tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65818593128882006192024-03-13T22:31:39.223-04:00WonderGazeImages captured from the ordinary that signify signs of sacredness within and around us.
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Please do not copy or use photographs without permission.Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1680125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-16696199403120927862014-03-27T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-27T00:00:02.830-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">All Serious daring comes from within. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eudora Welty</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-63920895286555259812014-03-26T01:07:00.002-04:002014-03-26T01:08:22.153-04:00Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-40771549552832055262014-03-25T23:00:00.000-04:002014-03-26T01:00:30.141-04:00Poetry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> There is nothing but beauty – </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> and beauty has only one perfect
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> All the rest is a lie. </span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-63885141228626244292014-03-21T10:25:00.001-04:002014-03-21T10:28:38.678-04:00Death<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/355324570/">RCC_4978</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Each day, we wake slightly altered, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> and the person we were yesterday is dead. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> So why, one could say, be afraid of death, </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> John Updike</span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-48019550790445162332014-03-20T11:21:00.001-04:002014-03-20T11:22:39.695-04:00Real Friends<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12437808853/">Snow Art (2014, 2.9)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Only your real friends will tell you </span></span><div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">when your face is dirty.</span><div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sicilian Proverb</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-55103688092923409032014-03-19T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-19T00:00:19.402-04:00Essence <div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12970240394/" style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">RIC_3339-1</a><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">, a photo by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/" style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">rchoephoto</a><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Be humble for you are made of Earth,</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Be noble for you are made of stars.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A Serbian Proverb</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-25233515716730934962014-03-18T11:33:00.001-04:002014-03-18T11:36:15.484-04:00Hope<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12550903343/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="St. James United Church, Toronto 1 (2014, 2.15)"><img alt="St. James United Church, Toronto 1 (2014, 2.15) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/12550903343_f0b7f4493f.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12550903343/">St. James United Church, Toronto 1 (2014, 2.15)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">What is hope?<br />It is the insight that imagination is more real<br />and reality less than it looks.<br />It is the hunch that </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">the overwhelming brutality of facts<br />that oppress and repress is not the last word</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ruben Alves</span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-71783035583444489212014-03-17T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-17T00:00:09.042-04:00Opening<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sometimes opening your eyes may be</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-4140632463293221892014-03-16T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-16T18:02:08.783-04:00Elegance<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Survival is important.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Thriving is elegant.</span><br />
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-12729536170555790412014-03-15T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-15T21:24:11.188-04:00Home<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13094927124/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Shadow 4 (2014, 3.11)"><img alt="Shadow 4 (2014, 3.11) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7455/13094927124_578d417d5d.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13094927124/">Shadow 4 (2014, 3.11)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the stillness</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">at the centre of our being, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">we find Home. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Sue Krebs</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-53361737569604371682014-03-14T00:33:00.001-04:002014-03-14T14:57:39.076-04:00Adventure<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13095024004/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Shadow 6 (2014, 3.11)"><img alt="Shadow 6 (2014, 3.11) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7403/13095024004_d86d2f8f01.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13095024004/">Shadow 6 (2014, 3.11)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. </span></div>
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G. K. Chesterton</div>
</span>Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-79083194133590874332014-03-13T00:23:00.001-04:002014-03-14T14:58:39.395-04:00Nowhere<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13094558035/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Shadow 2 (2014, 3.11)"><img alt="Shadow 2 (2014, 3.11) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/13094558035_67e148d4da.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/13094558035/">Shadow 2 (2014, 3.11)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Find yourself in the middle of nowhere.</span> </span></div>
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</span>Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-14341803384666354142014-03-12T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-12T00:00:05.090-04:00Our Visions<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12970478464/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="RIC_3371-1"><img alt="RIC_3371-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2205/12970478464_5a1f656f5f.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12970478464/">RIC_3371-1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our visions begins with our desires.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Audre Lorde</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-40990606880719463992014-03-11T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-11T00:00:03.577-04:00The Unknown<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12970379034/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="RIC_3354-1"><img alt="RIC_3354-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/12970379034_b661cee738.jpg" /></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12970379034/" style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">RIC_3354-1</a><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">, a photo by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/" style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;">rchoephoto</a><span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"> on Flickr.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">More and more I've become convinced that </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">the great treasure to possess is the unknown.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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P. L. Travers</div>
