Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
The most fortunate are those who 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 Maslow
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. – Sarah Williams, Twilight Hours: A Legacy of Verse
Never be so focused on what you’re looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find. – Ann Patchett
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. – Robert Louis Stevenson
Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders. – E. B. White
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. – Arundhati Roy
At first dreams seem impossible, then improbable, then inevitable. – Christopher Reeve
May you grow still enough to hear the stir of a single snowflake in the air, so that your inner silence may turn into hushed expectation. – David Steindl-Rast
Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning. – Etty Hillesum, Letters from Westerbork If Etty Hillesum could write this with all she endured, we too can be women and men of hope, like this sparrow hanging upside down from tender branch in… Continue Reading “Wednesday of Hope – Despite Everything . . . Live in Hope”
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist. – Paula Gunn Allen