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Wednesday of Hope – I Do the Dance – I Must
Part of the Symphony I serve. I do the dance I must. I plant trees, but I am not the doer of this work. I am the facilitator, the instrument—I am one part of the symphony. I know there is an overall scheme to this symphony that I cannot understand. In some way, we are each playing our own part. It is not for me to judge or criticize the life or work of another. All I know is that this is my dance. I would plant trees today even if I knew for certain that the world would end tomorrow.
– Balbir Matbur, Heron Dance Interview (Issue 11)
Acting Compassionately Naturally
When we know ourselves to be connected to all others, acting compassionately is simply the natural thing to do.
– Rachel Naomi Remen
Wednesday of Hope – Today’s Potential
We have no idea what tomorrow will bring, but today is overflowing with potential.
– Allan Lokos, Through the Flames
The Blessing that Flows through Everything
The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing.
– David Steindl-Rast, A Listening Heart
Wednesday of Hope – A Bridge or Plank to Hope
When the bridge is gone, the narrowest plank becomes precious.
-Hungarian Proverb
Strength of the New Day
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
Wednesday of Hope – A Full or Empty Heart?
Why fill the heart with hopes? Leave it empty for God.
– Robert Mertens
One Way to Bring a Happy New Year
Replace judgment with curiosity.
– Lynn Nottage
Wednesday of Hope – Make Hope Happen
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
– Barack Obama
Wishing you a Very Merry Christmas
We are all meant to be mothers of God. What good is it to me if this eternal birth of the divine Son takes place unceasingly, but does not take place within myself? And, what good is it to me if Mary is full of grace if I am not also full of grace? What good is it to me for the Creator to give birth to his Son if I do not also give birth to him in my time and my culture? This, then, is the fullness of time: When the Son of Man is begotten in us.
– Meister Eckhart, 1260-1328, German Dominican Mystic
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