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When and Where to be Grateful
Looking behind I am filled with gratitude. Looking forward I am filled with vision. Looking upwards I am filled with strength. Looking within I discover peace. – Apache Prayer
Amazing Words from Etty Hillesum
As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more the good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude. – Etty Hillesum, An Interrupted Life
The Attracting Power of Gratitude
Feeling grateful towards someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life. – Christiane Northrup
The Power of Gratefulness
One single gift acknowledged in gratefulness has the power to dissolve the ties of our alienation. – David Steindl-Rast in Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer
November – A Month of Thanksgiving
For all that has been, Thank you. For all that is to come, Yes! – Dag Hammarskjold
Dominican Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Marin de Porres was well known for healing. He, a mestizo, never forgot his heritage and tended to the needs of the poor indigenous people of Lima. Once, after having been scolded by his superior for bringing an injured man to his room… Continue Reading “Dominican Saint Martin de Porres”
All Souls Day
Every moment and every event of every [person’s] life on earth plants something in [the] soul. – Thomas Merton
On the Feast of All Saints
Whenever I think of the saints, especially that large number of unnamed women and men who have gone before us, and on whose shoulders we stand, I always remember this passage from the 12th chapter of the Book of Hebrews. Therefore, since we are… Continue Reading “On the Feast of All Saints”
Mystery
It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman
Seek Goodness
Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of its hiding place and let it be free and unashamed. – William Saroyan
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