Posts tagged ‘san francisco’
Wednesday of Hope . . . . Waiting for Dawn
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.
– Rabindranath Tagore
Waiting for dawn by the Bay
Wisdom of the Long View
If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work but rather, teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
From Where Have You Come?
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
– Henry Ward Beecher
Did You Ever Hear of Saint Fire Hydrant?
We have a spiritual practice of thinking of a fire hydrant as a saint – it’s standing there waiting to be of service. It’s a way to start reframing our relation to all the everyday things around us.
– Frederic Brussat, 100 Ways to Keep Your Soul Alive
Saint Fire Hydrant
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 that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.
– Dag Hammarskjöld
Surrender
We Walk a Narrow Bridge
Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid.
– Rabbi Nachman of Braslav
The Golden Gate Bridge is not exactly a narrow bridge, but it has to be one of the most beautiful in the world.
