Posts tagged ‘forest’
There Is No Outside
Nature, earth, the world—whatever you call it—is not simply something I am on but something I am. It is not outside of me: it is me, and I am it. There is no outside.
– Paul Kingsnorth
True Miracles
The true miracle isn’t walking on water or walking in air. Simply walking on this earth.
– Thích Nhất Hạnh
Wednesday of Hope – Larger than Imagination
Hope is not dead, it is just larger than our imaginations.
– Kathy Hobaugh
Let’s go . . . Nowhere
Going nowhere … isn’t about turning your back on the world; it’s about stepping away now and then so that you can see the world more clearly and love it more deeply.
-Leonard Cohen
See the World
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
– Ray Bradbury
Creating a Future
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.– John Schaar
Listen
Listen
Today is the First Sunday of Lent
In today’s reading from Romans 10:8-13, Paul writes “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.”
We so often look and listen around us for God’s voice – for direction – for wisdom. Could it be that what we need is a little less noise – a little less searching – and a lot more quiet listening to the Spirit who dwells within. How much more intimate can God be than in our mouth and in our hearts?
Listen.
