Holding on to the last moments of #summer ...
This is #Westerhammrich, a recreational area (approximately 1 km² in size) in #Leer. At the heart of the area is a lake, known as Kolksee. Whenever I am here, I am reminded of the Shire. Can you see it, too? 😊
#nature #Ostfriesland #EastFrisia #Kolksee #lake #vastness #trees #PerfectForCycling

“We are being carried
* on a [magnificent planet],
* sharing in the #dance of life with seven billion beings like us.
* Vastness is our home.
* When we recognize the spaciousness that is our universe, around us and within us,
* the door of freedom opens.
* Worries and conflicts fall into perspective,
* emotions are held with ease,
* and we act amid troubles of the world with peace and dignity.”

#JackKornfield

#Meditation #Vastness #Freedom

A quotation from Byron

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll!
   Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain;
   Man marks the earth with ruin — his control
   Stops with the shore.

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 4, st. 179 (1818)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/byron/76657/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #depths #wilderness #humanity #ocean #sea #uncontrollable #vastness #wildness