (2) Kathleen Algoe (1) kind (4) kindness (5) kinship (1) Lalita (2) laughter (1) leaves (1) Li Po (1) life (8) light (16) lilies (1) Listen to Love (16) listening (1) live for others (2) live life (3) loneliness (1) longing (1) lotus (1) love (49) lover (1) lullaby (1) luminous (3) magic (1) mantra (1) maya (2) measurement (1) meditation (11) melting (1) memories (1) mercy (2) Milarepa (1) mind (8) miracle (2) Missionaries of Charity (1) moon (4) motive (1) muscle (1) mystery (2) mystic: Carolyn Myss (1) mystic: Hakim Sanai Al-Ghaznavi (1) mystic: Mechtild of Magdeburg (2) mystical (1) mystics (1) nama (1) Native American prayer (5) nature (22) Nikos Kazantzakis (1) Nina Simone (1) non-attachent (3) non-attachment (1) nonduality (1) nothingness (3) novel (1) now (2) nuns (1) observer (2) ocean (3) offering (1) Og Mandino (1) om (1) one (14) open your heart to God (39) ordinary (3) pablo neruda (2) pain (1) paradise (1) passion (2) patience (3) peace (6) perseverance (10) person: Henry Van Dyke (1) person: Marcus Aurelius (1) person: mesaro emoto (1) person: Ralph Waldo Emerson (2) person: Sri Chinmoy (2) Planet Walker (1) PlanetWalk (1) play (3) pleasure (1) poems (25) poems poet: Gabriel Rosenstock (1) poet (1) poet: A.E. (George William Russell) (5) poet: Abdul Kalam (1) poet: Al Gazzali (1) poet: Allen Ginsberg (1) poet: Anne Sexton (2) poet: Antoine de Saint-Exupery (3) poet: Basava (1) poet: Clive James (1) poet: Denise Levertov (1) poet: Derek Walcott (1) poet: Diane Di Prima (1) poet: Dogen (2) poet: Dr. Seuss (1) poet: E. E. Cummings (2) poet: Edna St Vincent Millay (1) poet: Gary Schroeder (1) poet: Gary Snyder (1) poet: Gerard Manly Hopkins (1) poet: Hafiz (14) poet: Henry Miller (1) poet: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2) poet: Hjalmar Gullberg (1) poet: Issa (1) poet: Joy Harjo (1) poet: Kabir (6) poet: Lalan (1) poet: Lalla (1) poet: Langston Hughes (1) poet: Les Murray (1) poet: Maja Trochimczyk (1) poet: Marge Piercy (1) poet: Marguerite Porete (1) poet: Mary Oliver (24) poet: Maya Angelou (1) poet: Michael Graber (1) poet: Miguel de Cervantes (1) poet: N. Scott Momaday (2) poet: Nazim Hikmet (1) poet: Omar Khayyam (1) poet: P.K. Page (1) poet: Pablo Neruda (1) poet: Patti Smith (1) poet: Phillip Larkin (1) poet: Rabindranath Tagore (4) poet: Rainer Maria Rilke (1) poet: Ramprasad Sen (1) poet: Robert Bly (1) poet: Ron Koertge (1) poet: Rumi (20) poet: Ryokan (3) poet: Seng-Ts'an (1) poet: Terry Song (1) poet: Thich Nhat Hanh (3) poet: W. H. Auden (2) poet: Wendell Berry (13) poet: William Blake (2) poet: William Wordsworth (1) poet: Zitkala-Sa (1) positive (1) possession (1) potential (1) power (3) praise (1) prayer (9) presence (2) pride (1) procrastination (3) puppy (1) pure (1) purify (2) purpose (5) radiant (3) raft (1) Ralph Waldo Emerson (5) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (2) receive (1) reflection (2) Reflection For Radiant Living (1) refuge (1) renunciation (2) repose (1) respect (1) restless (1) Richard Fammeree (1) river (2) Robert Fulgrum (1) Robert Mapplethorpe (1) Rumi (16) Ryokan (2) Saadi of Shiraz (1) sacred (4) Saigyo Hoshi (1) saint (1) Saint Isaac of Syria (1) Sam Beam (1) sannyas (1) satsang (1) Self (6) self-centeredness (3) self-love (3) self-reflection (2) selfishness (6) selflessness (8) serenity (1) service (14) shame (1) share (3) shel silverstein (2) shield (1) shine (2) shivaya (1) sick (1) silence (10) simple thoughts (1) simplicity (4) sincerity (1) singing (1) sky (2) softness (1) song (1) song: Morning Has Broken (1) songwriter: Cat Stevens (1) sophia (1) soul (7) source (1) spark (1) spirit (2) spontaneous (1) Sri Chinmoy (2) Sri Sarada Devi (1) stillness (4) strength (1) success (3) suchness (1) Sufism (3) sun (4) sunlight (1) surface (1) surrender (3) Swami Vivekananda (3) sweetness (3) Symeon The Theologian (1) teacher (1) teacher: African bushman (1) teacher: Albert Einstein (2) teacher: Anne Frank (1) teacher: Barbara Cher (1) teacher: Buddha (3) teacher: Chandra Mohan (1) teacher: Chinese proverb (1) teacher: Cure d'Ars (1) teacher: Dalai Lama (1) teacher: David Carradine (1) teacher: Dogen (1) teacher: E.D. Nixon (1) teacher: Ernest Holmes (1) teacher: Greg Anderson (1) teacher: Gurumayi Chidvilasananda (3) teacher: Helen Keller (1) teacher: Henry David Thoreau (1) teacher: J. Krishnamurti (2) teacher: Jane Goodall (2) teacher: Jesus (7) teacher: Johann von Goethe (2) teacher: Lao Tzu (2) teacher: Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati (16) teacher: Maria Montessori (1) teacher: Meister Eckhart (4) teacher: Mother Teresa (3) teacher: Neem Karoli Baba (1) teacher: Nisargadatta (2) teacher: Omar Khayyam (1) teacher: Oprah Winfrey (1) teacher: Osho (1) teacher: Paramahansa Yogananda (1) teacher: Paul Ferrini (1) teacher: Pope John Paul II (1) teacher: Pope John XXIII (1) teacher: prisoner at Dachau concentration camp (1) teacher: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1) teacher: Ram Dass (1) teacher: Ramana Maharshi (1) teacher: Saint Augustine (2) teacher: Saint Clare of Assisi (2) teacher: Saint Francis de Sales (1) teacher: Saint Francis of Assisi (4) teacher: Saint Francis Xavier (1) teacher: Saint Gertrude the Great (3) teacher: Saint Gregory the Great (1) teacher: Saint Hildegard of Bingen (2) teacher: Saint John of the Cross (4) teacher: Saint Teresa of Avila (10) teacher: Saint Thomas Aquinas (1) teacher: Sri Chinmoy (3) teacher: Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (1) teacher: Sri Ramakrishna (1) teacher: Sufi master (3) teacher: Swami Chidananda (8) teacher: Swami Nityananda (1) teacher: Swami Paramananda (1) teacher: Swami Ramdas (3) teacher: Swami Sivananda (10) teacher: Thich Nhat Hanh (6) teacher: Thomas Merton (8) teacher: William James (1) teacher: Wisdom Master Maticintin (2) teacher: Woodrow Wilson (1) teacher: Yasutani Roshi (1) teacher: Yoda (1) teacher: Zitkala-Sa (1) Teilhard de Chardin (1) Tejabindu Upanishad (1) tender (1) text: Amrit Gita (1) text: Bible - Matthew 6 (1) text: Gospel of Thomas (1) text: Tao Te Ching (2) text: The Maxims of Perfection (1) Thanksgiving (2) there is no separation (1) thinking (1) Thomas Merton (5) thought (8) thoughts create your world (6) tiger (1) time (1) transformation (2) transpersonal psychology (1) tread your own path (1) tremble for God (5) trouble (1) trust (1) trust God (4) truth (3) turn the other cheek (1) unconditional love (1) understanding (1) union (1) unity (3) usefulness (1) value (2) vision (3) wake up (1) warmth (1) water (2) wealth (1) welcome (2) Wen Chao (1) who am i (1) wilderness (9) will (2) Will Oldham (1) William Blake (2) William Carlos Williams (1) William Henry Channing (1) William Law (1) William Sharpe (1) wisdom (3) Wislawa Szymborska (1) witness (1) wolves (1) wonder (5) words (1) work (2) worship (2) wound (1) writer: Ann Landers (1) writer: Thomas Wolfe (1) writers (1) yoga (2) you create your world (3) you make a difference (1) Yunus Emre (1) Zen (3)

