Tag: nature

The Primordial Sacrament

The created world is the primordial sacrament. – Elizabeth Johnson

Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – In a World Full of Peril”

Not Made in the Shade

Flowers are not made by singing “Oh, how beautiful,” and sitting in the shade.   – Rudyard Kipling

What Is Enough?

Do we really need much more than this? To honor the dawn. To visit a garden. To talk to a friend. To contemplate a cloud. To cherish a meal. To bow our heads before the mystery of the day. Are these not enough? –… Continue Reading “What Is Enough?”

Wednesday of Hope – Hold Fast to Dreams

Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly. – Langston Hughes

Planting and Reaping

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. – Meister Eckhart

Wednesday of Hope – Hope Is Not Unrealistic

The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. Hope only makes sense when it doesn’t make sense to be hopeful. – Paul Hawken

Bring forth a Flower

Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. – Shigenori Kameoka

How Beautiful Can Life Be?

How beautiful can life be? We hardly dare imagine it. – Charles Eisenstein

Wednesday of Hope – Courage to Fail

Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill