In God's Image

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

by our children

DSC_5661, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The world has not left us by our parents,
     it was lent us by our children.

        African Proverb

Hope

Play Ground, Christian Island, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Pity would be no more
If we did not make somebody poor,
And Mercy no more could be
If all were as happy as we.

William Blake, The Human Abstract

Story

RIC_5378-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but we can't get the whole picture unless we have the whole story. And the magic in words is that the story can make the picture.

Christina Baldwin, Storycatcher: Making Sense of Our Lives through the Power and Practice of Story

Education

DSC_5665, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Every education is a kind of inward journey. 

Václav Havel

To be hopeful

RCC_2293, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

To be hopeful,

to embrace one possibility after another – that is surely the basic instinct.

Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson

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Belief

RIC_9380-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Belief is grace. 

Northrope Frye

Love

RC1_7730, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     The love of a single heart can make a world of difference. 

    I believe that we can heal Rwanda – and our world – by

    healing one hear at a time.

     Immaculée Ilibagiza, Left to Tell

What you remember

RIC_8672-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

     I've learned that people will forget what you said, people

     will forget what you did, but people will never forget how

     you made them feel.

     Maya Angelou

Choices

DSC_2926, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

      Life is the sum of all your choices.
      
       Albert Camus

Seeing

RIC_1119, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

It’s never enough just to tell people about some new insight. Rather, you have to get them to experience it in a way that evokes its power and possibility. Instead of pouring knowledge into people’s heads, you need to help them grind a new set of eyeglasses so they can see the world in a new way. 

John Seely Brown, Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation

Dream

RC1_8919, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

El sueño que no se alimenta de sueño desaparece.

The dream which is not fed with dream disappears.

Antonio Porchia, Voices, translated by W. S. Merwin

Just a story?

RIC_3108, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

If you’re ready, you’ll get it.

If not, then it will be just a story.

Robert Matthew, quoted by Jo-ann Archibald

in Arthur W. Frank, letting stories breathe: a socio-narratology

Love

DSC_3639a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We find the truest expression of ourselves in the people we love. 

Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song

To be truly wise

RIC_3078, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

To be truly wise is to understand

that knowing and not knowing are one.

Each has the power to transform. 

Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song

Sacrifice

RCC_1997, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Every spiritual enhancing experience demands a sacrifice of us. For me, the price of admission was a willingness to let that solid block of anger dissolve.

Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song

A Person

RIC_4312, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The Earth is the centre of the universe

The house is the centre of the earth

The family is the centre of the house

The person is the centre of the family.

Basque Song

We are One

RC1_7742, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We are all Story. … We are energy moving forward to the fullest possible expressions of ourselves, …

We are one. We are, in the end, one story, one song, one spirit, one soul.

Richard Wagamese, One Story, One Song

Present Moment

RC1_7734, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

There is only one moment when we can feel truly alive. That is the present moment.

The present moment is the only moment where life is available.

Thich Nhat Hanh

Healing

RCC_2286 a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

May all that I do today contribute to the healing of the world,

and may my heart be open enough to allow the world to contribute to my healing.

Christina Baldwin, The Seven Whispers