Spiritual Texts Free Online

Ramana Maharshi
Daily Manna from the Net [NIV]
Complete Works: Swami Vivekananda
Tirumantiram
Merging with Siva
Rare books (Collection of free rare e-books)

Enjoy & Send Inspirational Ecards

SEE ALL ECARDS: http://www.ourbelovedearth.com/ecards.html

LOVE IS JOY, DELIGHT, SHARING.

YOU ARE ENDLESS LOVE.

YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

YOU ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

Monday, September 22, 2008

Thoreau: Simplify!

Our life is frittered away by detail,
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify!
I say let your affairs be two or three
and not a hundred or a thousand.

Henry David Thoreau

Posted by "Peace Through Kindness" at 7:00 AM

Labels: simplicity, teacher: Henry David Thoreau

Newer Post Older Post Home

Related Posts with Thumbnails

You can receive this in email. Simply go to www.dailytranscendence.com and enter your email address. Aloha.

"I dream of a quiet man who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows where the rarest wildflowers are blooming, and who goes, and finds that he is smiling not by his own will." -Wendell Berry, from II, Sabbaths 1999, in Given: Poems

About Me

"Peace Through Kindness": I am one of a diverse group of friends who believe that "God is in the sharing" (Neem Karoli Baba). We practice nonharm, loving-kindness, care for all life, and devotion to God. We believe that all life is Divine Creation - made of God, sustained by God, & filled with the Beauty of God. Therefore, all life is sacred and please help us to honor all life forms as best we can. Earth is our Heaven, and the "Kingdom of God is within you" (Luke). As Mother Teresa said: "Make every act something beautiful for God." We pray for everyone who visits these sites, & beyond. Blessings & love to you all. Please enjoy our websites: www.peacethroughkindness.com Jai Ma.

View my complete profile

SUBSCRIBE

Subscribe in a reader

Subscribe via email:

Topics

Blog Archive

Environmental Activism Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory

Add to Technorati Favorites

Blog Flux Directory

Please, dear God, may this site provide beauty, joy, inspiration, & whatever You desire, to the eyes/hearts who share it.

Please also visit our websites: ourbelovedearth.com and yourlifeisadream.com.

God is Love. When you act with love, you align with God's Essence most fully.