Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Lamenting

Wall 1 by rchoephoto
Wall 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Perhaps the most important reason for "lamenting" 
is that it helps us to realize our oneness with all things, 
to know that all things are our relatives.

Black Elk

Monday, April 29, 2013

Life

RIC_0015-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_0015-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column,
     or cutting a piece of stained glass in the
     construction of something much bigger than 
     ourselves.

        Adrienne Clarkson

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Eternity

Full Moon, Toronto by rchoephoto
Full Moon, Toronto, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     I saw Eternity the other night,
     Like a great ring of pure and endless light.

        Henry Vaughan, The World

Friday, April 26, 2013

Life

Bird House 1 by rchoephoto
Bird House 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Life does not require a material abundance; 
it requires only a material sufficiency.

Wendell Berry, Blessed are the Peacemakers

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Love

Swan by rchoephoto
Swan, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.


Maya Angelou

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Dawn

RIC_3417-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_3417-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Death does not extinguish the light.
It puts out the lamp because the dawn has come.

Rabindranath Tagore

Monday, April 22, 2013

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Arts

RIC_3919-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_3919-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The arts draw us deeply into the parts of ourselves 
     our most urgent questions and desires lodge. 
     These desiring questions have as their source and end, God. 

        Wendy M. Wright

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Fall in love

RCC_6335-1 by rchoephoto
RCC_6335-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Fall in love in such a way 
that it frees you from any connecting. 

Rumi

Friday, April 19, 2013

Hope

RIC_4321-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_4321-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When it seems too much... 
Hold fast to the dearest hopes embedded in your life with others. 
Or rather, let those hopes hold you...

Tom Reynolds

Thursday, April 18, 2013

In God's Image

RIC_6139-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_6139-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


All humans, friends and enemies alike, 
have the same dignity, deserve the same respect, 
and are worthy of the same compassion
because they are, all alike, made in God's image. 

Wendell Berry, Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Life Abundant

RIC_4418-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_4418-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     To be free of indifference would be 
     to have life more more abundantly.

        Wendell Berry, Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

At Home

Distillery Distract 6 by rchoephoto
Distillery Distract 6, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The spiritual life is 
about becoming more at home in your own skin. 

Parker J. Palmer

Monday, April 15, 2013

Shedding

Earth Hour 7 (2013, 3. 23) by rchoephoto
Earth Hour 7 (2013, 3. 23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.



From the beginning,
the key to renewal has been
the casting off of old skin.

Thich Nhat Hanh, 
Living Buddha, Living Christ


Sunday, April 14, 2013

Singing Freedom

RIC_4022-1 by rchoephoto

RIC_4022-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.

Maya Angelou,
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings


Saturday, April 13, 2013

God Who Is

_DSC6567 by rchoephoto
_DSC6567, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


It is the whole of nature,
extending from the beginning to the end 
that constitutes the one image of God Who Is.

St. Gregory of Nyssa

Friday, April 12, 2013

Peace

RCC_9009 by rchoephoto
RCC_9009, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Until there is peace between religions,
there can be no peace in the world. 

Hans Kung

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Faith

RIC_4124 by rchoephoto
RIC_4124, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


In Buddhism, faith means confidence in our and others' abilities
to wake up to our deepest capacity of loving and understanding.

Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Living Love

Lamp (2013, 3.22) by rchoephoto
Lamp (2013, 3.22), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     In the end, it is not enough to think what we know. 
     We must live it. For only by living it can Love show itself
     as the greatest principle.

        Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

Monday, April 8, 2013

Live loud

Lamp 2 (2013, 3.22) by rchoephoto
Lamp 2 (2013, 3.22), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Live loud enough in your heart
and there is no need to speak.


Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening.

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Tenderness

Freelton, Ontario 2 by rchoephoto
Freelton, Ontario 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Tenderness does not choose its own use.
It goes out to everything equally.

Jane Hirshfield

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Transitions

Waiting by rchoephoto
Waiting, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


So long as you haven't experienced this:
to die and so to grow, 
you are only a troubled guest 
on the dark earth.

Goethe

Friday, April 5, 2013

Resemblance

Good Friday 2013 by rchoephoto
Good Friday 2013, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


My confidence comes from the belief that all human beings
resemble each other, that others carry wounds like mine – that 
they will therefore understand. 

Orhan Pamuk, My Father's Suitcase

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Choice

Gate 1 (2013, 3.23) by rchoephoto
Gate 1 (2013, 3.23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


It's a choice. Every minute in your life is a choice, and we have a choice as to how we will see the world and how we will see ourselves in it.

James Orbinski

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Wounds

Memories of Korea by rchoephoto
Memories of Korea, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


We all have wounds; they are part of what it means 
to be human. Whether physical, psychological, or spiritual, our wounds are like crazy glue; they bond us in solidarity. 

Bo Forbes

Monday, April 1, 2013

Peace

Egg Candle by rchoephoto
Egg Candle, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If you want oneness in society,
     you have to teach people to go inside
     instead of going outside, 
     because if they want peace, 
     they need to find it within. 

        Ram Dass