Life Flows On

The best place to seek God is in a garden

"The best place to seek God is in a garden. You can dig for him there. "

~ George Bernard Shaw

White-leaved Caladiums border a garden pond. The shaded water adds depth and serenity to the scene.

The plot of earth outside your door is an everyday conduit to the life that flows within plants, water, trees, sunlight, rocks, birds, and assorted creatures. John Muir, the 19th century naturalist explained it like this,

“when we look into any of Nature’s operations that lie within reach of our minds, we learn that no particle of her material is wasted or worn out. It is eternally flowing from use to use, beauty to yet higher beauty…”

 In other words, life flows on in a kind of divine way.  

I took this photo of pink Marie Hoffman and Rhody augustinii at the Rhododendron species Botanical garden in Federal Way, Washington