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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Category: Hope / Healing
Wednesday of Hope – You are the Sky
You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather. – Pema Chodron
Wednesday of Hope – Always Dream
We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming – well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. – Amy Tan, The Hundred Secret Senses
Wednesday of Hope – The Power of Goodness
A good deed doesn’t just evaporate and disappear. Its consequences saturate the universe and the goodness that happens somewhere, anywhere, helps in the transfiguration of the ugliness. – Desmond Tutu
Wisdom of the Guest
The Guest The Guest is inside you, and also inside me; You know the sprout is hidden inside the seed. We are all struggling; none of us has gone far. Let your arrogance go and look around inside. The blue sky opens out further… Continue Reading “Wisdom of the Guest”
Wednesday of Hope – Deep Trust
Deep trust in life is not a feeling but a stance that you deliberately take. It is the attitude we call courage. – David Steindal-Rast
Wednesday of Hope – Take Heart
Courage comes from the French word, Coeur, which means “heart.” In order to travel from clinging to letting go, we have to “take heart.” The heart is the seat of the will. This is the place God awakens,’ the place where the gentle uprooting… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Take Heart”
Wednesday of Hope – To Risk Opening
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was greater than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin
Wednesday of Hope – Joy from the Cliffs of Despair
For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of despair. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Wednesday of Hope – Hope in Chaos
Whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift. – Septima Clark
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