Saturday, June 12, 2010

stir the fire

To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by new thought and firm action, this, though not easy, is the work of divine man.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist and philosopher

Flame azalea in the misty Roan Highlands.

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