~ Envy

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“Envying another’s beauty will diminish your own.
But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens.”
~ Daisaku Ikeda

~ Do not despise your own place and hour.

krohnconservatory 2013 butterflies 286“Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.”

~ John Burroughs, Studies in Nature and Literature  

 

~ Experience

 

Orb Weaver

Orb Weaver

“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue.”
   ~ Henry James

~ Yellow is a favorable vibration…

065 Take Three

“Yellow is a very favorable vibration for mental or intellectual activity, as it promotes a clear state of mind. Yellow heightens your awareness and alleviates depression, sadness, or any kind of despondency. Yellow vibration foods are: pineapples, bananas, grapefruit, lemons and corn.” 
― Tae Yun Kim, The First Element: Secrets to Maximizing Your Energy

~Life

 

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“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”
   ~Soren Kierkegaard

Idea leuconoe

The Paper Kite, Rice Paper, or Large Tree Nymph butterfly is largely known for it’s presence in butterfly greenhouses and exhibitions. The Paper Kite is of Southeastern Asian origins.