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Expressing Gratitude
As in previous years, the posts during the month of November we will concentrate on Gratitude, though truly it is not a seasonal topic. As I express my gratitude, I become more deeply aware of it. And the greater my awareness, the greater my… Continue Reading “Expressing Gratitude”
Contemplation of the Beauty of Earth
It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know of wonder and humility. – Rachel Carson
Life Is Your Art
Life is your art. An open, aware heart is your camera. A oneness with your world is your film. – Ansel Adams
What Is Life?
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset. – Crowfoot, a leader of… Continue Reading “What Is Life?”
Following our Aspirations
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. – Louisa May Alcott
Love Radiating like a Flower
Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches or uses it, so love from within us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service. – Swami Ramdas
Our Responsibility to Life
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life. – The Dalai Lama
All of Life Is Holy
The world is holy. We are holy. All life is holy. Daily prayers are delivered on the lips of breaking waves, the whisperings of grasses, the shimmering of leaves. – Terry Tempest Williams, from Talking to God: Portrait of a World at Prayer (anthology)
Shall I Become a Lighthouse?
May I become an island for those seeking dry land A lamp for those needing light, A place of rest for those who desire one, And a servant for those needing service. – Shantideva
Knowing God
If the soul could have known God without the world, the world would never have been created. – Meister Eckhart
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