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

Raise your eyes

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If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.

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

Role model

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Children have more need of models than critics.

Joseph Joubert

Laughter

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Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

Victor Borge

Love

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Love is an irresistible desire

to be irresistibly desired.

Rober Frost

Language of God

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Never place a period where God has placed a comma.

The Language of God, God is Still Speaking, United Church of Christ media campaign

Life 2

Life is not about avoiding the storm. 
It is about learning to dance in the rain.

a quote on a board at a cancer ward