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Category: Spirituality
Wednesday of Hope – Indomitable Expectation
At the bottom of the heart of every human being there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered and witnessed, that is good and not evil will be done to her. It is this… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Indomitable Expectation”
Beauty in the Walking
But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations. – Gwyn Thomas
Wednesday of Hope – Forgiveness
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. – Lewis B. Smedes
Wednesday of Hope – No Mud, No Lotus
It takes mud for the lotus to become itself, and the greater the mud in your life, the greater the lotus blossom. – Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End
The Color of Life
What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. – Joshua Foer
Wednesday of Hope – Facing Our Fears
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. – Rabindranath Tagore
Wednesday of Hope – What is this Darkness?
What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? – Valarie Kaur
Wednesday of Hope – Staring Despair in the Face
Faith is crumpling and throwing away everything, proposition by proposition, until nothing is left, and then writing a new proposition, your very own, to throw in the teeth of despair. – Mary Jean Irion, Yes, World: A Mosaic of Meditation
May We Always Find the Capacity to Appreciate
The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy. – Abraham Maslow
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