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Wednesday of Hope – Sharing a Common Destiny
To really belong to one another and to depend on one another — to really share a common destiny — is difficult for a community that wants to be diverse. It is also the community’s only hope of survival. – Gordon Cosby
Wednesday of Hope – Love Brings Us to Hope
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou
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
Thirst by Mary Oliver
Another morning and I wake with thirst for the goodness I do not have. I walk out to the pond and all the way God has given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord, I was never a quick scholar but sulked and hunched over… Continue Reading “Thirst by Mary Oliver”
Let Us Cultivate Joy in Our Lives
From joy springs all creation By it is sustained Towards joy it proceeds And to joy it returns. – Mundaka Upanishad in The Nine Muses by Angeles Arrien
Where Do You Find Peace?
The Peace of the Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood… Continue Reading “Where Do You Find Peace?”
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