Crying Leaves, Flowers and Eternity
“At dawn and the opening of lotus buds, my soul flower softly unfolds to receive Thy light. Each petal is bathed in rays of bliss. The early breezes waft the perfume of Thy presence.”
From “Whispers from Eternity” by Paramahansa Yogananda” p. 81.
The leaves shed raindrop tears for much of April and the same rains brought forth the blossoming Dahlias in Andrew’s garden. Soon their petals will wilt and shrivel with old age and other blossoms will replace them just as our bodies will wilt and we will shed them like so many shriveling petals…
and we will go home for awhile
only to return for more lessons to learn on the school of earth.
MOONSIDE 
A beautiful and profound share, illustrating well the journey of life. Thank you for this great message and reminder of the momentariness of all things in physicality and the eternalness of consciousness. Precious! Light and blessings your way, always, dear Ellen! 💖✨🙏🌈🌻
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May 3, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Susana! Very happy you felt it. Love and light, Ellen 🙏🏽❤️
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May 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Beautiful, Ellen. Deeply felt. But I do not want to come back, a one-way ticket home, please.
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May 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Thank you. I don’t want to come back either. You might not have to. I will. And I am not in charge of the tickets.
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May 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Oh, I wish you were so I could buy one today. LOL How great would that be?
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May 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yes, that would be great. It is up to us in a way. But I am not in charge. And still have many lessons to learn. And things to sort out.
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May 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
These are absolutely stunning photos, Ellen. I actually took a deep breath while looking at them. If only we humans could live through the stages of our lives, with the grace of the flowers.🙏🌺
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May 4, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Thank you so much, Julie! What an interesting notion you present. Yes, it would be lovely if we could get through life with the grace of flowers. These bodies and minds make things so complex, so wondrous and so difficult. I think of the Hunchback of NotreDame saying to the stone gargoyle, “I would I were made of stone like thee.” Still brings tears to my eyes.
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May 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Magnificent images, Ellen. Your profound reflections about life are thought-provoking. Thank you for sharing them. 🙂
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May 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Thank you so much, Nancy, for your supportive response. Means a lot to me. 😊
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May 5, 2026 at 9:07 AM
😁💐🤗
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May 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Dear Ellen, there is such tenderness in the way you see the natural world, as though even the leaves and flowers carry memory, sorrow, and spirit within them. I especially loved the sense of eternity moving quietly beneath the changing seasons. A deeply contemplative and heartfelt piece. Thank you, too, for sharing the beautiful photographs that reflect the contemplative words.
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May 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, dear Dee! I do believe the leaves and flowers “feel” and are sensitive though i have weeded and killed poisonous plants left and right.
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May 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM