Courage, Hope & Strength

RCC_9351, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

However confused

the scene of our life appears,

however torn we may be

who now do face that scene,

it can be faced,

and we can go on to be whole.

Muriel Rukeyser

from within

RIC_7529-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

      Life rushes
        from within …

        Willa Cather

Within yourself

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Why should you look for treasure abroad?

Within yourself you have a bright pearl.

Pao-Chi

Who you are

RC1_4403, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr. 

You cannot determine who you are by what you do.

M. Craig Barnes, The Pastor As Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

by what we love

RCC_5950, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Images

RCC_1291, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr. 

 Illustrations tell stories that exemplify the point of
   the text.  Images embody the point.

  M. Craig Barnes,
     The Pastor As Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

Goodness

RCC_7302, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Henry David Thoreau

Every Moment

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     Cancer changed the way I ate, slept, and most
     importantly the way I live. Before cancer I was like most
     folks, just cruising along. It was during my treatment,
     when starting to discover what cancer could give to me —
     the ability to absorb every moment as if each one were
     my whole life.


       Eric Smith, Live Now: Artful Messages of Hope, Happiness & Healing

Doorway

RCC_8733, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Wherever you are is the entry point. 

Kabir

Transformation

RIC_9720-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr. 

The meeting of two personalities

is like the contact of

two chemical substances:

if there is any reaction, both

are transformed.

C. G. Jung

What lies within us

RIC_9611-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   The more articulate one is, the more
     dangerous words become.

    May Sarton

Interdependence

RIC_9702_edited-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   In and of itself, nothing really matters.
     What matters is that nothing is ever “in and of itself.”

    Chuck Klosterman, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs*

Miracles

RIC_9660_edited-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Most miracles, like everything else,

are firmly rooted in who we are.

Iris Sangiuliano, In Her Time

Wonder

RIC_9753-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Never say there is nothing beautiful in

the world anymore. There is always

something to make you wonder in the

shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf. 

Albert Schweitzer

Stories

_DSC5276, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The universe is made of stories, not atoms.

Muriel Rukeyser

Icon

RC1_0088, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

An icon is designed to be not a beautiful

work of art, but a window into divine

mysteries. It points beyond itself.

M. Craig Barnes, The Pastor As Minor Poet: Texts and

Subtexts in the Ministerial Life

Dare to be oneself

RIC_9757-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We have to dare to be be ourselves,

however frightening or strange

that self may prove to be.

May Sarton

Attitude

RCC_9907, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

If you can’t change your fate, change
  your attitude.

Amy Tan

Image

RIC_9742-2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

   The image is not an idea. It is a radiant
     node or cluster, it is what I can, and
     must perforce, call a vortex, from
     which and through which and into
     which ideas are constantly rushing.

    Ezra Pound, Gaudier Brezeska: A Memoir

Fear

RIC_9657_edited-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

To fear is one thing.  To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

Katherine Paterson