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The Quality of Gratitude
Gratitude softens us. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
God’s Pardon
God is more willing to pardon than we are to sin. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
You Cannot Be Too Kind
You cannot be too gentle, too kind. Shun even to appear harsh in your treatment of each other. Joy, radiant joy, streams from the face of one who gives and kindles joy in the heart of one who receives. To learn about and/or register… Continue Reading “You Cannot Be Too Kind”
The Force of Gratitude
No amount of regret changes the past. No amount of anxiety changes the future. Any amount of gratitude changes the present. To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Silence
“In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.” To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Our Connection to Nature
“The need is for the connection to nature within ourselves; only then can we understand how to act toward nature outside ourselves. Along with the obvious crimes our culture is committing against the natural world, we would be wise to remember that the main… Continue Reading “Our Connection to Nature”
True Leadership
The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.– Henri Nouwen, The Wounded Healer: Ministry in Contemporary Society To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
Our Illusions
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever. – Carl Sagan To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page.
The Pond
I want to go soon and live away by the pond, where I shall hear only the wind whispering among the reeds. It will be success if I shall have left myself behind. But my friends ask what I will do when I get… Continue Reading “The Pond”
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