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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Transforming Suffering
Just like how a lotus flower rises from muddy water to bloom beautifully, we also have the ability to transform the suffering we experience into something more.
– Blayne Higa, “On Guns and Anger”
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Out for a Walk
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.
– John Muir
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Being Free
I cannot be free if I am rejecting any part of my experience.
– Frank Ostaseski
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Can We Hear Nature Speak?
There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.
– Linda Hogan
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Living without Roads
To live without roads seemed one way not to get lost.
– Naomi Shihab Nye
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Seeking a Tree
“Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness.”
– Eckhart Tolle
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Instructions
Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.
– Mary Oliver
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The Tree
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
– William Blake
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Watching
Watching gardeners label their plants, I vow with all beings, to practice the old horticulture and let plants identify me.
– Robert Aiken Roshi
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Home
This month I am using quotes from the wonderful book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy.
“Sometimes I feel lost,” said the boy.
“Me too,” said the mole, “but we love you, and love brings you home. I think everyone is just trying to get home.”
“Home isn’t always a place, is it?”
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