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Adopt the Pace of Nature; her Secret is Patience.

March 26, 2020 By Talya Tate Boerner 8 Comments

Adopt the pace of nature

Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience. I’ve been thinking about this Ralph Waldo Emerson quote lately. It seems to fit our current situation of staying home and biding our time.

I consider myself to be both an optimistic and a realist. I look on the bright side of things while balancing my expectations with a dose of practicality. As much as I pray everything is back to normal in 17 days, I won’t be buying an Easter bonnet this year.

I’ve probably not worn an Easter bonnet since this picture from 1965 or so. But you know what I mean.

Easter Bonnet

Yes, our health crisis has quickly morphed into a financial crisis. Within less than two weeks, so many people have lost their jobs. The unemployment rate will skyrocket. Businesses have already begun to close, possibly permanently. Without businesses, employees won’t have jobs to go back to. It’s the chicken and the egg notion, a conundrum as old as time.

No matter how much we want it to be different, we can’t wish it or command it away. We can’t say it and make it so.

What we can do is pray about it; we can be kind and respectful and committed to helping one another. We can follow the advice of the medical community, do what we can to boost our local businesses and help the struggling members of our towns.

We can learn from this and come out on the other side as stronger people.


“Why is patience so important?”
“Because it makes us pay attention.”
― Paulo Coelho

Tulip - adopt the pace of nature

“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.”
― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

Adopt the pace of nature

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”
― E. B. White, Letters of E. B. White

adopt the pace of nature

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

tulip

“Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it.”
― Sylvia Plath

Tulip

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Comments

  1. Cathy V says

    March 26, 2020 at 8:37 am

    Patience is my only virtue. Yet, I am still very stressed. I keep asking myself “how many walks a day is too many”! Thank you.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 29, 2020 at 7:51 am

      I don’t think you can take too many walks. Well, I guess if your knees and feet start screaming maybe you’re overdoing it?

      Reply
  2. Jo Ann says

    March 26, 2020 at 8:37 am

    This is a truly lovely post, Talya, and that is a beautiful rendition of one of my favorite songs! Thank you!

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 29, 2020 at 7:51 am

      Thank you, Jo Ann. I find such strength in this song.

      Reply
  3. Bonnie Hamilton says

    March 26, 2020 at 11:35 am

    Thanks for all the quotes and pictures of flowers. I have a stone in my garden that says “How lovely is the silence of growing things.” I see it whenever I go out my back door.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 29, 2020 at 7:52 am

      What a beautiful quote! I completely agree with it.

      Reply
  4. Sharon Collins says

    March 27, 2020 at 2:50 pm

    What a truly lovely post. The combination of the lovely music and even more delicious pictures of beautiful flowers was a treat. I am a patient person, but somehow I had slipped up and forgot to be happy. I let my bad mood catch up to me. It began to cloud up for the coming rain storm and my smile kind of faded a bit. Thanks for reminding me of happier times.

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    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      March 29, 2020 at 7:52 am

      Hang in there, Sharon. We will all need reminders from time to time I think.

      Reply

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