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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
At the Crossroads
Happiness is not given to us, nor is misery imposed. At every moment we are at a crossroads and must choose the direction we will take.
- Matthieu Ricard
Bird Song
A birdsong can even, for a moment, make the whole world into a sky within us, because we feel that the bird does not distinguish between its heart and the world’s.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Hold On
“When you get into a tight place and it seems you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.”
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Where Are You?
“Wherever you are is the entry point.”
- Kabir
Wisdom of the Pueblo People
“Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way from here. Hold on to life, even when it is easier letting go. Hold on to my hand, even when I have gone away from you.”
- Pueblo Blessing
Wisdom of the Chippewa
“Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being carried on great winds across the sky.”
- Chippewa, translated by Robert Bly
Today and Everyday
“Everyday, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself to expand my heart out to others for the benefit of all beings.”
- Dalai Lama
Flowers Just Bloom
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms.
- Zen Shin
Wall or Bridge
Walls turned sideways are bridges.
- Angela Davis
Legacy
What is legacy? Planting seeds in a garden you’ll never see.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The World Was Wide Enough,” Hamilton
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