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Category: Spirituality
A Life of Gratitude
The theme for the month of November is Gratitude. This continues a practice on this blog over the years I’ve been posting quotes, reflections, and photos. Thank you for reading and viewing! A life of gratitude accepts the bad with the good. Genuine gratitude… Continue Reading “A Life of Gratitude”
Suggestions for Committing Random Acts of Kindness
Have you ever been surprised by love? Surprised by beauty? Surprised by kindness? It is always a good time to share that kind of loving surprise with others. Here is a short list of ways to commit random acts of kindness. You could probably… Continue Reading “Suggestions for Committing Random Acts of Kindness”
Where Do We Find Opportunity?
Opportunities are also everywhere and so you must always let your hook be hanging. When you least expect it, a great fish will swim by. – Og Mandino
A World Full of Gifts
You have given me Your love, filling the world with Your gifts. – Rabindranath Tagore, The Heart of God
Wisdom of Imagination and Art
What if imagination and art are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience? – Rollo May, The Courage to Create
Wisdom of Perspective
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created. -Baal Shem Tov
Wisdom of the Long View
If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work but rather, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Wisdom Right before our Eyes
For the month of September, the subject will be Wisdom. Guidance streams through the whole of creation, and in any moment we can recognize the form it is taking right before our eyes. – Patricia Campbell Carlson – sister of Br. David Steindl-Rast, OSB
Let’s Live in Amazement!
Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement. – Jack Kornfield
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