Gift from the Sea

The plum is for courage

Anne Morrow Lindbergh | September 2016 (Vol. XXIX, No. 8)

A Japanese friend explained to me... "the plum [is] for courage because the plum puts forth blossoms while the snow is still on the ground."

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh in GIFT FROM THE SEA

To live in grace

Anne Morrow Lindbergh | June 2015 (Vol. XXVII, No. 6)

I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central core to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact — to borrow from the languages of the saints — to live "in grace" as much of the time as possible.

~ from GIFT FROM THE SEA by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Beauty itself bears witness to God

A. M. Lindbergh | July-August 1998 (Vol. XI, No. 7)

Beauty itself bears witness to God.

Only in space are events and objects and people unique and significant -- and therefore beautiful. A tree has significance if one sees it against the empty face of the sky. A note in music gains significance from silence on either side. A candle flowers in the space of night.

~ from GIFT FROM THE SEA by A. M. Lindbergh
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