What you seek

Prayer Flags 1 (2014, 2.9), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I am that which I am seeking.

Franciscan Saying

Worship

St. James United Church, Toronto 5 (2014, 2.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I believe how I live my life everyday
is my act of worship.

Jack Layton

Art

Heart 1 (2014, 2.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Art holds out the promise of inner wholeness.

Alain de Botton, Art as Therapy

Darkness

St. James United Church, Toronto 3 (2014,,2.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

For darkness restores what light cannot repair.

Joseph Brodsky

Being

St. James United Church, Toronto 9 (2014, 2.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

You can't really be with others 

until you know how to be with yourself.

Richard Wagmese

A Miracle

St. James United Church, Toronto 2 (2014,,2.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

      Here is what I was trying to figure out: 

     how a miracle happens. 

     A great work of art—
     something that makes people pay attention, 

     return to the work again and again,

     and reexamine their assumptions,

     something that infuriates, hurts, and confronts—

     a great work of art is always a miracle.

        Masha Gessen

Creating Change

St. James United Church, Toronto 4 (2014,,2.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The only way we really create change is 

to enter any situation with the humility to listen

and to recognize the world as it is,

and then the audacity to dream what it could be.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Wisdom

RCC_5476, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

       We should treat all the trivial things 

     of life very seriously, 

     and all the serious things of life
     with sincere and studied triviality. 

        Oscar Wilde

Memory

Heart 2 (2014, 2.1), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The world begins and ends in memory;
What I remember is what I am.

Glen Sorestad, Aide Memoire

Transformation

Christian Island 2 (2013, 9.21), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Analysis does not transform consciousness.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Failures and Tears

Snow Art (2014, 2.9), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

When I reach the place of my dreams,
I will thank my failures and tears.
They too, kept me going. 

Dodinsky

Quiet

Prayer Flags 2 (2014, 2.9), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

       If we can be quieter, more in the moment 
     with what is actually happening,
     a world of perception opens up for us 
     based on where we are, 
     not on where we one day hope to be.   

        Sharon Salzberg

Creating change

Kinton Ramen 5 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The only way we really create change 

is to enter any situation with the humility to listen

and to recognize the world as it is, and then 
the audacity to dream what it could be.

Jacqueline Novogratz

Listening

Toronto 9 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, 
the more we remain open to the transcendent forces that save us from idolatry. 
The more we listen to ourselves, the more we create God in our own image 
until God becomes a tawdry idol that looks and speaks like us.

Chris Hedges, Losing Moses On The Freeway: The 10 commandments in America

Attitude

Traffic (2014, 2.5), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The greatest discovery of my generation is 
that a human being can alter his life 
by altering his attitude. 

William James

Faith

RIC_0487, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


       Faith is not the belief that God will do
     what you want. 
     It is the belief that God will do what is right.

        Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones

True Home

RCC_2202, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Find the love you seek,
by first finding the love within yourself.
Learn to rest in that place within you
that is your true home.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Art

Kinton Ramen 6 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

          
      Art is not jut for art's sake. 

      Art can also foster social and political awarenss. 

          Olivia Chow, My Journey

Pigs

Kinton - Golden Pig (2014, 1.25), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Never wrestle with pigs. 
You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

George Bernard Shaw

Beloved

Victoria University 4 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

        
     Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

     This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

        Brennan Manning, 

        Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Crucifix

RIC_2747-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I learned that the crucifix 
does not represent justice alone, 
and that equally important are 
the concepts of love and grace.

Olivia Chow, My Journey

Possibilities

Banner 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. 

Listen to the don'ts. 

Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. 

Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... 

Anything can happen, child. 

Anything can be.

Shel Silverstein