Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Monday, December 30, 2013

Each Day

RCC_5615 by rchoephoto
RCC_5615, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Each day forces us
to totter on planks we hope
will become bridges.

Kevin Hart

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Who we are

Christmas Day 2003 (2) by rchoephoto
Christmas Day 2003 (2), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Who we are and who we become depends, 
     in part, on whom we love.

        Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini & Richard Lannon, 
        A General Theory of Love

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Faith

RCC_5991 by rchoephoto
RCC_5991, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


As our faith deepens,
the "container" in wihci fear arises gets bigger. 

Sharon Salzberg, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Friday, December 27, 2013

Seeing

RC1_4536 by rchoephoto
RC1_4536, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     How you see is what you see. And to see rightly 
     is to be able to be fully present — 
     without fear, without bias, and without judgment.

        Richard Rohr

Thursday, December 26, 2013

The Path

RIC_3589-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_3589-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You cannot travel the path 
until you have become the path. 

Buddha

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Sacred

RIC_1206-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_1206-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Earth's crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God,
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Friday, December 20, 2013

Truth

RCC_5622 by rchoephoto
RCC_5622, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Falsehood has an infinity of combinations,
but truth has only one mode of being. 


Jean Jacque Rousseau

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Faith

RCC_9640 by rchoephoto
RCC_9640, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


       You have to have trust in your own self. ... 
     The importance of having faith is to see it 
     concretized in your own self. 

        Esperanza Ortega in Birthing God: Women's Experiences of the Divine by Lana Dalberg

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Fear

RIC_3470-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_3470-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When fear dominates, 
our sense of possibility collapses. 

Sharon Salzberg, 
Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Monday, December 16, 2013

Sunday, December 15, 2013

Healing

Toronto 3 (2013, 11.20) by rchoephoto
Toronto 3 (2013, 11.20), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     The healing comes from letting there be room
     for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief,
     for misery, for joy. 


        Pema Chödrön,
        When Things Fall Apart: 

        Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Friday, December 13, 2013

Growing Old

Christian Island Ferry by rchoephoto
Christian Island Ferry, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     One great thing about growing old is
     that nothing is going to lead to anything. 
     Everything is of the moment. 

        Joseph Campbell, 
        A Joseph Campbell Companion:
        Reflections on the Art of Living

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Faith

RIC_9666 by rchoephoto
RIC_9666, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Faith never knows where it is being led,
but it knows and loves the One who is leading.


Oswald Chambers

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Instructions

Toronto 8 (2013. 10.27) by rchoephoto
Toronto 8 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


      Instructions for living a life:
     Pay attention.
     Be astonished.
     Tell about it.


        Mary Oliver

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Monday, December 9, 2013

Wisdom

RC1_9580 by rchoephoto
RC1_9580, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     It is said that no one truly knows a nation 
     until one has been inside its jails.
     A nation should not be judged 
     by how it treats its highest citizens,
     but its lowest ones.

        Nelson Mandela

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Play

RIC_3446 by rchoephoto

RIC_3446, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.



A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. 
And the highest form of play is the search for Truth, Beauty and Love. 
What more is needed? 
Should there be a ‘meaning’ as well, that will be a bonus?  
If we waste time looking for life’s meaning,
we may have no time to live — or to play.

Arthur C. Clarke


Monday, December 2, 2013

Questioning & Faith

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


When we claim our right to question everything, 
including our beliefs, we can unhook from our 
dependence on what is familiar and let in
the heartfelt, open, fresh quality of faith. 

Sharon Salzberg, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Presence

Tower of Power (2013, 6.4) by rchoephoto
Tower of Power (2013, 6.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     ... whatever
     returns from oblivion returns
     to find a voice.


        Louise Glück,
        The Wild Iris