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Gratitude’s Quid Pro Quo

“In gratitude for your own good fortune you must render in return some sacrifice of your life for other life.” – Albert Schweitzer To learn about and/or register for Santa Sabina Center online retreats and offerings, please go to: http://www.santasabinacenter.org/retreats-page During the month of November,… Continue Reading “Gratitude’s Quid Pro Quo”

To Bear in Mind the Universe

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe. – Zen Master Dogen

Wisdom Listens

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. – Jimi Hendrix

Using Wise Caution

Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river. – A Chang Proverb in Generous Strangers by John Skoyles  

Keep Laughing!

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. – Michael Pritchard

Weekly Photo Challenge: Perspective

An excellent practice for Lent would be to gain perspective. As Henry David Thoreau said, It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.

Wisdom from Hildegard

I welcome every creature of the world with grace – Hildegard of Bingen

How Much Do You Value Freedom? Whose Freedom?

All good things are wild, and free. – Henry David Thoreau Why do we prefer to contain them?