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“For the most part, wisdom comes in chips rather than in blocks. You have to be willing to gather them constantly, and from sources you never imagined to be probable. No one chip gives you the answer for everything. No one chip stays in the same place throughout your life. The secret is to keep... Continue Reading →
“Just now the wren from Carolina buzzedthrough the neighbors hedgea line of grace notes I couldn’t even write downmuch less sing. Now he lifts his chestnut colored throatand delivers such a cantering praise–for what?for the early morning, the taste of the spider, for his small cup of lifethat he drinks from every day, knowing it... Continue Reading →
“In the long, long trip of growing,There are stops along the wayFor thoughts of all the soft thingsAnd a look at yesterday.For a chance to fill our feelingsWith comfort and with ease,And then tell the new tomorrow:‘You can come now when you please.” ~ Fred Rogers After the stomach flu. After Costa Rica. After Christmas.... Continue Reading →
“Do you want to know why the bad things in this world jump out at us much more than the good things? It’s because the good things, they’re everywhere. The good things are like white noise; we stop noticing it but it’s there. Just like the sound of these birds. That’s the good stuff. We... Continue Reading →
"Though the human body is born complete in one moment, the birth of the human heart is an ongoing process."~ John O'Donohue, Anam Cara Take your time. You're not done, and you never will be. This is excellent news. "Everything that happens to you has the potential to deepen you. It brings to birth within... Continue Reading →
“Like the joy of the sea coming home to shore,May the relief of laughter rinse through your soul… Like the dignity of moonlight restoring the earth,May your thoughts incline with reverence and respect. As water takes whatever shape it is in,So free may you be about who you become… May your prayer of listening deepen... Continue Reading →
“When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,Time takes on the strain until it breaks;Then all the unattended stress falls inOn the mind like an endless, increasing weight. The light in the mind becomes dim.Things you could take in your stride beforeNow become laborsome events of will. Weariness invades your spirit.Gravity begins falling inside you,Dragging... Continue Reading →
“With each day, we have this choice: we can build walls, block ourselves from the light, and suffer a dampness in the soul. Or we can live barely, shine on through, and suffer the nicks of erosion for living in the open.” ~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening Don't get hung up on the... Continue Reading →
“The Bible says that no one can see God and live. In a transferred sense, no person can see himself and live. All you can ever achieve is a sense of your soul. You gain little glimpses of its light, colors, and contours. You feel the inspiration of its possibilities and the wonder of its... Continue Reading →
“... This story invites us to honor each obstacle as something flowing in its own right in the Universal stream, to see ourselves and the obstacle as two limbs of the same tree drifting in the same river, bumping into each other, and even blocking one another for a moment. Looking at obstacles this way,... Continue Reading →
" An old man in Calcutta would walk to get water from a well every day. He'd carry a clay pot and lower it by hand slowly, all the way down, careful not the let it hit the sides of the well and break. Once it was full, he'd raise the pot slowly and carefully... Continue Reading →
“May all that is unforgiven in youBe released. May your fears yieldTheir deepest tranquilities. May all that is unlived in youBlossom into a futureGraced with love.” ~ John O’Donohue, To Come Home to Yourself Just a Monday blessing. That is all.
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