Walking with Greater Wisdom - Stations 06 & 07 … (October 11, 2026)

A reverent reading of the inspirational quotes found at Stations 06 & 07 along the Humming Grove Sanctuary's mile-long “Tranquility Loop” … 06 ... The Humming Grove Zen Garden “My friend, you do not have to let yourself be judged as good or worthy. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. No, you only have to let the softness of your Soul deeply love whatever it truly Loves … Yes, you might tell me about your despair, and I might tell you mine, and yet meanwhile the sunlight is moving across the landscapes, and the clear pebbles of the rain are dancing upon the leaves – and over the meadows – and upon the ponds – across all the world's hills and rivers. And meanwhile as well the wild geese, so high in the clean blue air, are ever heading homeward … So whoever you are, and no matter how possibly lonely, remember now that the world is ever offering itself to your knowing, ever calling to you like the wind through every bough, sometimes soft and sometimes biting, yet always with excitement and reverence. In truth, every single day of your life, over and over and over again it is announcing your place, warmly loved and fully embedded within the single Family of all things.” ~ via Mary Oliver 07 ... To Grow with the Wind “I was once cold and alone in the darkness, and yet then I took just three small steps and soon found myself in a Paradise that was warm and lush and radiant. And what was this triad of treadings? The 1st was a kinder thought ... The 2nd was a gentle word ... And the 3rd? A caring deed.” ~ via Friedrich Nietzsche