...unavoidably colored by past associations and other expectations of it. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes, "These roses under my window make no reference to...are for what they are; they exist with God today." Far too often, however, every rose we see exists for us only in relation to "former" or "better" ones....

...conformity, he echoes Jesus on the lilies of the field and commends the roses under his window. They "make no reference to former roses or to better ones;...rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence." 23 Inasmuch as Emerson's citation merely echoes Descartes's cogito, it reflects the timidity it decries,...

...the present is the only thing that has no end." Ralph Waldo Emerson looked at his flowers and said, "These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time for them. There...

...apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing...are for what they are; they exist with God today. . . . Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower, there is no more;...

...shall find ourselves happier than we could have dreamed to be possible. II. SPONTANEITY II. SPONTANEITY "These roses under my window make no reference to...are for what they are; they exist with God today." — Emerson. AN academic and over-conscientious friend of Renoir's once reproached him with being the...

...apologetic ; he is no longer upright; he dares not say 'I think,' 'I am,' but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose." The fall of man is complete! He goes forth into the world with the sources of his true nurture dried...