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Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?
You are only free when you realize you belong to no place — you belong to every place — no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great. – Maya Angelou This month Santa Sabina Center’s online retreat is “Grounding Ourselves… Continue Reading “Wakening to Oneness – Are You Free where You Are?”
Wednesday of Hope – Rainbows
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. – Maya Angelou
Wednesday of Hope – In a Power Greater than Ourselves
It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable. – Maya Angelou
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
Don’t Take the Easy Way
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. – Maya Angelou
Wednesday of Hope – Rainbows
God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us — in the dreariest and most dreaded moments — can see a possibility of hope. ~Maya Angelou
Let Us Recognize All of God’s Creation
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation. – May Angelou
Reach for Hearts
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. – Maya Angelou
Wisdom from the Poet Maya Angelou
Everyone born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. – Maya Angelou
Grateful Wisdom from Maya Angelou
On The International Day for the End of Violence of Women, I share a grateful quote from Maya Angelou who experienced violence against her from an early age from the men in her life, and who found her voice and overcame those experiences. Her… Continue Reading “Grateful Wisdom from Maya Angelou”
