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Wednesday of Hope – Possibilities
If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.
– Noam Chomsky
Hear the Snowflake in the Silence
May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation.
– David Steindl-Rast
Every Morning New
Every morning is like a new reincarnation into this world. Let us take it then for what it is and live each moment anew.
– Paul Brunton
Wednesday of Hope – Look for the Light
There is light in the darkness. You just have to find it.
– bell hooks
An Ocean in a Drop of Water
Mountains and oceans have whole worlds of innumerable wondrous features. We should understand that it is not only our distant surroundings that are like this, but even what is right here, even a single drop of water.
– Eihei Dogen
Sensing the Rareness of Life
The more you sense the rareness and value of your own life, the more you realize that how you use it, how you manifest it, is all your responsibility. We face such a big task, so naturally we sit down for a while.
– Kobun Chino Otogawa Roshi
