"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful."

Your Friday photo…

On a spring wildflower walk at Meher Mount, visitor and photographer Stephanie Ervin was drawn to the beauty of a small butterfly nestled among the flowers. Board member Agnes Montano suggested the following quote.

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful.

Beauty is God’s hand-writing—a way-side sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him, the fountain of all loveliness, and drink it in, simply and earnestly, with all your eyes; it is a charmed draught, a cup of blessing.”

— Charles Kingsley, Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, 1848

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Source

Quote Investigator, “Quote Origin: Never Los an Opportunity of Seeing Anything Beautiful. Beauty is God's Handwriting,” accessed February 13, 2025.

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"The people of this world are like the three butterflies..."

Your Friday photo is honor of National Learn About Butterflies Day…

This photo of a butterfly at Meher Mount was taken by guest caretaker Juan Mendez; Margaret Magnus suggested the poem by Rumi.

“The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle’s flame.

The first one went closer and said: I know about love.

The second one touched the flame lightly with his wings and said: I know how love’s fire can burn.

The third one threw himself into the heart of the flame and was consumed.

He alone knows what true love is.”

— Rumi

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Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, also known as Rumi, was a 13th century poet and Islamic scholar who was born in Afghanistan and wrote poetry in multiple languages, particularly Farsi.

Avatar Meher Baba enjoyed listening to Rumi's poetry and praised him as one of the greatest minds of all mystical and spiritual literature. This poem in particular talks about Divine love.

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