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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

To see a World in a Grain of Sand,
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.

William Blake (1757 – 1827)

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18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2012

18 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Marcie says:
    September 24, 2012 at 12:51 am

    Such an inspiring quote and beautiful image to go with it. Perfect!

  2. ....peter:) says:
    September 24, 2012 at 1:55 am

    You have captured the meaning of Williams Blake’s poem perfectly with this beautiful composition Cherie….peter:)

  3. Claude says:
    September 24, 2012 at 3:17 am

    Such a gentle, cheerful photo.:-)

  4. Lisl says:
    September 24, 2012 at 6:20 am

    I think the colours here are unusual and go together so well, Cherie

  5. London Caller says:
    September 24, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    So what was Blake trying to tell us here, eh?!
    Size doesn’t matter? Ha~

  6. Steve Hayes says:
    September 25, 2012 at 11:38 am

    Love the picture. I can’t say why, but it just appeals to me.

  7. james higham says:
    September 25, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Even in adversity can be heaven.

  8. Don QuiScottie says:
    September 26, 2012 at 12:16 am

    Holding infinity in the palm of my hand is easy, sort of, if there really is infinity out there (or in there),

    But holding eternity in an hour?

    and Heaven in a flower?

    Pretty words do tend to leave me unconvinced. They disguise much wishful thinking. I do wish I could wishfully think though. Life would be easier.

    • CherryPie says:
      September 26, 2012 at 6:08 pm

      To me flowers ‘are heaven’ so that bit is not wishful thinking. As to time, it seems to get ever faster, I would love to find a way to slow it down!

  9. Anyes - Far Away in the Sunshine says:
    September 26, 2012 at 5:14 am

    Great minds think alike ;-) .

    Same quote two very different photographs, it is quite inspiring Cherry.