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Thoughts on Hope – 3
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 I believe… Continue Reading “Thoughts on Hope – 3”
Thoughts on Hope – 2
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. -Anne Lamott
Thoughts on Hope – 1
On Optimism and Pessimism (as opposed to authentic Hope) An optimist says, in effect, “Don’t worry, it’s going to turn out all right.” A pessimist says, “It’s going down the drain and there’s nothing you can do about it” Both get us off the… Continue Reading “Thoughts on Hope – 1”
Wisdom of Joseph Campbell
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature. – Joseph Campbell
Finding God Everywhere and Nowhere
If what we need is here within creation, this does not mean that the presence of God will suddenly become obvious to us. As we have already seen, though God is in all things and underpins them as their animating source and destiny, at… Continue Reading “Finding God Everywhere and Nowhere”
The Dawn Has Come
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. – Rabindranath Tagore
The Work of Angels
Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, “Grow, grow.” – The Talmud
The Gift of the Breath
Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. – Thomas Merton
Can Love Ever Fail?
An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by its own fullness, not by its reception. – Harold Loukes
Welcoming What Is Now
Welcome the present moment as if you had invited it. Why? Because it is all we ever have. – Pema Chödrön
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