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Every Little Thing We Do Is Important

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. – Blessed Mother Teresa

The Gift of a Friend

The whole of the holy life is good friends. – The Buddha

Thoughts on the Sea – 2

“The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach–waiting for a gift from the sea.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Thoughts on the Sea – 1

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. – Mahatma Gandhi

Come Into the Light

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth

To Be Alive – Continued

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive. –… Continue Reading “To Be Alive – Continued”

With Whom or with What Does Your Heart Beat?

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature. – Joseph Campbell

Thoughts on Hope – 7

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. – Helen Keller

Weekly Photo Challenge: Curves

A little wisdom from the late Phyllis Diller: A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?

It could be that God has not absconded but spread, as our vision and understanding of the universe have spread, to a fabric of spirit and sense so grand and subtle, so powerful in a new way, that we can only feel blindly of… Continue Reading “Have We Come Far Enough to Find God?”