Thursday, February 28, 2013

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Unsayable

Kingston Road United Church 1 (2013, 2.25) by rchoephoto
Kingston Road United Church 1 (2013, 2.25), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


This has always been the driving mystery
of all sacred wisdom:
The only thing worth saying are
those things that are unsayable.

Mark Nepo,
The Book of Awakening

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

To live

Community 2 by rchoephoto
Community 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


To live in this world

you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it


against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the times comes to let it go,
to let it go.


Mary Oliver, In Blackwater Woods

Monday, February 25, 2013

Wisdom

Snow Day 7 (2013, 2.16) by rchoephoto
Snow Day 7 (2013, 2.16), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door
     that's unlocked and opens inward, as long as 
     it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. 

        Ludwig Wittgenstein

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Mirror

James' 1 by rchoephoto
James' 1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When men created the mirror, he began to lose his soul. 
He became more concerned with his image than with his soul. 
Thus, he tells himself a story that aligns with the social image. 

Stephen Covey, The 3rd Alternative

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Helping

Second Automatic Door at KRU by rchoephoto
Second Automatic Door at KRU, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Helping other people can be a cure not just for
     those who are in need but for your soul as well.

        Marinela Reka

Friday, February 22, 2013

Beloved

RIC_0250 by rchoephoto
RIC_0250, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.


Raymond Carver,
Late Fragment

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Journey

RIC_7818-1 by rchoephoto

RIC_7818-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Mistrust no one who offers you
water from a well,
a songbird's feather,
something that's mended twice.
Always travel lighter
than the heart.

Lorna Crozier,
Packing for the Future: Instructions





Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Travel

RIC_3271 by rchoephoto
RIC_3271, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Always travel lighter
than the heart.

Lorna Crozier,
Packing for the Future:  Instructions,
What the Living Won't Let Go

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Story

Jar 1 (2013,2.3) by rchoephoto
Jar 1 (2013,2.3), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The story that lives is the story that's told. 

Colin Hesterly, When I Grow Up

Monday, February 18, 2013

On faith

RIC_2310 by rchoephoto
RIC_2310, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Believing that your faith tradition alone contains God 
is like believing the rain falls only in your cup.

John Shore

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Friday, February 15, 2013

Discovery

RIC_2219 by rchoephoto
RIC_2219, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Discovery consists of seeing
     what everybody has seen
     and thinking
     what nobody has thought.

        Albert Szent-Györgyi

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Grace

DSC_4219 by rchoephoto
DSC_4219, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I do not at all understand the mystery of grace –
only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us
where it found us. 

Anne Lamott

Monday, February 11, 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Perspective

RIC_7662-1 by rchoephoto
RIC_7662-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The most important power we have is
the power to help select the lens
through which we see reality.

David Brooks

Friday, February 8, 2013

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Perspective

Afternoon shadow 1 (2013,2.1) by rchoephoto
Afternoon shadow 1 (2013,2.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     How we see things determines what we do,
     and what we do determines the result we get.

        Stephen R. Covey, The 3rd Alternative

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Memory

Korean Lamp by rchoephoto
Korean Lamp, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The best things in life are
the people you love,
the places you've seen,
and the memories you've made
along the way.

Anonymous

Monday, February 4, 2013

Service

Jar 2 (2013,2.3) by rchoephoto
Jar 2 (2013,2.3), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I slept and dreamt that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was service.
I acted and behold, service was joy.


Rabindranath Tagore

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Hope

A matter of time by rchoephoto
A matter of time, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When hope is not pinned
wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation,
it sometimes floats forth and opens.

Anne Lamott, Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Whole Story

RCC_1129 by rchoephoto
RCC_1129, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


I don't know my whole story.
And if I don't know my whole story,
I can't heal myself.

Richard Wagamese

Friday, February 1, 2013