I wanted a place where children and adults can come for awhile and catch their breath. A place where we can connect with our inner voice.  A place where we can just be still.  A place where we can just do nothing. A place where we can learn how to stop, to feel and to think.  A place where we can check in with ourselves, choose what we focus on and be attentive.  A place where we can balance our emotions by noticing them without judgment but rather with the intention to understand.  A place to acknowledge the nature of compassion by recognizing how we can care and connect with one another.

"We are , perhaps,
 Uniquely among the
Earth's creatures,
The worrying animal.
We worry away our lives,
Fearing the future,
Discontent with
The present,
Unable to take in
The idea of dying
Unable to sit still."
By Lewis Thomas

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