Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
In every act, or any act, look at the wonder of God’s creation, and say, “Oh, wow!” Make that your goal for this year – say “Oh wow!” and mean it, at least once a day. • Terry Bookman in The Busy Soul
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. -Mark Twain in Untrain Your Parrot by Elizabeth Ham ilton
To look at something as though we had never seen it before requires great courage. – Henri Matisse
Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. – Thomas Merton in The Mystic Hours by Wayne Teasdale
One should pay attention to even the smallest crawling creature for these may have a valuable lesson to teach us. – Black Elk in All Our Relatives by Paul Goble
Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river. – A Chang Proverb in Generous Strangers by John Skoyles
Sanity may be madness but the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be. -Don Quixote
A certain Bektashi dervish was respected for his piety and appearance of virtue. Whenever anyone asked him how he had become so holy, he always answered: “I know what is in the Koran.” One day he had just given this reply to an enquirer… Continue Reading “How Do You Know What Is Important?”