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Wednesday of Hope – Room for Great Hope
There is always room for great hope. For at every level of despair there is the possibility of giving up. In the midst of every dimension of delusion there are sparkles of sanity…. In the early years of life, giving up usually takes the… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Room for Great Hope”
What Is the Future We Are Creating?
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination. – John Schaar
Wednesday of Hope – Wendell Berry’s Wisdom
When despair for the world grows in me, And I wake in the night in fear . . . I go and lie down where the wood drake Rests in beauty on the water, And the great heron feeds. I come into the peace… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Wendell Berry’s Wisdom”
Where Do You Tell Your Secrets?
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. – Jalaluddin Rumi
Wednesday of Hope – Go Forward with Hope
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division. – Jesse Jackson
Beauty is a Deep Opening
When we come upon beautiful things, they act like small tears in the surface of the world that pull us through to some vaster space. – Elaine Scary
Wednesday of Hope – Look to This Day
Look to this day for it is life the very life of life. In its brief course lie all the realities and truths of existence the joy of growth the splendor of action the glory of power. For yesterday is but a memory And… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Look to This Day”
God in All Things
Either we acknowledge that God is in all things, or we have lost the basis for seeing God in anything. – Richard Rohr
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