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One Hundred Secrets
If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets. – Attar
The Soil of Contemplation
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. – Meister Eckhart
Roses and Thorns
The gardener uses both roses in the flowerbed and thorns in making fences. – Hazrat Inayat Khan, Gayan
Wednesday of Hope – An Orientation of the Soul
Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times. ― Václav Havel
Joys of the Unexpected
Talk about the joys of the unexpected, can they compare with the joys of the expected, of finding everything delightfully and completely what you knew it was going to be? – Elizabeth Bibesco, Balloons
Wednesday of Hope . . . . 6
In the dark of the moon, in flying snow, in the dead of winter, war spreading, families dying, the world in danger, I walk the rocky hillside, throwing clover. – Wendell Barry “February 2, 1968” from The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
How to Find Contentment
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. – Lao Tzu
The Grateful Heart
As the colder and darker days of Advent arrive, let us enter them with joy and anticipation. There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. – Celia Laighton Thaxter
True Miracles
If we could see the miracle of a single flower, our whole life would change. – The Buddha
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