Posts tagged ‘sunrise’
God in All Things
The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw–and knew I saw–all things in God and God in all things.
– Mechtild of Magdeburg
Qualities of God’s Friends
The Friend of God has these three qualities: a generosity like that of the ocean, a compassion like that of the sun, and a humility like that of the earth.
– Bayazid, Tadhkirat
Rise to Taste the Dawn
I rise to taste the dawn, and find that love alone will shine today.
– Ken Wilber
Wednesday of Hope – Not Fearful of the Night
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
Participating in Divinity
When before the beauty of a sunset or a mountain, you pause and exclaim, “Ah,” you are participating in divinity.
Joseph Campbell, Ancient Hindu Text
Wednesday of Hope – Look for the Light
There is light in the darkness. You just have to find it.
– bell hooks
Wednesday of Hope – The Light Always Returns
There is a perfectly still moment right before dawn, when the sun gathers itself and then steps into the dark world and everything is so filled with light that any doubts from that long night are barely a memory. It is the way of all things that the night ends and the light returns. The light always returns.
– Brian Andreas, Story People
