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Let Us Handle One Another Delicately
Delicate Iris The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. -Henry David Thoreau That being said, we should be delicate with one another. Walden
More on Being a Blessing
The more alert we become to the blessing that flows into us through everything we touch, the more our own touch will bring blessing. – David Steindl-Rast
When We Feel Like Giving Up . . .
There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as I see it: to keep the spark of life inside me ablaze. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
Weekly Photo Challenge: Love
We will hear the thoughts below later this week when 1 Corinthians 13 is quoted. Today we hear from Reinhold Niebuhr. Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense in… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Love”
May My Eyes Remain Open to Wonder
I’ve read all the books but one only remains sacred: this volume of wonders, open always before my eyes. – Kathleen Raine
Wisdom from the Pueblo People
Hold on to what is good even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe even if it is a tree which stands by itself. hold on to what you must do even if it is… Continue Reading “Wisdom from the Pueblo People”
A Simple Prayer
Eternal Spirit — Earth-Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver; source of all that is and that shall be; Father and Mother of us all. Loving God, in whom is heaven. The hallowing of your name echoes through the universe! – The New Zealand Prayer Book
Great Are the Works of God!
Today’s Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 111. Alleluia. I will give thanks to God with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just Great are the works of God, exquisite in all their delights. Alleluia.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Beyond
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir
Dewdrops Outside My Door
For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door. – Rabindranath Tagore
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