Final Vision

RIC_4404-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

In your Oneness I am one          

in your eye, the pupil am I          

Not seen except by seeing          

Unheard except by hearing          

What song will be my music?          

What utterance be my name?          

God knowing — such may I be.          

Love loving unto love.          

Paul Quenon, Final Vision               

Contribution

RIC_4919-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The idea of contribution is especially instructive because it lies in the area that unites the “I” and the “we.” We contribute because we are part of something larger than our own lives and efforts, but the form of our contribution is based on our uniqueness and our individuality. 

Carol Ochs, Women and Spirituality