Sunday, October 4th, 2026
After spending a week in the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, specifically) among SO MANY trees, while also immersed in three days of music at Sisters Folk Festival, we have music AND trees on our mind! We’ll weave these together in our ZOOM Paths of Heart Gathering this Sunday. Please join us! Here’s the link:
Topic: Paths of Heart Zoom Gathering
Time: Oct 4, 2026 10:30 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
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Passcode: 973554
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Listening, Colleen and Mark
Quotes to ponder
“Life is amazingly beautiful. Clouds and wind blowing through the trees makes such a sound of music that one can contour to their own heart.”
~ Peace Gypsy
“I believe that music should be grown on trees, to be plucked like a fruit without the extravagance of harvest.”
~ Eyvind Kang
“In a cool solitude of trees Where leaves and birds a music spin, Mind that was weary is at ease, New rhythms in the soul begin.”
~ William Kean Seymour
“We’ve lost so much. We might lose more. But for now I can sit here, under the trees and sky, and pull music from the strings.”
~ Emma Trevayne
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.”
~ Herman Hesse
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
~ Khalil Gibran
“Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.
Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows around the trunks. And their roots give names to all things.
Their language has been lost.
But not the gestures.”
~ Vera Nazarian
Looking Ahead/Notes of Interest
Sunday, October 4th, 10:30 a.m. – ZOOM Paths of Heart gathering.
Sunday, October 18th, 10:30 a.m. – In person Paths of Heart gathering, followed by a potluck.
Sunday, November 1st, 10:30 a.m. – ZOOM Paths of Heart gathering.
Sunday, November 22nd, 10:30 a.m. – In person Paths of Heart gathering, followed by a potluck
Giving Opportunities
Paths of Heart welcomes and appreciates your generous donations in support of our gatherings and other events. Remember, we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, so your donations are tax deductible. Many folks find online donations very convenient and these are always gratefully accepted on our website, https://www.pathsofheart.org/donate/ There is an option for recurring monthly donations, if you so choose. We have also added Venmo as an easy way to donate to Paths of Heart! Just type in @PathsofHeart to find us in the Venmo app. Thank you ever so!
Another easy way to further support Paths of Heart is through the King Soopers Community Rewards Program – If you shop at KS and have a rewards card, you can “link” it to Paths of Heart and King Soopers will donate a portion of your dollars spent (around 5%) to our non-profit. Go to https://www.kingsoopers.com/i/community/community-rewards to sign up and link your card. Our organization name is Paths of Heart and organization number is RG782. Let us know if you want help signing up! This one small gesture (by just 25 or so families at this point) helps to generate over $1,000 a year for Paths of Heart, so we appreciate your consideration in participating in this valuable program!!
“Paths of Heart” Labyrinth and Zen Meditation Garden
This was intentioned as a community space, so know that you are always welcome to drop by and walk or sit – you do not need to let us know in advance. Do note that we have experienced the outer “halo” of glass blocks in the labyrinth to be slippery when wet, so it’s best to walk it on a dry day.
Gratitudes
Oh my gosh! So much music to be immersed in and so much beauty to behold in our natural surroundings! These were our experiences on our trip to OR last week, which you’ll here about this Sunday! And thanks to Dave L. for his awesome bird pictures he shares with us (and we share with you!).
What are you grateful for?
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”
~ Roy T. Bennett
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
~ Epicurus
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.”
~ A.A. Milne
“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
~ Maya Angelou
About Paths of Heart…
Paths of Heart is a high spirited, heart-centered community where we gather together (in new and creative ways!) for music, poetry, commentary, and dialogue to create and nurture joy, compassion, gratitude, and love – in our own lives and throughout the world. Paths of Heart is a 501(c)(3) Human Services/Educational non-profit organization that uses the arts, especially, to encourage and propel seekers of a better, more peaceful world to find ways to serve, while becoming more kind and compassionate human beings.
We welcome you as we collectively and individually explore the sweet mysteries of life – this is an invitation into co-creation!
Visit us on the web at https://www.pathsofheart.org
We hope our physical paths may cross soon!