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Wednesday of Hope – Hope in Chaos
Whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.
– Septima Clark
Ethical Alchemy
Religion isn’t about believing things. It’s ethical alchemy. It’s about behaving in a way that changes you, that gives you intimations of holiness and sacredness.
– Karen Armstrong
Wednesday of Hope – Crumple Up Your Faith
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
Gifting Our World with Appreciation
The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.
– Michael Josephson
Wednesday of Hope – Bringing Light
The desire for light produces light.
– Simone Weil
The Job of a Lighthouse
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
– Anne Lamott
Wednesday of Hope – Opportunities
There are opportunities even in the most difficult moments.
– Wangari Maathai
Making a Difference
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
– Jane Goodall
Wednesday of Hope – Do Not Be Silent
Hope will never be silent.
– Harvey Milk
How to Discover the World
And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles,
no matter how long,
but only by a spiritual journey,
a journey of one inch,
very arduous and humbling and joyful,
by which we arrive at the ground at our feet,
and learn to be at home.– Wendell Berry
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