Category: Make the most of life

Little things today

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In the dew of little things

the heart finds its morning

and is refreshed.

Kahlil Gibran

Not always clear

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Above all, trust in the slow work of God.
We are impatient of being on the way to something
unknown, something new.
And yet it is the law of all progress
that it is made by passing through
some stages of instability —
and that it may take a very long time.

Teilhard de Chardin, Jesuit theologian and scientist, died this day 1955

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The wisest way

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If you must look back,  do so forgivingly

If you must look forward,  do so prayerfully

However, the wisest thing you can do

is to be present in the present….

gratefully.

Maya Angelou

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Easter Sunday: Presence

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sunday

The ordinary miracles begin. Somewhere
a signal arrives: “Now,” and the rays
come down. A tomorrow has come. Open
your hands, lift them: morning rings
all the doorbells; porches are cells for prayer.
Religion has touched your throat. Not the same now,
you could close your eyes and go on full of light.

William Stafford, Today

The way of all things

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In a dark time, the eye begins to see

 Roethke, In a Dark Time

A day like Good Friday bears witness to a truth that runs through all the different wisdom traditions, namely, that the times when we are challenged and hurt are often the moments when we grow the most. Thus  places of darkness are difficult and fruitful at the same time. This truth needs to be remembered in a culture that focuses on perpetual youth, continual progress and ongoing self-improvement: :

Life may be brimming over with experiences,

but somewhere, deep inside,

all of us carry a vast and fruitful loneliness wherever we go.

Etty Hillesum

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Sunday quote: learning

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I keep looking for one more teacher,
only to find that fish learn from water
and birds learn from sky.

Mark Nepo, Behind the Thunder