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Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
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Hold On
“When you get into a tight place and it seems you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.” Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wisdom of the Pueblo People
“Hold on to what is good, even if it is a handful of earth. Hold on to what you believe, even if it is a tree which stands by itself. Hold on to what you must do, even if it is a long way… Continue Reading “Wisdom of the Pueblo People”
Wisdom of the Chippewa
“Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being carried on great winds across the sky.” Chippewa, translated by Robert Bly
Today and Everyday
“Everyday, think as you wake up: Today I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself to expand my… Continue Reading “Today and Everyday”
Flowers Just Bloom
A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms. Zen Shin
Legacy
What is legacy? Planting seeds in a garden you’ll never see. Lin-Manuel Miranda, “The World Was Wide Enough,” Hamilton
The Future Will Unfold
Live in the present. Do the things that need to be done. Do all the good you can each day. The future will unfold. Peace Pilgrim
The Blessed Mountains
These blessed mountains are so compactly filled with God’s beauty, no petty personal hope or experience has room to be . . . . the whole body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or sunshine, entering not by the… Continue Reading “The Blessed Mountains”