</span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-47866493786507745692014-03-10T00:00:00.000-04:002014-03-10T00:00:00.806-04:00Life<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12956674923/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="RIC_3272-1"><img alt="RIC_3272-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2879/12956674923_cb4ce46cb8.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12956674923/">RIC_3272-1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Life is not what it's supposed to be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's what it is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The way you cope with it is</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">what makes the difference.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Virginia Satir</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-87402919904191159652014-03-09T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-09T00:00:00.459-05:00Silence<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12957720674/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="RIC_3307-1"><img alt="RIC_3307-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/12957720674_e0e73fa34c.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12957720674/">RIC_3307-1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br /><br /><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Within each of us there is a silence – </span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">a silence as vast as a universe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We are afraid of it …</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">And we long for it.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
Gunilla Norris,</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Inviting Silence</i></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-85929079635869183752014-03-08T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-08T00:00:00.416-05:00Myths<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12957272973/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="RIC_3292-1"><img alt="RIC_3292-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7400/12957272973_06b02c208e.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12957272973/">RIC_3292-1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Myths are not literally true,<br />but they do not represent untruths, lies, or fantasies;<br />they are metaphorically true and often are the only way<br />to communicate the truth they represent.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Margaret Somerville, </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>The Ethical Imagination</i></span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-47303069065426940152014-03-07T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-07T00:00:08.912-05:00Healing<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12941793423/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="RIC_3229-1"><img alt="RIC_3229-1 by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7413/12941793423_4a456203d1.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12941793423/">RIC_3229-1</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Healing may not be so much about getting better,</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">As about letting go of everything that isn’t you </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">– all of the expectations, all of beliefs – </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">and becoming who you are.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Rachel Naomi Remen</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-37256667428035221372014-03-06T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-07T11:49:53.117-05:00Courage<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/11972143446/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Stained Glass 4 (2014, 1.15)"><img alt="Stained Glass 4 (2014, 1.15) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/11972143446_f892cf1740.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/11972143446/">Stained Glass 4 (2014, 1.15)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Life shrinks or expands </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">in proportion to one's courage.</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anais Nin</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-61057017476303902092014-03-05T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-05T00:00:08.901-05:00Creating your own miracle<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12933977265/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Field of Snow1 (2014, 3.4)"><img alt="Field of Snow1 (2014, 3.4) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/12933977265_92c1c76abd.jpg" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12933977265/">Field of Snow1 (2014, 3.4)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> You can create your own miracle. But you do it </span><span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">by</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> never looking past all the little steps along the way. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Mikaela Shiffrin</span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-61236315122406963322014-03-04T01:30:00.000-05:002014-03-04T21:38:28.219-05:00Writing<div style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12919518433/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Navajo Heart 1 (2014, 3.3)"><img alt="Navajo Heart 1 (2014, 3.3) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3705/12919518433_2909ff48ef.jpg" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12919518433/">Navajo Heart 1 (2014, 3.3)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Remember that writing is translation and </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">the opus to be translated is yourself. </span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Elwyn Brooks White</span></div>
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Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-59643282352628833382014-03-03T00:00:00.000-05:002014-03-03T00:00:01.194-05:00Seeing<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12552057053/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="St. James United Church, Toronto 7 (2014,,2.15)"><img alt="St. James United Church, Toronto 7 (2014,,2.15) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2862/12552057053_75203524b0.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12552057053/">St. James United Church, Toronto 7 (2014,,2.15)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"> The eye identifies itself </span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> not with the body it belongs to </span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> but with the object of its attention.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Joseph Brodsky, <i>Watermark</i></span>Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-1949300377554405582014-02-22T00:00:00.000-05:002014-02-22T00:00:05.566-05:00What you seek<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12437913663/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Prayer Flags 1 (2014, 2.9)"><img alt="Prayer Flags 1 (2014, 2.9) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/12437913663_b9b482e56f.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12437913663/">Prayer Flags 1 (2014, 2.9)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">I am that which I am seeking.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Franciscan Saying</div>
</span>Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-14414937808984740912014-02-21T13:33:00.001-05:002014-02-21T18:29:00.987-05:00Worship<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12552349734/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="St. James United Church, Toronto 5 (2014, 2.15)"><img alt="St. James United Church, Toronto 5 (2014, 2.15) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5502/12552349734_c7d4971097.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12552349734/">St. James United Church, Toronto 5 (2014, 2.15)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">
</span>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">I believe how I live my life everyday</span></span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">is my act of worship.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jack Layton</span></div>
Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6581859312888200619.post-91249312935281763882014-02-20T00:00:00.000-05:002014-02-20T00:00:08.587-05:00Art<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12300047873/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="Heart 1 (2014, 2.1)"><img alt="Heart 1 (2014, 2.1) by rchoephoto" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/12300047873_dac8fa6030.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="margin: 0;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/12300047873/">Heart 1 (2014, 2.1)</a>, a photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchoephoto/">rchoephoto</a> on Flickr.</span></div>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.</span><br />
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alain de Botton, <i>Art as Therapy</i></span>Richard C. Choehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05875399353106569507noreply@blogger.com0