Expressions By Lauralee Greeting Cards - Photos & Oil Paints of Flowers, Nature, Statuary & Mandalas

VERSE:

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

-Rabindranath Tagore

VERSE:

Open her eyes to the blessings around her.

Show her that beauty & goodness surround her.

Help her trust in the future, not fear it.

Teach her that dreams are the winds of the spirit.

Guide her with wisdom & gentle persuasion.

For she is Divine’s pleasure,

a flower of creation.

-Unknown

VERSE:

Waking into the new day,

we are there on the morning of creation

and the world is ours to name.

Out of many fragments we are called

to put back together a self again.

VERSE:

Butterflies...

flowers that fly and all but sing.

-Robert Frost

VERSE:

A single moment of understanding

can flood a whole life with meaning.

-Unknown

VERSE:

When you come to the edge

of all the light you have known

and are about to step out

into the darkness,

Faith is knowing one of two

things will happen...

there will be something

to stand on or you will be

taught how to fly.

VERSE:

A candle loses nothing

by lighting another candle.

-Erin Majors

VERSE:

And the day came when the risk

it took to remain tight inside the bud

was more painful than the risk

it took to blossom.

-Anais Nin

VERSE:

"Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting;

The soul that rises with us, our life's star,

Hath had elsewhere its setting,

And cometh from afar;

Not in entire forgetfulness,

And not in utter nakedness,

But railing clouds of glory do we come

From God, who is our home."

-William Wordsworth

VERSE:

Keep on pondering and suddenly

the flower of mind will

bloom with enlightenment,

illuminating the whole universe.

-Chien-ju

VERSE:

I go to nature

to be soothed & healed,

and to have my senses

put in order.

-John Burroughs

VERSE:

The big question is whether

you are going to be able

to say a hearty yes

to your adventure.

-Joseph Campbell

VERSE:

Let us not forget there is within

a palace of immense significance.

-St. Theresa of Avila

VERSE:

By the body of

the Earth Mother

I am cleansed.

By the body of

the Earth Mother

I am purified.

By the body of

the Earth Mother

I am made anew.

Praise and thanks be to

the Earth Mother,

this day and every day.

In the name of All

that is Holy, so be it.

VERSE:

Within your heart,

keep one small secret spot

where dreams may go.

-Louise Driscoll

VERSE:

That daily place of

"emptiness and not knowing,"

the place where

we can best meet God.

-Gail Hudson

First Place Blue Ribbon

Professional Division

2004 Orange County Fair, CA

VERSE:

Take yourself on a journey

& follow your heart.

Walk by faith not by sight.

What you find

just might surprise you!

VERSE:

Who are Angels?

They are the invisible ones

who guide us, guard us & heal us.

They are the whispers of intuition.

-Sophy Burnham

VERSE:

Nature is an unlimited broadcasting station through which God speaks to us every hour if we will only tune in.

-George Washington Carver

VERSE:

Examine yourself & strive

to adorn it with love, humility, compassion & hope.

Seek regeneration of your soul, enlightened by the voice of the Divine.

-St. Raphael

The spiritual link is dedicated to Dr. Earl Henslin, my husband Jim and my mother Elaine, all of whom were by my side during the most challenging period of my life.

VERSE:

Growth is revealed through change.

Be unafraid of the new.

Your life is a collection of moments,

each one leading you to

the next beautiful discovery.

VERSE:

Have patience with all things

but first with yourself.

Never confuse your mistakes

with your value as a human being.

You are a perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person

simply because you exist.

And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.

-St. Francis de Sales

VERSE:

There is not a cloud so thick

where the sun is not shining

on the other side.

VERSE:

The question is not what you look at,

but what you see.

-Thoreau

VERSE:

It is a wholesome and necessary thing

for us to turn again to nature

and in contemplation of her beauties

to know of wonder and humility.

-Rachel Carson

VERSE:

Nature is painting for us,

day after day,

pictures of infinite beauty.

- John Rushkin

VERSE:

The quieter you become,

the more you are able to hear.

VERSE:

All space is sacred.

Every inch of Mother Earth

holds a specially

energized connection

to some living creature &

is therefore to be honored.

Juror's Choice Award

Professional Division

2005 Orange County Fair, CA