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Beauty in the Walking
But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations. – Gwyn Thomas
Wednesday of Hope – Forgiveness
Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our future. – Lewis B. Smedes
Easter 2019
The world is ending, says the caterpillar! No, it is just beginning, says the butterfly. – Unknown
Wednesday of Hope – No Mud, No Lotus
It takes mud for the lotus to become itself, and the greater the mud in your life, the greater the lotus blossom. – Jakusho Kwong, No Beginning, No End
The Color of Life
What makes things memorable is that they are meaningful, significant, colorful. – Joshua Foer
Wednesday of Hope – Facing Our Fears
Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them. – Rabindranath Tagore
Wednesday of Hope – What is this Darkness?
What if this darkness is not the darkness of the tomb, but the darkness of the womb? – Valarie Kaur
Plant Trees
Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books. – A. Whitney Brown, Wall at bookstore – Chicago Botanic Gardens
Wednesday of Hope – Staring Despair in the Face
Faith is crumpling and throwing away everything, proposition by proposition, until nothing is left, and then writing a new proposition, your very own, to throw in the teeth of despair. – Mary Jean Irion, Yes, World: A Mosaic of Meditation
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