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Wednesday of Hope – A Glimmer on the Horizon
Sometimes we have to do the work, even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible. – Angela Davis Los Angeles has drained so much water from Owens Valley. I spent 40 years in L.A.,… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – A Glimmer on the Horizon”
To Be Alive Today
It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. – Mary Oliver
Wednesday of Hope – Defeat is Temporary
During the month of August, I will be posting images from my recent cross country trip, which took me from Chicago to San Francisco, and back. I hope you will enjoy both the images and the reflections. Being defeated is often only a temporary… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Defeat is Temporary”
A Serious Thing
It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world. – Mary Oliver
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 – Anything Is Possible
Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. ~Christopher Reeve
Perceiving Life with Reverence
If we perceived Life with reverence, we would stand in awe at the experience of physical Life and walk the Earth in a very deep sense of gratitude. – Gary Zukav
See the World
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. – Ray Bradbury
Wednesday of Hope – Saving Hope
Because we spill not only milk Knocking it over with an elbow When we reach to wipe a small face But also spill seed on soil we thought was fertile but isn’t, And also spill whole lives, and only later see in fading light… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Saving Hope”
Don’t Depend on What Happens
Joy is the happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens. – Br. David Steindl-Rast
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