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Radical Uncertainty
It’s walking the razor’s edge of the sacred moment where you don’t know, you can’t count on, and comfort yourself with any sure hope. All you can know is your allegiance to life and your intention to serve it in this moment that we… Continue Reading “Radical Uncertainty”
Wednesday of Hope – Waiting Patienty
Waiting patiently in hope and expectation is the foundation of the spiritual life. – Simone Weil
Wednesday of Hope – Quiet Courage
Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, “I will try again tomorrow.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Wednesday of Hope – Don’t Be Afraid
This is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. – Frederick Buechner
Wednesday of Hope – Hold Fast to Dreams
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. – Langston Hughes
May We Always Find the Capacity to Appreciate
The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy. – Abraham Maslow
Wednesday of Hope – Breathing Hope
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy
Earth Belongs to All Living Creatures – Not Just Humans
To all earth’s creatures God has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in water, giving abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a… Continue Reading “Earth Belongs to All Living Creatures – Not Just Humans”
Wednesday of Hope – Hope Is the Way
Hope is not just a feeling. Hope is a way of acting and a way of living. – Joanna Macy
Wednesday of Hope – Virtue
Hope is not merely a feeling. Hope is a virtue, a firmly established attitude of the heart, a basic bearing of the whole person. – David Steindl-Rast
