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Wednesday of Hope – Take Heart
Courage comes from the French word, Coeur, which means “heart.”
In order to travel from clinging to letting go, we have to “take heart.”
The heart is the seat of the will.
This is the place God awakens,’
the place where the gentle uprooting takes place.– Sue Monk Kidd
Falling in Love with Creation
If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper, we will respond to its endangerment with passion.
– Hildegard of Bingen
Wednesday of Hope – Think the World is Over?
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.
– Barbara Haines Howett
Plant Trees
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.
– A. Whitney Brown, Wall at bookstore – Chicago Botanic Gardens
Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
What Is Enough?
Do we really need much more than this? To honor the dawn. To visit a garden. To talk to a friend. To contemplate a cloud. To cherish a meal. To bow our heads before the mystery of the day. Are these not enough?
– Kent Neburn
