8/16/2008

like a breeze among flowers


pink lisanthus, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl.

I've been thinking a lot about this quotation that 'wilderness' left in a comment on a blogpost recently:

"I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times, but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. The wind passes, and the flowers are content."
-Helen Keller

Photo is a close-up shot of pale pink lisanthus flowers in my garden

2 comments:

Vajra said...

Another, sadder view:

Had I not seen the Sun

I could have borne the shade

But light a newer wilderness

My wilderness has made-
____emily dickinson

daisies said...

an absolutely delightful shade of pink ... lovely, sigh