Living Love

Lamp (2013, 3.22), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     In the end, it is not enough to think what we know. 
     We must live it. For only by living it can Love show itself
     as the greatest principle.

        Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

Live loud

Lamp 2 (2013, 3.22), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Live loud enough in your heart
and there is no need to speak.

Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening.

Tenderness

Freelton, Ontario 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Tenderness does not choose its own use.

It goes out to everything equally.

Jane Hirshfield

Transitions

Waiting, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


So long as you haven't experienced this:
to die and so to grow, 
you are only a troubled guest 
on the dark earth.

Goethe

Resemblance

Good Friday 2013, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


My confidence comes from the belief that all human beings
resemble each other, that others carry wounds like mine – that 
they will therefore understand. 

Orhan Pamuk, My Father's Suitcase

Choice

Gate 1 (2013, 3.23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


It's a choice. Every minute in your life is a choice, and we have a choice as to how we will see the world and how we will see ourselves in it.

James Orbinski

Gentleness

Easter Egg Muffin, Knead Bakery, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

In a gentle way,
you can shake the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Wounds

Memories of Korea, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


We all have wounds; they are part of what it means 
to be human. Whether physical, psychological, or spiritual, our wounds are like crazy glue; they bond us in solidarity. 

Bo Forbes

Peace

Egg Candle, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     If you want oneness in society,
     you have to teach people to go inside
     instead of going outside, 
     because if they want peace, 
     they need to find it within. 

        Ram Dass

Right Relationships

Monarch Butterfly 7, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

God is found in right relationships, not right ideas.

Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church

Conviction

Cross 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


There is no one more courageous
than the person who speaks with
the courage of his convictions.

Susan Cain, 
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can's Stop Talking

Character

Crucifixion 2a, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has
     invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny
     assigned him.

        Jan Patočka

Listening

Earth Hour 2 (2013, 3. 23), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


There comes a point in every person's life 
when they must realize, I can't outrun 
my darkness – I can only fill it with light. 

Yehuda Berg

Listen

Tray, BW's home, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Before I tell my life what I want to do with it,
     I must listen to my life telling me who I am.

        Parker Palmer, Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation

Peace

Cross, Freelton, Ontario 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, 
but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.

Thomas Merton

Trust yourslef

Jack's Lamp 1 (water jug), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Just trust yourself,
     then you will know how to live.

        Goethe

Birthing

Potted Flowers, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I have been born again and again and each time, 

I have found something to love.

Gordon Parks

To love

A day before Spring (2013, 3.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr. 

To love means to offer a space to your beloved. 

Thick Nhat Hanh

Discernment

Conversation (2013, 3.5), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Discernment is a process of letting go of what
we are not.

Father Thomas Keating

Returning

Leaf on ice 2, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

We carry a centre

that is always returning.

Mark Nepo, 

The Book of Awakening