Vision

Toronto 31 (2013, 9.4), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


The heart of vision is shaped by the state of the soul.
When the soul is alive to beauty, 
we begin to see life in a fresh and vital way. 

John O'Donohue

Truth

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God revealed

a sublime truth to the world,

when God sang,

"I am made whole by your life, Each soul,

each soul completes

me."

Hafiz

Grow the Soul

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The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it’s to grow the soul.

Christina Baldwin, The Seven Whispers

Hope

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The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is to live inside that hope.

Barbara Kingsolver

Life?

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Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?

Mary Oliver, Have you Ever Tried to End the Long Branches

Pearl in every season

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There is a pearl in every season.

Find it.

Then give all you have to claim it.

Joan Sauro, C.S.J., Whole Earth Meditation

Art of Aging

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If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

Eubie Blake, a songwriter who lived to 96.

Apocalype

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The apocalypse is the way the world looks after the ego has disappeared.

Northrop Frye, The Great Code