One Earth

RIC_8612-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


One of my biggest images is that we are all in this together. ... There is one earth and human family. 
The challenge before us is how to we share the resources of Mother Earth in ways that uphold the dignity and well-being of every child of God, and in ways that are respectful of the whole environment.

Bishop Susan Johnson, 
2013 Joint Assembly of Anglican Church of Canada and 
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada

Choose Hope

RIC_8644-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Between hope and despair
     choose hope:
     it will be harder to bear.
        Boris Novak, Decisions (tr. Dintinjana)

Wonder

Sunflowers 5, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Observe the wonders as they occur around you.
     Don't claim them. Feel the artistry
     moving through, and be silent.

        Jelaluddin Rumi

Joy

RIC_8622-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Joy moves at the speed of acceptance.

Mary Anne Radmacher,

Honey in Your Heart

Imagination

RIC_8624-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Imagination cures the chaos in the heart. 

Tibetan Proverb

from within

RIC_7529-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

      Life rushes
        from within …

        Willa Cather

True Self

RIC_7533-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The “spark” which is my true self is the flash of the Absolute recognizing in me.

Thomas Merton, Love and Living

in Shock

RIC_7420-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Everything blooms in shock.

Linda Ann Suddarth, Spring for Edwin