Category: Spirituality
Posted on January 8, 2025
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Words are windows, or they’re walls. They sentence us or set us free. When I speak and when I hear, Let the love light shine through me.
Category: SpiritualityTags: cell, convent san marcos, florence, fra angelico, fresco, italy, monastery, photo, photography, quote, ruth bebermeyer, window
Posted on January 5, 2025
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We are nature and we are it all the time, no matter how far away or how close we perceive it to be at each moment.
Category: SpiritualityTags: dupage river, fabiana fondevila, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, snow, stream, trees
Posted on January 1, 2025
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People often say that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder.
Category: BeautyTags: black and white photo, bridge, chicago, morton arboretum, nature, park, photo, photography, quote, salma hayek, snow, trees
Posted on December 29, 2024
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You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.
Category: SpiritualityTags: forest, frederick buechner, landscape, mountains, nature, photo, photography, quote, sierra nevadas, snow, yosemite national park
Posted on December 18, 2024
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The Word is living, being, spirit, all verdant greening, all creativity. This Word manifests itself in every creature.
Posted on December 15, 2024
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Treasure this day and treasure yourself truly, neither will ever happen again.
Posted on December 11, 2024
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Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Posted on December 8, 2024
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God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Category: Hope / HealingTags: beach, bolinas, cliff, coast, house, maya angelou, nature, photo, photography, quote, rainbow, santa sabina center retreat
Posted on December 4, 2024
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The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings,… Continue Reading “We Are Part of One Another”
Category: SpiritualityTags: aquarium of the bay, coral, fish, nature, onenes, photo, photography, quote, san francisco, santa sabina center retreat, thomas merton
Posted on November 27, 2024
by opreach
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In each of us there is a spark that can reverse the trends of violence and depression spiraling within us and in the world around us. By setting in motion the spiral of gratefulness we begin the journey toward peace and joy. To learn… Continue Reading “The Work of Gratefulness”
Category: GratefulnessTags: ano nuevo state park, birds, david steindl-rast, gratitude, lake, nature, pelicans, photo, photography, quote, santa sabina center retreat