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Wednesday of Hope – Where Is It All Going?
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope. – Thomas Merton
Wednesday of Hope – Tragedy, a Source of Strength
There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster. ― Dalai Lama XIV
The Sense of Wonder
There is a sixth sense, the natural religious sense, the sense of wonder. – D.H. Lawrence
Let’s Live in Amazement!
Those who are awake live in a constant state of amazement. – Jack Kornfield
Emptiness in Bloom
Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming. – Eihei Dogen, Sky Flowers
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week 5
Those who dwell, as scientists or laymen, among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life. – Rachel Carson
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week 4
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. – Rachel Carson
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week Three
Those who contemplate the beauty of the Earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. – Rachel Carson
A Month of Rachel Carson – Week Two
If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life.… Continue Reading “A Month of Rachel Carson – Week Two”
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