Friday, July 30, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Home again


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We have circled and circled till we have arrived home again, we two,
We have voided all but freedom and all but our own joy.

Walt Whitman, We Two, How Long We Were Fool'd

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Life


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Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

Elizabeth Gilbert, Comitted: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Monday, July 26, 2010

Beauty


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My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through earth's loveliness.

Michelangelo

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Time


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Time is too slow for those who wait,
too swift for those who fear,
too long for those who grieve,
too short for those who rejoice,
but for those who love, time is eternity.

Henry Van Dyke

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Friday, July 23, 2010

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Time


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Sometimes the difference between a truth and a myth is nothing more than time.

Youngme Moon, Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Be broken


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Let sorrowful longing dwell in your heart.
Never give up, never lose hope.
Allah says, “The broken ones are my beloved.”
Crush your heart. Be broken.

Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Kheir, aka Nobody, Son of Nobody

Monday, July 19, 2010

Our hearts


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Shall we compare our hearts to a garden – with beautiful blooms, straggling weeds, swooping birds and sunshine and rain – and most importantly, seeds?

Greg Livington

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Feeding


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There’s hunger beyond food that’s expressed in food, and that’s why feeding is always a kind of miracle.

Sara Miles, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

Friday, July 16, 2010

Faith


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Faith, for me, isn’t an argument, a catechism, a philosophical “proof.” It is instead a lens, a way of experiencing life, and a willingness to act.

Sara Miles, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Transition


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Each transition brings with it a feeling of unfamiliarity and a moment of disorientation. … Today I encourage you simply to sit through whatever period of transition you are going through. Stay there a moment. Notice what is going on for you, acknowledge the disorientation and bring all your attention to the present.

David Kundtz, Everyday Serenity, Meditation for people who do too much

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Seeing


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Wherever you go, what matters less is what you are looking at, but how you have committed to see.

Youngme Moon, Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Don't hurry


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Don’t hurry, don’t worry. You’re only here for a short visit. So be sure to stop and smell the flowers.

Walter C. Hagen

Monday, July 12, 2010

Creative solitude


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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

Carl Sandburg

Sunday, July 11, 2010

God's promise


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God’s promise was never that life would be fair. God’s promise was that, when we had to confront the unfairness of life, we would not have to do it alone for God would be with us.

Harold S. Kushner, The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-Third Psalm

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Tranquility


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The mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.

Indira Gandhi

Thursday, July 8, 2010

The starting point


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The way to keep criticism from devolving into cynicism is to make it the starting point rather than the puncuation mark.

Youngme Moon, Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Abundance


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The age of abundance is over not because of things are no longer abundant, but because abundance has lost its status as our reigning aspiration.

Youngme Moon, Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

One chance in life


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When we dismiss or deny the hopes of others we forget that they, like us, have only one chance in this life.

Alexander McCall Smith, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

Monday, July 5, 2010

Listening


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Until you hear the whole story, until you dig deeper, and listen, you know only a tiny part of the goodness of the human heart.

Alexander McCall Smith, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Healing


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... the healing
of all our wounds
is forgiveness
that permits a promise
of our return
at the end.

Alice Walker, Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Friday, July 2, 2010

Love


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No matter what race of people we come from, we all desire the same things. We all have the same passion. We want to love. When we nurture the spirit, the spirit will guide us. Spirit is and always will be about guiding humanity to what each of us wants and craves, which is simply to love one another.

David Courchene, Jr., Neeghani Aki Innini (Leading Earth Man), Anishnabe Nation, Eagle Clan (Manitoba, Canada)