Debborah Donnelly

“To many, the idea of paying deliberate attention to nature may sound ridiculously old-fashioned. So is breathing, I suppose. An awareness of nature is not first and foremost a sentimental or spiritual practice, but a profoundly realistic one - a way of binding ourselves to the simple truth that human beings depend on ecological systems for our survival.”
― J.B. MacKinnon, The Once and Future World: Nature As It Was, As It Is, As It Could Be

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
― Robert Frost

“Everyone is present to celebrate your success, but only you experience the struggle.”
― Huguens Noel, 180 Degrees of Consciousness

“Such a marvel, the tenacity of the buds to surge with life every spring, to greet the lengthening days and warming weather with exuberance, no matter what hardships were brought by winter.”
― Suzanne Simard, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest