Listening

Toronto 9 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, 
the more we remain open to the transcendent forces that save us from idolatry. 
The more we listen to ourselves, the more we create God in our own image 
until God becomes a tawdry idol that looks and speaks like us.

Chris Hedges, Losing Moses On The Freeway: The 10 commandments in America

Attitude

Traffic (2014, 2.5), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

The greatest discovery of my generation is 
that a human being can alter his life 
by altering his attitude. 

William James

Faith

RIC_0487, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


       Faith is not the belief that God will do
     what you want. 
     It is the belief that God will do what is right.

        Max Lucado, He Still Moves Stones

True Home

RCC_2202, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Find the love you seek,
by first finding the love within yourself.
Learn to rest in that place within you
that is your true home.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Art

Kinton Ramen 6 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

          
      Art is not jut for art's sake. 

      Art can also foster social and political awarenss. 

          Olivia Chow, My Journey

Pigs

Kinton - Golden Pig (2014, 1.25), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Never wrestle with pigs. 
You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

George Bernard Shaw

Beloved

Victoria University 4 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

        
     Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

     This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

        Brennan Manning, 

        Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

Crucifix

RIC_2747-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

I learned that the crucifix 
does not represent justice alone, 
and that equally important are 
the concepts of love and grace.

Olivia Chow, My Journey

Possibilities

Banner 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. 

Listen to the don'ts. 

Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. 

Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... 

Anything can happen, child. 

Anything can be.

Shel Silverstein

Journey

Toronto 10 (2013. 10.27), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     One’s options in this world are as vast as the horizon, 
     which is technically a circle and thus infinitely broad. 
     Yet we must choose each step we take with utmost caution, 
     for the footprints we leave behind are 
     as important as the path we will follow. 
     They’re part of the same journey — our story.

        Lori R. Lopez, 
        Dance Of The Chupacabras

Starting-Position

"Queen's Park Subway Station" 1 (2014, 1.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

In Navigation one must fix one's starting-position 

as precisely as one's objective. 

John Franklin, 

quoted in Sten Nadolny, The Discovery of Slowness

A Different Language

Coffee sign (2014, 1.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

A different language is a different vision of life.

Federico Fellini

Blessing

Kinton Ramen 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Us

and this,

bless.

Amen.

Quaker Blessing

Myth

Foggy Day 6 (2014, 2.11), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

Myth is never a single story.
It is always a tree with many branches.

Roberto Calasso

Love

Wheel Chair (2014, 1.18), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


Love is the very difficult understanding 
that something other than yourself is real. 

Iris Murdock

Hell

Foggy Day 9 (2013, 1.11), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

What is hell? 

I maintain that it is the suffering of

being unable to love. 

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Prayer

Cross 1 (2014, 1.19), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


O let me wear secretly ...
the sacred mark impressed by
Your own hand.

Ravindranath Tagore

State of Grace

RIC_7780-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.

        
     State of Grace:
     It's achieving the peace and
     freedom of living in the moment,
     and not allowing past wrongs
     to colour the present.

        Olivia Chow, My Journey

Darkness

Foggy Day 1 (2014, 1.11), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


It is not by looking into the light that we become luminous,
but by plunging into the darkness.

Carl G. Jung

Opposites

Stained Glass 1 (2014, 1.15), a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     You cannot know a thing
     unless you know its opposite.
     You cannot become sincere
     unless you have experienced
     hypocrisy and decided
     to fight against it.

        Abu Uthman Maghrebi