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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… Continue Reading “Did You Ever Hear of 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… Continue Reading “The Question”
We Walk a Narrow Bridge
Life is a very narrow bridge between two eternities. Be not afraid. – Rabbi Nachman of Braslav
When Are You Most Alive?
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. – Thornton Wilder
How Big is Your Journey?
It’s just too big a journey to ever get beyond being astounded, being surprised by the mystery. • Joseph Sharp in Spiritual Maturity
If You Truly Desire Peace . . .
Love it the way it is. -Thaddeus Golas, The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment
Is Anything Really Ever Lost?
The day misspent, the love misplaced, has inside it the seed of redemption. Nothing is exempt from resurrection. – Kay Ryan
