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Understanding through the Eyes
Everything in the world makes sense and is wonderful if viewed through open eyes. – Jose Ortega y Gasset
The Question
I don’t know Who — or what — put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone — or Something — and from that hour I was certain… Continue Reading “The Question”
A Reason for Hope
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Cultivate the Gift of Appreciation
Some people have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder, and even ecstasy. – Abraham H. Maslow
We Walk a Narrow Bridge
Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid. – Rabbi Nachman of Braslav
Needing Beauty
Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray, where nature heals and gives strength to body and soul alike. – John Muir
Open Your Eyes
As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open. – Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Gift of Breath
Every breath we draw is a gift of God’s love; every moment of existence is a grace. – Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude
Honoring the Mystery of Life
Something precious is lost if we rush headlong into the details of life without pausing for a moment to pay homage to the mystery of life and the gift of another day. – Kent Nerburn
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