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Wednesday of Hope – A Full or Empty Heart?
Why fill the heart with hopes? Leave it empty for God. – Robert Mertens
Wednesday of Hope – Hope Begins in the Dark
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and. work: you don’t give up. – Anne Lamotte
Our Magical Universe Is Waiting
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. – Eden Phillpotts
Gratefulness for the Entire World
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created. – Baal Shem Tov
Don’t Take the Easy Way
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Maya Angelou
Sunshine and Smiles
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable. – Joseph Addison
Wednesday of Hope – Wendell Berry’s Wisdom
When despair for the world grows in me, And I wake in the night in fear . . . I go and lie down where the wood drake Rests in beauty on the water, And the great heron feeds. I come into the peace… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Wendell Berry’s Wisdom”
The Miracle of Each Minute
The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle. – Margaret Storm Jameson
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